MINNEAPOLIS --
McKenna Nachreiner (FY, Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee HS) scored the game-winning goal with 2:29 left to go in the second half, lifting the Augsburg University women's soccer team in a 1-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Saint Mary's University on Saturday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 1, Saint Mary's 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-0-1 overall (1-0-1 MIAC), Saint Mary's 3-3-0 overall (0-2-0 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Less than a minute after re-entering the game as a substitute, Nachreiner capped off a brilliant Augsburg drive for the lone goal of the game.
Jayla Ponce (SR, Kuna, Idaho/Kuna HS) claimed the ball off a header by
Phoebe Alva Rosa (SO, Jackson, Wyo./Jackson Hole HS) at midfield. Ponce drove the ball up the left wing, slid a pass to Alva Rosa in the middle, Alva Rosa fed the ball to the right to a wide open Nachreiner near the penalty spot, and Nachreiner slotted the ball to the low left corner for her team-leading fifth goal of the season.
• For most of the contest, the game was a back-and-forth battle for possession, with Saint Mary's holding a 52-to-48-percent possession advantage. Saint Mary's held an 11-7 advantage in shots in the game, including a 6-1 advantage in the first half. Augsburg outshot Saint Mary's by a 6-5 margin in the second half, including a shot that hit the crossbar.
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Iz Shuster (SR, Waconia, Minn./Waconia HS) claimed her seventh career shutout in goal for Augsburg, and second in a row, collecting four saves.
FOR THE FOES
• Anna Peckosh had three saves in goal for Saint Mary's.
• Lauren Ashe and Brooklyn McKinney had three shots each.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Wisconsin-Stout in a nonconference game on Tuesday (9/19) at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
