MINNEAPOLIS -- In a battle of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer leaders, three first-half goals by Carleton College lifted the visitors to a 3-0 win over Augsburg University on Tuesday evening at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Carleton 3, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-4-0 overall (3-1-0 MIAC), Carleton 8-1-0 overall (4-0-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Carleton scored goals in the fifth and 10th minutes to take an early lead, then added another goal in the 28th minute off a corner kick to take a 3-0 lead into the locker room.
• Both teams had 14 shots and three corner kicks in the game, and while possession time was relatively even, Carleton controlled the run of play, maintaining 63 percent of its possession in its attacking half of the field.
• Jayla Ponce (SO, Kuna, Idaho/Kuna HS) had four shots in the game for Augsburg, including three shots on-frame. Jennifer Bobaric (SR, Andover, Minn./Andover HS), Samantha Meyer (SO, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS), Sam Donahugh (Sr, Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago HS) and Jaelyn Nedelcoff (SO, Oregon, Wis./Oregon HS) had two shots each.
• Iz Shuster (JR, Waconia, Minn./Waconia HS) had five saves in goal.

FOR THE FOES
• Casey MacVeagh had a goal and assist for Carleton, scoring an unassisted goal in the 10th minute. Hadley Twichell scored from Cate Patterson in the fifth minute, and Ashlyn Haigh scored from MacVeagh in the 28th minute.
• Keya Mookencherry had five saves in goal for the Knights.

QUOTE FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "Give all the credit to Carleton, they came out and scored two beautiful goals in the first 10 minutes and then found another off a set piece to make life really difficult for us. In the end, while shots and possession may have been level, Carleton was the better team tonight and deserved the win."
• "It's a tough pill to swallow; our record on our field over the years has been stellar and we take a lot of pride in that. Some losses are a matter of a few moments swinging one way or the other, others require some deeper reflection, this is one of those."
• "I have to do a better job preparing my group and we have things we have to address and clean up. As I told the team after the game, the only way out is through, so we will look at this one closely and resolve to make the adjustments we need to make in order to earnestly pursue our potential."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Saint Benedict on Saturday (10/1) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.