Callie Athey battles a Bethel defender for the ball during a 2018 Augsburg women's soccer game.
Kevin Healy
2
Winner Augsburg University AUG (5-5-0, 3-2-0 MIAC)
0
Gustavus Adolphus GACW (4-5-1, 1-3-1 MIAC)
Winner
Augsburg University AUG
(5-5-0, 3-2-0 MIAC)
2
Final
0
Gustavus Adolphus GACW
(4-5-1, 1-3-1 MIAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Augsburg University AUG 2 0 2
Gustavus Adolphus GACW 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Early goals get Auggies back on winning track

ST. PETER, Minn. -- Scoring goals 60 seconds apart early in the game, the Augsburg University women's soccer team claimed a 2-0 win over host Gustavus Adolphus College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 2, Gustavus 0
LOCATION: Gustie Soccer Field, St. Peter, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-5-0 overall (3-2-0 MIAC), Gustavus 4-5-1 overall (1-3-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ashley St. Aubin (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS) scored her MIAC-leading 11th goal of the season and tallied her conference-leading 24th point, scoring on a shot from the left side at the 11:06 mark, assisted by Jessy Wiskofske (SR, Wausau, Wis./Wausau West HS).
• Exactly one minute later, Callie Athey (SO, Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS) scored her first goal of the year on a tight shot in front, assisted by Nora Edelen (SR, Middleton, Wis./Middleton HS).
• After the early goals, the Auggie defense tightened, withstanding a 17-14 shot advantage by Gustavus -- 11-7 in the second half. Seven Auggies played the full 90 minutes in the contest.
• Augsburg goalkeeper Emily Chapman (JR, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) collected nine saves to pick up her third shutout of the season and sixth of her career. Augsburg now has four shutout wins as a team this season.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• St. Aubin extended her consecutive-game goal-scoring streak to five games. She has seven goals and an assists for 15 points in the five-game scoring streak. 

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "It was a good performance overall for us today. We did well to score early, and our defense and goalkeeping were solid throughout the game. Now we get a little break from conference on Wednesday at UW-River Falls, which provides us with an opportunity to learn more about our team as we prepare for the final stretch of the conference season."

FOR THE FOES
• Abby Goodno had six saves in goal for Gustavus.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wisconsin-River Falls in a nonconference game on Wednesday (10/3) at 3:30 p.m.
• Gustavus hosts Wisconsin-La Crosse in a nonconference game on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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