MINNEAPOLIS -- Behind Emily Ach's (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) second collegiate hat trick, the Augsburg University women's hockey team claimed its ninth straight win in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play, a 4-1 triumph over St. Catherine University on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, St. Catherine 1
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 15-5-0 overall (10-3-0 MIAC), St. Catherine 8-11-0 overall (5-8-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ach's first goal came 2:49 into the second period, as she gained the puck in front off a backhand feed from behind the goal line by Jeanette Bealke (SR, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS). Laine Lobdell (JR, Aurora, Minn./Metea Valley HS) received the second assist on the goal.
• Her second goal came less than four minutes later, as she completed a 2-on-1 rush following a cross-slot pass by Bridget Wagner (SR, Niles, Ill./Maine South HS), with Katie Flynn (FY, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) getting the second assist.
• Ach's hat trick was completed on the power play at the 2:33 mark of the third period. Wagner fed Flynn in front, and her initial shot was rebounded to Ach, who stuffed it home for her 10th goal of the season and fourth power-play marker.
• Lobdell scored the opening goal of the game for the Auggies, as she snapped a wrister from between the circles for her fifth goal of the season, assisted by Brooke Leone (SO, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) and Nikki Nightengale (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS).
• For the fifth straight game, Augsburg held a significant shots on-goal advantage, outshooting St. Catherine by a 34-17 margin. 
• Goalie Annie Juergens (SR, Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) stopped 16 shots for the Auggies, improving to 5-4-0 on the season.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has now won nine straight games over MIAC opponents, outscoring its opponents by a 34-5 margin in the process. Augsburg has now won 12 of its last 14 overall contests and five in a row.

FOR THE FOES
• St. Catherine scored at the 14:36 mark of the second period, as Sophia Gorski scored on a breakaway, getting past the defense off assists by Abbie Wetzel-Edstrom and Veronica Gruett.
• Elizabeth Kubicek had 30 saves in goal for St. Catherine.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (1/8) at 3 p.m. at the Drake Ice Arena in St. Paul, Minn.