NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Surrendering goals in the seventh and 60th minutes, the Augsburg University men's soccer team fell 2-0 to host St. Olaf College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: St. Olaf 2, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Rolf Mellby Field, Northfield, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-5-2 overall (1-4-0 MIAC), St. Olaf 7-5-0 overall (3-3-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• St. Olaf opened the scoring in the seventh minute, as a long ball was misplayed and a shot came in on an empty net. The second goal was credited as an "own goal" in the 60th minute, as a St. Olaf corner kick bounced in off an Augsburg defender.
• St. Olaf outshot Augsburg by a 15-10 margin in the game, including a 7-3 margin in the first half. Defender Daniel Hedstrom (SR, Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS) had three shots for the Auggies, while Alex Giles (SO, Columbia Heights, Minn./Columbia Heights HS) had two shots.
• Goalkeeper Garrett Kaelin (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) had three saves for the Auggies.

FOR THE FOES
• Farid Sani scored the Oles' first goal, assisted by Lucas Gaulmin.
• Hazma Osman had four saves in goal for St. Olaf.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "The first six minutes of the game were fantastic. We were on the ball in their half, changing the point of attack and getting a lot of players on it. We were probing and finding entry points and it looked really really sharp -- and then they cleared a ball as far as they could and G misplayed it, dealing with the wind and wet surface. It just fell to Farid for the easiest goal he's gonna score this year."
• "Unfortunately, we didn't show much resiliency after that and the game became broken and uncoordinated. Then we scored on ourselves defending a CK. It was a misplayed clear right into our own goal with about a half hour to go. That forced us to change our tactics to chase the game, and although we created several quality chances, we didn't convert."
• "It's hard to be successful in terms of results when you beat yourself, and that's been a bit of a theme this season for us. Results aside, I don't think we got better in this game and that was disappointing more than anything else. We have two training sessions to bounce back before we play the second-place Johnnies. At 8-3 and 4-1 in the MIAC, they are legit and will push us to learn more about ourselves."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Saint John's in MIAC play on Wednesday (10/16) at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• St. Olaf has a nonconference game at Minnesota Morris on Sunday (10/13) at 2 p.m.