ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Claiming its largest margin of victory over Macalester College in the 39-game all-time history between the teams, the Augsburg University women's soccer team scored a 5-0 triumph in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 5, Macalester 0
LOCATION: Macalester Stadium, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 9-2-0 overall (5-0-0 MIAC), Macalester 1-9-1 overall (1-4-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg led for all but the opening 106 seconds of play, as Ashley St. Aubin (SR, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS) struck quickly with her 12th goal of the season, assisted by Gabriela Encarnacion (SR, Bel Air, Md./Bel Air HS).
• Two Auggie defenders combined for a goal in the 42nd minute, as Jen Masello (SO, Darien, Ill./Downers Grove Catholic HS) scored from Molly Conners (SO, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS).
• The Auggies erupted with three goals in a 14-minute span in the second half, starting with Megan Howard's (FY, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) first collegiate goal, a 42nd-minute marker from Callie Athey (JR, Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS) and Conners. For Conners, a transfer from Division I Northern Iowa, it marked her first multi-assist game as an Auggie.
• Ana Ortiz (SO, Waterloo, Iowa/Columbus Catholic HS) gave the Auggies a 4-0 lead with an unassisted goal in the 60th minute, and Natalee Lessert (JR, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) capped the scoring with a goal from Rachel Montgomery (FY, Cottage Grove, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS) in the 62nd minute. The assist marked Montgomery's first collegiate point.
• Goalkeepers Emily Chapman (SR, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) and Payton Gutenberg (FY, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) combined for Augsburg's sixth shutout victory of the season, with Chapman recording seven saves in 77 minutes, and Gutenberg not facing a shot on-goal in the final 13 minutes of play.
• Augsburg outshot Macalester by a 23-9 margin in the game -- a 14-7 margin in the first half and a 9-2 advantage in the second half.

FOR THE FOES
• Kate Lawhead had six saves in 64 minutes in goal for Macalester, with Dana Gustafson making one save in 26 minutes of relief.
• Alice Bieda had three shots on-goal for the Scots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Wednesday's result marks the most goals Augsburg has ever scored against Macalester, and its largest margin of victory in the all-time series between the two teams, dating to Augsburg's first season of women's soccer in 1985. Augsburg is 7-27-5 all-time against the Scots, but has now won four of the last seven meetings.
• Augsburg's career scoring leader, St. Aubin now has 65 career goals and 155 career points (25 assists) in 73 games. St. Aubin has scored at least one goal in 50 games in her career, and the Auggies are now 45-4-1 when she scores a goal. Among MIAC players in overall statistics, St. Aubin is now tied for the lead in both goals (12) and points (27).
• St. Aubin now four goals away from tying the MIAC record for career goals (all games) in women's soccer, 69, set by Macalester's Jenny Scanlon (1991-94). The MIAC's women's soccer career points record is 173 (62 goals, 49 assists), held by Saint Mary's Heidi Campbell (1984-87); St. Aubin's 155 points are third-most in conference history.
• Encarnacion is now tied for 10th among MIAC players in total points (14; five goals, four assists), and Conners is now tied for second among MIAC players in assists with six.

QUOTE FROM AUGSBURG COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "We scored some outstanding goals tonight. I was pleased with the variety of ways we scored, and was just proud of the skill we demonstrated in those moments. Despite the score line tonight, we are well aware of how competitive our league is. We certainly expect a difficult challenge against a solid St. Olaf team on Saturday."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face St. Olaf in a showdown of two of the top teams in the MIAC on Saturday (10/12) at 3:30 p.m. in Northfield, Minn.
• Macalester hosts Concordia-Moorhead on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.