ST. PETER, Minn. – Despite being outshot by a 40-19 margin, the Augsburg University women's hockey team took advantage of its four goals scored in the first 24:04 of action, claiming a 4-1 win at Gustavus Adolphus College in a split of a huge Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey series on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Gustavus 1
LOCATION: Don Roberts Ice Rink, St. Peter, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-1-1 overall (5-1-0 MIAC), Gustavus 5-3-0 overall (5-1-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg, ranked No. 8 in the latest USCHO.com and No. 7 in the latest D-III Hockey News Division III national polls, scored twice in the first period and twice in the second period to claim the win over the Gusties, ranked No. 5 and No. 4 in the national polls.
• Jenna Allen (FY, Minnetonka, Minn./Holy Family Catholic HS) opened the scoring for the Auggies with a power-play goal 6:37 into play, firing a wrister from the top of the left faceoff circle on an assist from Emma Abrahamson (SO, Carpentersville, Ill./Hampshire HS).
• Emily Schoeberl (JR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) gave the Auggies a 2-0 lead at the 13:19 mark, scoring on a loose puck in front off a rebound of a Kate Haug (JR, Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS). Mei Diesing (FY, Arlington Heights, Ill./TPH Academy Chicago) also assisted on the goal.
• Augsburg scored twice in a 1;04 span early in the second period to take a commanding lead. Emily Cronkhite (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) scored on a 1-on-1 break, putting home a rebound off her own shot, with Haug getting the assist. Sixty-four seconds later, Grace Bonnell (SO, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) pounced on a loose puck off a Gustie clearing attempt and slammed home a shot for her third goal of the season.
• Goalie Kayla Simonson (FY, Delano, Minn./Delano HS) rebounded from her first loss of the season on Friday night with an outstanding effort in goal, with a season-high 39 saves to score the win. She had 70 saves on 73 shots faced on the weekend.
• Allen had five shots on-goal, to go along with three blocked shots. Tenley Stewart (JR, Esko, Minn./Esko HS) also had three blocked shots.

FOR THE FOES
• Abby Elliott scored a power-play goal midway through the second period for Gustavus.
• Gustie goalie Lily Timmons had 15 saves.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Wisconsin-Stevens Point in a nonconference game next Friday (12/13) at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.