MORRIS, Minn. -- Alanna Franklin (SO, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) scored her first three collegiate goals on a hat trick, and Jaelyn Nedelcoff (SO, Oregon, Wis./Oregon HS) added two goals, as the Augsburg University women's soccer team claimed an 8-0 nonconference win at the University of Minnesota Morris on Sunday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 8, Minnesota Morris 0
LOCATION: Cougar Field, Morris, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-0-0 overall, UM Morris 0-2-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Nedelcoff opened the scoring with a goal on a penalty kick in the fifth minute, and added her second goal 10 minutes into the second half.
• Franklin scored her first goal in the 43rd minute, and added goals in the 67th and 80th minutes for her first career hat trick. 
• Jennifer Bobaric (SR, Andover, Minn./Andover HS) gave the Auggies a 2-0 lead with a goal in the 26th minute, assisted by Megan Hensel (JR, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) and Jayla Ponce (SO, Kuna, Idaho/Kuna HS). The goal was Bobaric's 11th of her career.
• Ponce assisted on three straight goals for the Auggies.
• Hensel scored her first collegiate goal in the 64th minute, assisted by Rylan Lee (JR, Parker, Colo./Ponderosa HS). Allison Hookom (FY, Andover, Minn./Anoka HS) also scored her first collegiate goal on an assist from Lee, in the 76th minute.
• Twenty-one different Auggies saw game action, all playing 27 minutes or more. 
• Augsburg outshot UM Morris by a 46-10 margin, with 28 shots on-goal. The shot total is the most for an Auggie squad since a 50-shot effort in a 4-0 win at UM Morris on Sept. 1, 2019, and the 28 shots on-goal are the most since Augsburg recorded 33 in an 11-0 win over Wisconsin-Superior on Oct. 23, 2002.
• Iz Shuster (JR, Waconia, Minn./Waconia HS) recorded three saves in goal in the first half, and Tess Enlow (FY, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) had a save in the second half in her first collegiate goalkeeping appearance.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Franklin's hat trick is the 15th for an Augsburg player in Mike Navarre's 24 seasons as the Auggies' head coach.
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by an 11-1 margin in its first three games, with eight different Auggies scoring goals.

FOR THE FOES
• Bernadette Cienik had 19 saves in goal for the Cougars.
• Bella Toth had four shots for UM Morris.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "We played well today. It was encouraging to see the players demand more from themselves after a tough fought win yesterday, but one in which we didn't perform up to our expectations. It was rewarding to get contributions from so many different players and see the overall excitement within the group."
• "Three road games in four days was a challenge, but one we were prepared for. Now our resolve and acumen really gets tested as we travel to play UW-La Crosse, which is ranked No. 13 in the nation, on Wednesday night."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wisconsin-La Crosse on Wednesday (9/7) at 6 p.m.