MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University dominated Hamline University in nearly every facet of Wednesday's Minnesota Intercollegiate Conference women's soccer opener, but could not put the ball in the net, as the teams played a scoreless tie at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 0, Hamline 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-2-1 overall (0-0-1 MIAC), Hamline 3-3-1 overall (0-0-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg had a 28-5 advantage in shots, including a 7-2 advantage in shots on-goal. The Auggies had four corner kicks to none by Hamline, and the Auggies held a 63-to-37-percent possession advantage. 
• Augsburg's best scoring chance came in the 78th minute, when a Jayla Ponce (SR, Kuna, Idaho/Kuna HS) free kick from 22 yards out deflected off the crossbar.
• The Auggie defensive backfield of Avery Rich (FY, Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka HS), Samantha Meyer (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS), Hannah Hatfield (JR, Rogers, Ark./Rogers HS) and Grace Dickerson (JR, Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) held firm, preventing the Pipers from mounting any sustained attacks. Hatfield, Rich and Meyer joined Ponce and multi-position player Annika Rudolph (SR, Richfield, Minn./Richfield HS) in playing the full 90 minutes in the game.
• Ponce had 10 shots, incluidng three on-goal, to lead the Auggies. Dickerson had two shots on-goal.
• Tess Enlow (JR, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) had two saves in goal for the Auggies.

FOR THE FOES
• Isabella Jensen had seven saves in goal for Hamline.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg has an MIAC contest at Saint Mary's on Saturday (9/21) at 1 p.m. in Winona, Minn.