MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. -- Bridget Wagner (SR, Niles, Ill./Maine South HS) scored the game-winning goal with 22 seconds left in regulation time, lifting the Augsburg University women's hockey team to its 13th straight victory over Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponents, a 3-2 triumph over the University of St. Thomas on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, St. Thomas 2
LOCATION: St. Thomas Ice Arena, Mendota Heights, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 19-5-0 overall (14-3-0 MIAC), St. Thomas 12-8-4 overall (11-5-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The game-winning goal came on a 2-on-1 break in the final minute. Kalli Prekker (JR, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) gained the puck behind her own net and sent a backhand pass to Katie Flynn (FY, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS). Flynn sprinted up the right wing, and her shot on-goal was rebounded to Wagner in the slot, who flipped the puck to the net for her 11th goal of the season.
• Augsburg scored the first two goals of the game, before St. Thomas tied the game with goals halfway through the second period and halfway through the third period.
• Lanie Lobdell (JR, Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley HS) scored the first goal for the Auggies in bizarre fashion 4:53 into the game. Lobdell was bottled up between two St. Thomas defenders in the slot, and one of the Tommies tried to clear the puck, but her pass attempt deflected off of the back of Lobdell's skate blade and went into the net. Jeanette Bealke (SR, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) received an assist on the goal.
• Emily Ach (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) gave the Auggies a 2-0 lead at the 14:27 mark of the first period, scoring a power-play goal in the slot off a feed from below the red line by Flynn. Wagner had the second assist on the goal, Ach's 11th of the season.
• Augsburg outshot St. Thomas by a 29-20 margin. Abby Bollig (SO, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) had 18 saves to pick up the win in goal.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has now won 13 straight games over MIAC opponents, outscoring its opponents by a 49-10 margin in the process. Augsburg has now won 16 of its last 18 overall contests and nine in a row.
• With the win, Augsburg has secured at least a top-three finish in the MIAC regular-season standings, and will play a semifinal-round game on Feb. 29. Augsburg now has 28 league points, one behind second-place Hamline and two behind league-leader Gustavus, entering the final day of the regular season.

FOR THE FOES
• Sarah Moy scored at the 9:24 mark of the second period, and Estee Frantz scored at the 9:32 mark of the third period for the Tommies.
• Eryn Cooley had 26 saves in goal for St. Thomas.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg and St. Thomas close the regular season on Saturday (2/22) at 4 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.