MINNEAPOLIS -- With Diego Veit (JR, Vina Del Mar, Chile/Centro Educaional de Adultos Rafael Sotomayor) scoring a pair of goals, the Augsburg University men's soccer team clinched its ninth berth in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference postseason playoffs, scoring a 6-0 victory over the College of St. Scholastica on Saturday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 6, St. Scholastica 0
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 10-3-5 overall (4-1-4 MIAC), St. Scholastica 3-14-1 overall (1-8-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Veit scored goals in the 34th minute and 73rd minute for his first multi-goal game as an Auggie.
• Five different Auggies scored goals, and 11 different players figured in the scoring in Saturday's victory. Twenty-two different Auggies saw game action, with no Auggie playing more than 81 minutes in the game.
• Tomas Menna (SR, Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) scored his eighth goal of the season in the 16th minute, and Mizael Harris (JR, Happy Valley, Ore./La Salle Catholic College Prep HS) scored his sixth goal of the season in the 36th minute, giving the Auggies a 3-0 halftime lead.
• Augsburg scored three goals in the final 18 minutes of play. After Veit's second goal of the game, Owen Salzwedel (SO, St. Anthony Village, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS) scored in the 83rd minute, and Muhammed Keita (JR, Farato, Gambia/Nusrat Senior HS) scored his fourth goal of the season with 16 seconds left in the contest.
• Eric Riera (SO, Fridley, Minn./Columbia Heights HS) had two assists for the Auggies.
• Augsburg outshot St. Scholastica by a 32-8 margin in the game, including a 21-2 advantage in shots on-goal. The Auggies held a 60-to-40-percent possession advantage.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg claimed its ninth berth in the six-team MIAC postseason playoffs under head coach Greg Holker, its second in a row and third in a four-season span.
• Augsburg has now recorded 10-plus victories in three of the last four seasons.

FOR THE FOES
• Ben Hallberg had 15 saves for St. Scholastica.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "We were able to spread minutes all around tonight, and we had five different players collect goals, and we kept a clean sheet. It was an interesting game, but we got through it and got what we needed to clinch a playoff spot."
• "I was happy for Diego tonight as he collected his first brace in an Augsburg uniform, and I thought Mizael Harris was a threat throughout the game. He has back-to-back four point games now with really good goal contributions. Zachariah Sherian was outstanding when he dropped into center back for us, and Samon Gyasi was solid in his minutes in the same role."
• "I am glad that one is over, so we can move forward against an incredible Macalester team. I have the utmost respect for Gregg and his team and am excited to see how we stack up against them. It seems we are always playing them on the final day for playoff positioning, and somehow we end up seeing them in the first round again."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes the regular season on Friday (11/1) at 7:30 p.m. at Macalester. An Auggie victory would clinch a third-place MIAC finish for the Auggies, and a first-round conference playoff game at home.