ST. PAUL, Minn. – Behind a pair of goals from Emily Cronkhite (JR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS), the Augsburg University women's hockey team moved into second place in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings, with a 4-2 victory over No. 15-ranked Hamline University on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Hamline 2
LOCATION: TRIA Rink, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 16-6-0 overall (12-3-0 MIAC), Hamline 16-6-0 overall (11-4-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Cronkhite claimed her second multi-goal game of the season and extended her consecutive-game point streak to nine straight games, scoring Augsburg's first two goals of the game. She opened the scoring with a goal at the 13:23 mark of the first period, skating around the net and putting home a wrist shot from the left side, following a dump into the zone by Kiley Wahlin (JR, Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace HS).
• Cronkhite scored her MIAC-leading third shorthanded goal of the season at the 7:09 mark of the second period, assisted by Nora Stepan (SO, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS). Stepan led a 2-on-1 shorthanded break, and after the Hamline goalie moved forward to block Stepan, she dove to slide the puck across to Cronkhite, who scored on an open net for her team-leading 14th goal of the season.
• The Pipers tied the game at 2-2 late in the second period, but Augsburg took the lead back with a pair of third-period goals. Tenley Stewart (SO, Esko, Minn./Esko HS) gave the Auggies the lead on a blast from the point, off a steal by Sydney Rydel (SR, Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) at the 1:01 mark, and Claire Jenkins Coffman (SR, Mount Pleasant, Wis./The Prairie School) capped the scoring with her fourth goal of the season at the 11:05 mark, scoring off of a scrum in front from Kennedy Stein (SR, Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest HS).
• Augsburg outshot Hamline by a 31-29 margin, with Chloe Stockinger (SR, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) picking up the win for the Auggies in goal, claiming 27 saves.
• Stewart had four blocked shots in the game, and Rydel claimed 12 faceoff wins in 16 opportunities.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has now won 13 of its last 15 games to move into second place in the MIAC standings with 33 points, with three league games left in the regular season.
• Cronkhite's 14 goals are tied for second-most in the MIAC, while she now leads the MIAC with 26 points (14 goals, 12 assists).

FOR THE FOES
• Abigail Chamernick and Nikki Olund scored goals for Hamline.
• Piper goalie Anika Penney had 27 saves.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (2/10) at 4 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.