Augsburg's women's soccer team poses for a photo following a 2024 game.
Kevin Healy
0
St. Scholastica CSS (0-14-4, 0-9-1)
3
Winner Augsburg AUG (7-4-5, 3-2-5)
St. Scholastica CSS
(0-14-4, 0-9-1)
0
Final
3
Augsburg AUG
(7-4-5, 3-2-5)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Scholastica CSS 0 0 0
Augsburg AUG 2 1 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Ponce's hat trick gives Auggies key MIAC win

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jayla Ponce (SR, Kuna, Idaho/Kuna HS) scored all three Augsburg University goals for her third career hat trick, lifting her Auggies to a key 3-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer victory over the College of St. Scholastica on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, St. Scholastica 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 7-4-5 overall (3-2-5 MIAC), St. Scholastica 0-14-4 overall (0-9-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ponce scored a pair of goals on penalty kicks in the 29th and 31st minutes, then scored her 12th goal of the season in the 76th minute, eluding a defender on several moves and drilling a low line drive from the top of the penalty box. The hat trick was the second for her this season and third of her career.
• The Auggies held control of the game throughout, claiming a 54-to-46-percent possession advantage and outshooting the Saints by an 18-9 margin, including an 8-3 advantage in shots on-goal. Ponce had five shots in the game, including four on-goal, to lead the Auggies.
• Seventeen Auggies saw game action in the victory, with Amalia Lee (FY, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS), Alanna Franklin (SR, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) and Abby Rosebur (JR, South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul HS) getting two shots each.
• Claire Smothers (FY, Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City HS) picked up her fourth shutout of the year in goal with a three-save effort.

FOR THE FOES
• St. Scholastica goalkeeper Gracie Meagher had five saves.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• The game marked what will likely be the final home game for six Augsburg seniors -- fifth-year seniors Ponce and Megan Hensel (SR, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS), and fourth-year seniors Franklin, Clara Fesemyer (SR, Madison, Wis./Madison East HS), Samantha Meyer (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) and Annika Rudolph (SR, Richfield, Minn./Richfield HS).

UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes the regular season with a game at Macalester next Saturday (11/2) at 1 p.m. A victory by the Auggies would clinch a berth in the six-team MIAC postseason playoffs.
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