MINNEAPOLIS – Emily Cronkhite (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) scored two goals with two assists for a four-point night, leading the Augsburg University women's hockey team to its fourth straight victory, a 5-1 nonconference triumph over the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 5, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-4-1 overall, UW-Stevens Point 6-4-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Auggies dominated play throughout, outshooting the Pointers by a 46-16 margin in the game. Making her third collegiate start, goalie Marissa Paaske (FY, Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) stopped all 12 shots she faced in 50 minutes, before being relieved by Mara McClain (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS), who had three saves in the final 10 minutes of the game.
• Cronkhite scored two unassisted goals and had two assists for a four-point night, marking her fourth career multi-goal game. She scored at the 7:51 mark of the second period, and capped Augsburg's scoring with a shorthanded, empty-net goal with five seconds left to play.
• Augsburg scored its first goal of the game in the final second of the first period, with Elizabeth Fagerlind (SO, Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS) scoring on a blast from the right point, assisted by Kennedy Stein (JR, Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest HS) and Cronkhite.
• Nora Stepan (FY, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) scored from Payton Allen (SR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) and Cronkhite at the 14:39 mark of the second period, and 
Katie Flynn (SR, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) scored a shorthanded goal on a 2-on-0 break 5:09 into the third period. Flynn and Cronkhite both have a team-high seven goals on the season.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 30-18 margin this season. Over the last five six games, the Auggies have outscored their opponents by a 24-7 margin, going 5-0-1 in that stretch.
• Cronkhite and Flynn's seven goals are tied for third-most among MIAC players in overall statistics. Cronkhite leads the MIAC with 16 points (seven goals, nine assists).

FOR THE FOES
• Maddie Andrle scored from Laina Berthiaume at the 17:44 mark of the third period for UW-Stevens Point's lone goal.
• Olivia Schultz had 41 saves in goal for the Pointers.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts St. Norbert (Wis.) on Saturday (12/10) at 4 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.