MINNEAPOLIS -- The No. 5-ranked Augsburg University scored two goals in a 57-second span midway through the second period, then added an insurance goal in the third period, claiming a 3-1 nonconference win over the No. 15-ranked University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday evening at Ed Saugestad Rink.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:Â Augsburg 3, UW-Eau Claire 1
LOCATION:Â Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 2-1-1 overall, UW-Eau Claire 2-1-0 overall
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Jake Hale (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./Apex Virtual School) scored his first collegiate goal, an unassisted tally on an interception in the slot off a Blugold clearing attempt, to give the Auggies a 1-0 lead at the 7:32 mark of the second period.
• Fifty-seven seconds later, Augsburg put the puck in the net again, as
Nick Woodward's (SR, Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque HS) shot from the left half-wall trickled through the goalie's pads for his first goal of the year.
Michael Ferrandino (SO, Lisle, Ill./Waterloo West (Iowa) HS) andÂ
Gavin Holland (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) were credited with the assists, with Ferrandino claiming his first college point.
• UW-Eau Claire cut the Auggie lead to 2-1 with a goal 1:38 into the third period, but Holland gave the Auggies an important insurance goal with 1:06 left to play, scoring his second goal of the campaign on a shot in the slot, assisted by
Michael Redmon (SR, Brighton, Mich./Centennial (Tenn.) HS) and
Dylan Schneider (SO, Rochester, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS).
• Augsburg claimed a 47-24 advantage in shots on-goal in the game.Â
Samuel Vyletelka (SO, Zilina, Slovakia/Grammar School of St. Francis of Assisi) improved to 2-1-1 on the year with a 23-save effort in goal.
• Defensively,
Mason Palmer (SR, Plymouth, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) had four blocked shots in the game for the Auggies.
FOR THE FOES
• Jack Johnston scored from Kyler Grundy and Aaron Swanson at the 1:38 mark of the third period for UW-Eau Claire.
• Blugold goalie Max Gutjahr had 44 saves.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Northland (Wis.) in a nonconference game on Saturday (11/12) at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.
