NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Claiming his third hat trick of the season, Alex Rodriguez (SR, Miami, Fla./Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) HS) scored three of Augsburg University's four goals in a 4-1 win at St. Olaf College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, St. Olaf 1
LOCATION: St. Olaf Ice Arena, Northfield, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 15-3-2 overall (9-1-1 MIAC), St. Olaf 4-11-2 overall (2-5-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• After claiming hat tricks in back-to-back games to open the season, Rodriguez claimed his fourth multi-goal game of the season and sixth in his two years as an Auggie. Rodriguez now has 16 goals on the season, leading the MIAC in overall goals and tied for third-most among all NCAA Division III players nationally.
• Rodriguez opened the scoring just 49 seconds into the game, with a goal assisted by John O'Connor (JR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS). He claimed his second goal of the game midway through the first period, assisted by Tommy Carey (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) and Chandler Madry (SR, Bakersfield, Calif./Fairbanks (Alaska) BEST HS). Carey's 15 assists are tied for second-most among MIAC players.
• Austin Dollimer (FY, Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS) gave the Auggies a 3-0 lead at the 12:16 mark of the second period, scoring his sixth goal of the year, assisted by Eric Brenk (SR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS). Dollimer's six goals are tied for fourth-most among MIAC rookies this season.
• Rodriguez capped the scoring with a goal from Luke Dietsch (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) and O'Connor at the 10:22 mark of the third period.
• Augsburg dominated offensively, outshooting St. Olaf by a 37-15 margin in the game -- 15-5 in the first period, 12-8 in the second and 10-2 in the third.
• Nick Schmit (SR, Fargo, Minn./Fargo North HS) had 14 saves in goal for Augsburg, improving to 10-2-2 on the season.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg is ranked No. 5 in both major Division III national polls -- by USCHO.com and D3hockey.com.
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 76-45 margin this season, leading the MIAC in both scoring offense (3.80 goals per-game) and scoring defense (2.25 goals allowed per-game). Augsburg's scoring offense ranks 12th-best in Division III, with its scoring defense tied for 15th-best.

FOR THE FOES
• Tyler Bump scored the lone goal of the game for St. Olaf, scoring from Tyler Uravage and Luke Ranallo at the 17:15 mark of the second period.
• Eric Hancock had 13 saves in the first period for the Oles, with Noah Parker stopping 20 shots in two periods of relief.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (1/26) at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.