MINNEAPOLIS -- For the third time in the last six years, the Augsburg University women's soccer team won a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season championship, sharing the 2019 crown following a 4-0 victory over Hamline University on Saturday afternoon at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Hamline 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 13-3-1 overall (9-1-1 MIAC), Hamline 5-12-0 overall (1-10-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ashley St. Aubin (SR, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS) scored two goals for the Auggies. She scored in the fifth minute, following a clearance on a Hamline corner kick, sprinting 90 yards past several Piper defenders and slotting the ball from left to right for the goal. She also scored on a penalty kick in the 82nd minute, giving her a team-best 15 goals and 36 points on the season.
• St. Aubin assisted on the Auggies' second goal of the game, as she ran up the left wing, then centered the ball to Megan Howard (FY, Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater HS), who slammed it home for her third goal of the season.
• The Auggies capped the scoring in the final minute of play, as Natalee Lessert (JR, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) scored her second goal of the season, taking a pass from the center from Olivia House (SR, Richfield, Minn./Richfield HS) on the left wing and sending the ball home from 25 yards out.
• Augsburg outshot Hamline by a 23-7 margin in the game, with goalkeeper Emily Chapman (SR, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) making six saves to record her seventh shutout of the season and 21st of her career.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg claimed its third MIAC regular-season title in school history. The Auggies previously won titles in 2014 and 2017, and will share the title with St. Thomas this season. The Auggies won MIAC playoff titles in 2014 and 2016, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III national tournament each time.
• Thanks to its 1-0 win over St. Thomas on Sept. 25, the Auggies will be the No. 1 seed in the six-team MIAC postseason playoffs, and will host a semifinal game on Wednesday (11/6) at 6 p.m. (NOTE TIME CHANGE) at Edor Nelson Field. The Auggies will face the winner of Tuesday's (11/5) quarterfinal game between No. 5-seed Carleton and No. 4-seed Saint Benedict. Augsburg is appearing in its 11th MIAC playoffs since 2004, its sixth in a row and seventh in the last eight years.
• Augsburg's career scoring leader, St. Aubin now has 68 career goals and 162 career points (26 assists) in 79 games. St. Aubin has scored at least one goal in 52 games in her career, and the Auggies are now 47-4-1 when she scores a goal. Among MIAC players in overall statistics, St. Aubin finished the regular season second in both goals (15) and points (36).
• St. Aubin is now one goal away from tying the MIAC women's soccer record for career goals (all games), 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 Heidi Campbell of Saint Mary's (1984-87); St. Aubin's 162 points are third-most in conference history.
• The game marked the final regular-season home contest of the careers of five Auggie seniors -- St. Aubin, Chapman, House, Gabriela Encarnacion (SR, Bel Air, Md./Bel Air HS) and Jada Olson (SR, Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS).

FOR THE FOES
• Kat Armstrong had nine saves in goal for Hamline.
• Cailey Schmidt had two shots for the Pipers.

QUOTE FROM AUGSBURG COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "I am very proud of our program. So many great players and people have made contributions over the years that have helped engender the belief and fortitude necessary to win a MIAC championship. We have a strong and determined team, and they deserve this honor. We know it is not easy; we must find a way to elevate our game as the conference playoffs are sure to be a significant challenge, one we fully embrace."