MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg University women's hockey team scored a pair of first-period goals 51 seconds apart, and took advantage of goalie Mara McClain's (JR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) third collegiate shutout, claiming a 3-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Concordia College-Moorhead and a split of the weekend series on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, Concordia-Moorhead 0
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 2-5-1 overall (2-3-1 MIAC), Concordia-Moorhead 5-4-0 overall (2-4-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• For the second straight game, Augsburg dominated the shot totals, this time outshooting the Cobbers by a 35-23 margin. Augsburg held a 21-4 advantage in the first period, scoring two goals.
• The Auggies struck first at the 14:32 mark of the first period, with Sydney Rydel (SO, Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) pouncing on a rebound off an Emily Cronkhite (FY, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) shot in the slot for her first collegiate goal, a power-play marker. Brooke Leone (SR, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) received the second assist on the goal.
• Fifty-one seconds later, the Auggies took a 2-0 lead. Katie Flynn (JR, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) gained the puck in the Concordia zone on a turnover, fed a pass forward to Kennedy Stein (SO, Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest HS), and Stein found an open Lilia Scheid (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Middleton (Wis.) HS) streaking on the left wing. Scheid made a move and popped the puck in the net for her third goal of the season.
• Augsburg's third goal came midway through the second period, with Carleigh Drill (JR, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS) blasting a shot from the blue line from her first goal of the season. Payton Allen (JR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) and Sydney Rydel (SO, Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) assisted on the goal.
• McClain earned her first win in goal of the season, stopping all 23 shots she faced.

FOR THE FOES
• Kiana Flaig had 32 saves in goal for Concordia.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wisconsin-Superior in a nonconference game on Tuesday (12/7) at 7 p.m.
• Concordia hosts Wisconsin-Eau Claire next Friday (12/10) at 7 p.m.