NEWBERG, Ore. -- Outshooting its opponents by a 21-5 margin, the Augsburg University men's soccer team closed its season-opening trip to Oregon with a 3-1 victory at George Fox University on Sunday morning.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:Â Augsburg 3, George Fox (Ore.) 1
LOCATION:Â Austin Sports Complex, Newberg, Ore.
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 1-0-1 overall, George Fox 0-2-0Â overall.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Jeffrey Richter (SO, Portland, Ore./La Salle Catholic College Prep HS), one of five Oregon natives on the Augsburg roster, opened the scoring for the Auggies with a goal in the 30th minute, heading home a left-side cross fromÂ
Mizael Harris (SO, Portland, Ore./La Salle Catholic College Prep HS).
• George Fox tied the game with a goal in the 44th minute, but Augsburg took the lead back two minutes into the second half, whenÂ
Kebba Janneh (JR, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) scored his third goal of the weekend on a penalty kick, after an Augsburg player was taken down in the penalty box.
• The Auggies finished the scoring in the 64th minute, as
Remus Repcak (FY, Tualatin, Ore./Tualatin HS) threaded the needle on a forward pass to
Mitchel Munzing (SO, Portland, Ore./Grant HS), who completed the play with a breakaway shot to the low left corner of the net.
• Augsburg outshot George Fox by a 21-5 margin -- 8-1 in the first half and 13-4 in the second half. Augsburg also had 11 corner kicks to George Fox's two.
• Goalkeeper
Oscar Herrera (SR, Madison, Wis./Madison West HS) had three saves to pick up the win.
FOR THE FOES
• Victor Kaimi scored from Isaac Nakayama in the 44th minute for George Fox.
• Goalkeeper Keoni Gavino had six saves.
QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• Coming later.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg has its home opener on Tuesday (9/5) at 7:30 p.m., hosting Northwestern-St. Paul at Edor Nelson Field.