MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Austin Koss (FY, Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) scored his second collegiate goal in as many games, but the Augsburg University men's hockey team suffered a 2-1 loss to host Concordia College-Moorhead for a split of the key Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Concordia-Moorhead 2, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Moorhead Youth Rink, Moorhead, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 14-8-1 overall (9-4-1 MIAC), Concordia 11-10-2 overall (8-5-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Koss scored Augsburg's lone goal of the game, assisted by Michael Redmon (FY, West Bloomfield, Mich./Centennial (Tenn.) HS) and Nick Woodward (SO, Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque HS), at the 14:20 mark of the third period, cutting the Cobber lead to 2-1.
• Augsburg held a 36-31 shots on-goal advantage, including a 13-7 margin in the third period.
• Daniil Gerasimov (JR, Moscow, Russia/State School 1944) had 29 saves in goal for the Auggies.
• Charlie Parker (JR, Verona, Wis./Verona HS) had six shots on-goal for Augsburg, while Fritz Belisle (FY, Red Wing, Minn./Roseville Area HS) had five shots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg, ranked No. 15 in the latest USCHO.com Division III national poll, will enter the final weekend of the regular season with a two-point lead in the MIAC standings. With 29 points, the Auggies have clinched a spot in the five-team MIAC playoffs, and have secured at least a top-three conference finish. Six other MIAC teams still have shots at the final four spots in the playoff race.

FOR THE FOES
• Eddie Eades scored an unassisted goal at the 2:57 mark of the first period, and Aaron Ryback scored a power-play goal at the 7:16 mark of the second period for Concordia.
• Jacob Stephan had 35 saves in goal for the Cobbers.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes the regular season with a series against St. Thomas next weekend. Next Friday's (2/21) game is at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink, and next Saturday's (1/22) game is at 7 p.m. at the St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minn.
• Concordia closes the regular season with a series against St. Olaf next weekend.