ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Tomas Piza (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./Hiawatha Collegiate HS) scored two goals as part of dominant performance by the Augsburg University men's soccer team in a 3-0 win at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, Northwestern-St. Paul 0
LOCATION: Reynolds Field, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-0-1 overall, Northwestern-St. Paul 0-3-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg was dominant throughout the game, controlling possession by a by a 66-to-34-percent margin and outshooting the hosts by a 23-3 margin. Just seven Augsburg shots were on-goal, as seven shots were blocked by the Northwestern defense.
• Twenty-three different Auggies saw action in the game, and 11 different Auggies took shots.
• Piza gave the Auggies a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute, as he connected on a one-timer on the left edge of the net following a left-wing deep drive and cross from Camel Htoo (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Washington HS).
• Jonathan Ongeri-Kamara (JR, Richfield, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) scored his first goal of the season in the 75th minute, heading home a free kick from the left edge of the 18-yard box from Jessie Juarez (SO, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS).
• Piza capped the scoring with his third goal of the season on a penalty kick in the 89th minute. Piza recorded his first collegiate multi-goal game, and he now has seven career goals.
• Piza had five shots in the game, while Ongeri-Kamara and Tomas Menna (SO, Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) had four shots each.
• Oscar Herrera (SO, Madison, Wis./Madison West HS) had one save in goal to claim his seventh collegiate shutout.

FOR THE FOES
• Andrew Skoglund had one save in the first half, and Bodean Gaustad had three saves in the second half for the Eagles.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "We started pretty slowly tonight, in part due to Northwestern's play, and in part due to our shape being a bit discombobulated. That was 100 percent my fault. When we did get behind them, we looked dangerous, and Camel created a great goal with Tomas cutting across the goal to slam in his second goal in as many games. Otherwise, the first half was relatively slow and boring."
• "In the second half, we looked much more committed to playing in a way that served us with a lot of shorter, quicker passes and more balls that played out opponents. It was going to be a matter of time before we broke in and scored, because we kept getting deep on the endline and serving back across to create loads of chances. Eventually we got fouled in a dangerous spot and Jessie's service was perfect for Jono to rise up and head home. Jono was clearly the man of the match for his outstanding performance tonight. He was tremendous on both sides of the ball -- it was his best game as an Auggie."
• "Our final goal was created by Tomas and finished by Tomas, as he dangled through a few guys to get chopped down in the box. If our guys can continue to be brave and run at players, we are going to get more penalties because of their ability to imbalance defenders."
• "Now we move on to the portion of our season that matters most, as we host Hamline on Tuesday in MIAC play. We have a few more days to sharpen our end of things and get a plan in place, and then it's time to enjoy this incredibly balanced and competitive league."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg opens Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a home game against Hamline next Tuesday (9/13) at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.