MINNEAPOLIS -- Ella Olson (JR, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) and Nora Stepan (SR, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) scored a goal and assist each, leading the No. 3/2-ranked Augsburg University women's hockey team to a 4-2 win over Concordia College-Moorhead in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Concordia-Moorhead 2
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-1-0 overall (1-0-0 MIAC), Concordia 0-3-0 overall (0-1-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The teams exchanged goals until the midway point of the third period, when Augsburg's Olson scored from Stepan and Ruby Eskin (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./Roseville HS) to give the Auggies a 3-2 lead. Payton Behr (FY, Luverne, Minn./Luverne HS) scored her first collegiate goal, a power-play marker from Olson and Abby Simons (SO, Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS), at the 16:15 mark of the third period to give the Auggies their final advantage.
• Emma Abrahamson (JR, Carpentersville, Ill./Hampshire HS) opened the scoring with a first-period goal from Emma Brandenburger (SO, Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley HS), and Stepan scored her first goal of the season at the 3:53 mark of the third period, assisted by Eskin.
• Augsburg goalie Kayla Simonson (SO, Delano, Minn./Delano HS) recorded 15 saves, as the Auggies outshot the Cobbers by a 38-17 margin.

FOR THE FOES
• Addie Moos and Taylyn Cope scored goals for Concordia.
• Cobber goalie Abby Huselid had 34 saves.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg aims for the MIAC sweep of the Cobbers on Saturday (11/15) at 2 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.