MINNEAPOLIS -- Jenna Gerold (SR, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) scored 54 seconds into overtime on Friday night, giving the Augsburg University women's hockey team a 3-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Hamline University at Ed Saugestad Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, Hamline 2 (OT)
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 14-6-2 overall (11-3-1 MIAC), Hamline 7-14-1 overall (6-8-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The game-winning goal was set up by a rush up the right wing and around the net by Kennedy Stein (JR, Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest HS). She then flipped a backhand pass to Gerold, who rushed up the middle, eluded two defenders and slid the puck in the net for her fourth goal of the season and second game-winning tally. Katie Flynn (SR, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) had the second assist on the goal.
• Hamline scored a power-play goal in the first period to take the early lead, but Augsburg scored twice in the opening half of the second period to take the lead. Nine seconds into the frame, Stein tied the game at 1-1 with her seventh goal of the season, putting home a shot in the slot off a steal on the opening draw by Emily Cronkhite (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS).
• Augsburg took a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal by Elizabeth Fagerlind (SO, Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS), scoring from Nora Stepan (FY, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) and Tenley Stewart (FY, Esko, Minn./Esko HS).
• Chloe Stockinger (JR, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) recorded 15 saves in goal to pick up the victory, improving to 9-6-2 on the season.
• Augsburg outshot Hamline by a 42-17 margin, the Auggies' ninth game this season, and fourth in a row, with 40-plus shots on-goal.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• With the victory, Augsburg clinched a spot in the five-team MIAC postseason playoffs, its seventh straight playoff berth and 11th in program history.

FOR THE FOES
• Morgan Wohlers and Elizabeth Valley scored goals for Hamline, with Emme Nelson recording two assists.
• Maddie Nickell had 39 saves in goal for the Pipers.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg aims for the series sweep of the Pipers on Saturday (2/11) at 2 p.m. at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minn.