MINNEAPOLIS – Behind a pair of goals each from Kennedy Stein (SR, Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest HS) and Grace Bonnell (FY, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS), the Augsburg University women's hockey team won its 10th game in its last 11 contests, finishing a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep of the College of Saint Benedict with a 6-2 win on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 6, Saint Benedict 2
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 13-5-0 overall (9-3-0 MIAC), Saint Benedict 7-10-2 overall (3-7-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Stein started her second career multi-goal game with an unassisted goal 4:26 into play, stealing the puck at her own blue line, working up the ice and snapping a shot from the right faceoff dot. Her second goal came on the power play 8:18 into the third period, scoring on a one-timer off a tic-tac-toe play from Tenley Stewart (SO, Esko, Minn./Esko HS) and Malia Schubert (SR, Mantorville, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS). Stein is now tied for the team lead with 10 goals on the season.
• Bonnell scored her first two collegiate goals on Saturday. Her first came in the final minute of the second period, as she collected a loose puck at center ice and sprinted up the left side, sliding the puck in from the slot. Her second goal came on the power play at the 1:32 mark of the third period, firing a shot from the right side to an open net, on a rebound of a shot from the left side by Stein. Stewart had the second assist on the goal.
• Nora Stepan (SO, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) gave the Auggies a 2-0 lead with a power-play goal with 1:50 left in the first period, slicing a rising wrist shot from between the faceoff circles, assisted by Elizabeth Fagerlind (JR, Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS) and Emily Cronkhite (JR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS).
• Cronkhite capped the scoring for the Auggies with her 10th goal of the season at the 13:42 mark of the third period, stealing a puck at the blue line and walking in for an unassisted tally.
• Augsburg outshot Saint Benedict by a 38-24 margin in the game. Making her fifth start of the season in goal, Marissa Paaske (SO, Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) had 22 saves to improve to 4-1-0.

FOR THE FOES
• Emma Rooks scored both goals for Saint Benedict, with Chloe Lewis assisting on both.
• Bennie goalie Delaney Norman had 32 saves.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Wisconsin-Eau Claire in a nonconference game on Tuesday (1/30) at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.