MINNEAPOLIS -- Carver Tierney (SR, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) scored in the 81st minute for the No. 10-ranked Augsburg University men's soccer team, as it claimed a 1-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Hamline University on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 1, Hamline 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 13-1-0 overall (4-1-0 MIAC), Hamline 9-2-3 overall (1-2-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Auggies scored their lone goal with 9:30 left in the contest. Cole Pettit (JR, Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet HS) served a perfect ball from 45 yards out into the middle of the 18-yard box, where Tierney collected it with his chest, turned and slammed a right-foot shot past the goalkeeper for his team-leading 11th goal of the season.
• Augsburg controlled the run of play throughout the game, with a 60-to-40-percent possession advantage. The Auggies outshot the Pipers by a 15-7 margin, including a 10-4 advantage in shots on-goal. 
• Tierney had two shots in the game, while Mitchel Munzing (SR, Portland, Ore./Grant HS) and Eric Riera (JR, Fridley, Minn./Columbia Heights HS) had three shots each.
• Goalkeeper Christian Hodges (FY, New Albany, Ohio/Tree of Life Christian School) scored his ninth shutout of the season with a four-save effort.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG COACH GREG HOLKER
• "Hamline made that game as slow and boring as possible, and were very successful frustrating us and taking the tempo out of the game. We were much better in the second half, playing forward than around like we did in the first half, but it took a special moment from Carver Tierney to finally unlock them and get us the three points."
• "Losing Mizael Harris to injury again was a psychological test for the group as well. We will see what comes of that and wish him the best possible outcome. He's an irreplaceable player, and one we rely heavily on to lead the front line." 
• "Jeffrey Richter and Cole Pettit did well in the back, preventing any dangerous moments from becoming a problem with the recovery defending. Richter has been one of the best in the league all season, and we are going to need both of them to stand out on Wednesday against a very good Bethel team."
• "The most important thing was to get the three points needed to stay in the title hunt and give the 1975 MIAC championship team we were celebrating something to feel proud of on their special day."

FOR THE FOES
• Hamline goalkeeper Alec Setterberg had nine saves.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Bethel University in a MIAC contest on Wednesday (10/15) at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.