ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Scoring the first nine goals of the game and outshooting the visitors by a 38-22 margin, Hamline University ended the Augsburg University women's lacrosse team's season with a 14-2 decision in a Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference playoff semifinal game on Friday morning.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Hamline 14, Augsburg 2
LOCATION: Klas Field, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 10-8 overall, Hamline 16-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The top seed in the four-team MWLC playoffs, Hamline took a 7-0 halftime advantage over No. 4-seed Augsburg and built a 9-0 lead before Augsburg's Mikayla Knudson (JR, Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River HS) scored with 24:38 left in the game. Allie Tuccitto (SO, Rosemount, Minn./Eastview HS) scored on an assist from Mikayla Jones (JR, Oak Park Heights, Minn./B.E. Emerson Prep HS) with 17:38 left for the Auggies.
• Hamline outshot Augsburg by a 38-22 margin, including a 23-9 advantage in the first half. The Pipers also took advantage of 28 Augsburg turnovers in the game, while committing just 16. Augsburg had 12 draw controls to Hamline's six, but could only convert 11-of-22 clearing attempts, compared to 20-of-24 for Hamline. The Pipers also had 27 ground balls to Augsburg's 17.
• Goalie Maddie Seykora (SO, Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) claimed 12 saves in goal -- her 12th double-digit save performance of the season and sixth in a row -- adding three ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Christina Nelson (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) recorded seven draw controls to lead all players in the game.
• Knudson had three ground balls and two caused turnovers, while McKenna Ellena (SO, Wales, Wis./Kettle Moraine HS) had three draw controls.
• Annika Hegrenes (JR, Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy HS) collected two ground balls and two caused turnovers, as did Kassie Diaz (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS). Demey Everett (SR, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Champlin Park HS) had two ground balls and a caused turnover, and Megan Furlong (SO, Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) had two ground balls.  
• Augsburg was outshot by a 42-34 margin by UW-River Falls. The Falcons also had 17 draw controls to Augsburg's 12, while Augsburg had 19 ground balls to the Falcons' 13.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• The game marked the final collegiate contest for five Augsburg seniors -- Diaz, Everett, Nelson, Isabelle Gasser (SR, Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) and Hannah Valen (SR, Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS).
• Augsburg has reached the MWLC postseason playoffs in each of its four years of conference play, with a 46-25 overall record and 34-10 MWLC mark in that span.
• In its six-year women's lacrosse history, Augsburg has a 59-40 overall record.

FOR THE FOES
• Alycia Monserrate Novotny scored four goals with an assist to lead Hamline, while Lexus Tatge scored three goals with three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Molly Dionne had 10 saves in goal for the Pipers.