MINNEAPOLIS -- After surrendering a goal in the opening minute, the Augsburg University men's soccer team was thoroughly dominant for the remaining 89 minutes, claiming a 6-1 nonconference victory over the University of Minnesota-Morris on Monday afternoon at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 8, Minnesota Morris 1
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 2-0-1 overall, UM Morris 0-2-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Auggies were dominant thoroughout the game, outshooting the Cougars by a 38-4 margin, claiming 17 corner kicks to the opponent's two, and controlling possession by a 65-to-35-percent margin.
• Twenty-five different Auggies saw action in the game, with none of the field players playing more than 56 minutes.
• Eight different Auggies scored goals, with Tomas Menna (SO, Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) and Nick Zuchowski (SR, Wales, Wis./Kettle Moraine HS) claiming a goal and two assists each. Mizael Harris (FY, Portland, Ore./La Salle Catholic College Prep HS) had a penalty kick goal and added an assist. Zuchowski's goal, his third of the season, also came on a penalty kick -- the third of his college career.
• Kebba Janneh (SO, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS), Jorge Radilla (JR, Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS), Tomas Piza (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./Hiawatha Collegiate HS), Camel Htoo (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Washington HS) and Tyler Johnson (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Como Park HS) also scored goals for Augsburg. Alex Giles (SR, Columbia Heights, Minn./Columbia Heights HS) and Kobby Owu (Sr, Vadnais Heights, Minn./Como Park HS) added assists.
• Making his first collegiate appearance in goal after playing his entire collegiate career in the field, Helio De La Torre (JR, Oakdale, Minn./Mahtomedi HS) had two saves.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg's eight goals are tied for the third-most in a single game since 1972 (schedules are not available for the first four seasons of the program), and tied for the second-most in head coach Greg Holker's 19-year history with the team. Augsburg's record for goals in a game is 12, in a 12-0 win over Hamline on Oct. 30, 1976. Augsburg claimed a 9-2 win over Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 30, 2004, and 8-0 wins over Wisconsin-Superior in 2000 and 2002, and over Crown in 2006.

FOR THE FOES
• Carver Hammond opened the scoring for Minnesota Morris with a goal on a steal just 56 seconds into the game.
• Nick Isensee had eight saves in goal for the Cougars.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "That didn't start the way we expected, for sure. We weren't up to our standard in our play or our mentality, and we got what we deserved, giving up that silly goal under a minute into the game. That being said, the group got it back on Menna's banger, and when the substitutes entered at the 16-minute mark, there was no looking back. How we played from then on was much improved -- our movement was better, our ball circulation was better, and we created many chances."
• "It is great to get Mizael off the board and scoring. He drew the penalty and then finished it off, so full credit to him. I thought Kebba Janneh was really good tonight, linking us up in the final third and being involved in several scoring chances. Although he will think he should have scored more, he was a real threat all the time and made us better."
• "We played everyone we could, and they all looked like they belonged. It's a deep group, and if the guys keep pushing each other every day, they are going to make my decisions harder and harder -- and that's exactly what we want."
• "I know he may not feel like it because we put eight goals in, but their goalkeeper was outstanding tonight. He slammed the door on us just as many times -- he was really impressive. 
• "One more test before MIAC play begins, and our first road game of the year on Wednesday at Northwestern. We need to be better and better every time we play, and Wednesday is another measuring stick for us."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Northwestern-St. Paul on Wednesday (9/7) at 7 p.m.