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Last year 13-7-1 Overall, 8-2 MIAC, Tie for 1st

College College Information
General Information
School: Augsburg College
Founded: 1869
Location: 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
Enrollment: 3,053 (undergrad, weekend, graduate)
President: Dr. William V. Frame
Athletic Director: Paul Grauer (men), Marilyn Florian (women)
Team Nickname: Auggies
Colors: Maroon and Gray
Home Arena -- Augsburg Ice Arena (800)
Radio/Press phone line -- 612-338-7879

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Coaching Staff
Jill Pohtilla Pohtilla (Minnesota '87), fifth season
Career/Augsburg Record: 62-33-4 (1995-99)
Assistant Coaches:
Mary Brown (Minnesota '91),
Jeanne Aura-Hall (Inver Hills CC '84)

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Sports Information
SID: Don Stoner
Office Phone: 612-330-1677
Home Phone: 612-656-6665
Fax: 612-330-1780
E-Mail Address: stoner@augsburg.edu
WWW Address:  http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

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 1998-99 game by game results
13-7-1 overall, 8-2-0 MIAC (co-champions with Gustavus, St. Mary's)
 

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1999-2000 Schedule
Augsburg College Auggies Women's Hockey
Home games at Augsburg Ice Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.; * denotes MIAC games
Date Opponent Site Time
Sat., Oct. 30 Alumnae Game Home (exhib.) 12:15 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 12 Wisconsin-Superior Home 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 13 Wisconsin-Superior Home 2:05 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 20 Hamline (club) St. Paul 12:45 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 22 Bemidji State Home 7:05 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 3 Concordia-M'hd * Home 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 4 Concordia-M'hd * Home 2:05 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 12 MSU-Mankato Home 7:05 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 7 St. Cloud State Home 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 8 St. Cloud State St. Cloud 3:05 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 14 Bethel * (Columbia) Columbia Hts. 7:50 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 15 Bethel * Home 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 21 St. Benedict * Home 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 22 St. Benedict *(River-Lakes) Richmond 2 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 26 Rensselaer Polytech. Inst. (N.Y.) Troy, N.Y. 7 p.m.
Thu., Jan. 27 Sacred Heart (Conn.) Fairfield, Conn. 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 29 Wesleyan (Conn.) Middletown, Conn. 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 4 Gustavus * St. Peter 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 5 Gustavus * Home 7:05 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 11 St. Thomas * Home 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 12 St. Thomas * (Parade) Minneapolis 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 19 St. Mary's * Home 2:05 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 20 St. Mary's * Winona 2:05 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 23 St. Catherine * (Drake) St. Paul 8:10 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 26 St. Catherine * Home 2:05 p.m.
F-S, Mar. 3-4 MIAC Playoff Semifinals (two-game/minigame)
F-S, Mar. 10-11 MIAC Playoff Finals (two-game/minigame)
F-S, Mar. 24-25 AWCHA D-III Nationals (two-game/minigame) at Boston, Mass.
 

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Brief Player & Team Information
Last year 13-7-1 Overall, 8-2 MIAC, Tie for 1st
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/4
Newcomers: 7
Position breakdown: 19F, 6D, 3G
Year breakdown: 5 seniors, 6 juniors, 11 sophomores, 6 freshmen
 

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Key Returning Players
Meg Schmidt, goalie (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) -- three-year starter, 1998-99 second-team AWCHA All-America and first-team All-MIAC, 2.35 GAA, .925 save percentage, 10-5-1 in 1998-99.

Angie Rieger, forward (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS) -- top returning scorer (16G-6A-22P), 1998-99 (AWCHA second team) and 1997-98 (Women's Hockey News HM) All-America, 1998-99 All-MIAC, 1998 participant in USA Hockey Women's Festival (national team development camp).

Emily Miller, defense (Sr., Blaine, Minn.) -- three-year starter, top scoring defender each of her three years, 5G-9A-14P in 1998-99, 1998-99 first-team All-MIAC and second-team AWCHA All-America.

Stephanie Johnson, forward (Jr., Champlin, Minn./Anoka HS) -- 1998-99 HM All-MIAC (7G-12A-19P).

Cindy Drum, forward (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet HS) -- 1998-99 HM All-MIAC (6G-6A-12P).

Erica Johnson, forward (Sr., Blaine, Minn.) -- 1997-98 Women's Hockey News HM All-America, 4G-4A-8P in 1998-99.
 

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Key Newcomers
Karen Lohr, defense (Fr., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln HS) -- state tournament participant (club) in Wisconsin.

Laura McGowan, forward (So., Fridley, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS) -- transfer from Minnesota-Duluth, all-conference 1997-98 at SLP HS.

Kristen Opalinski, goalie (Fr., Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe HS) -- first female to letter in ice hockey at Latrobe HS.

Autumn Velishek, forward (Fr., Faribault, Minn.) -- two-time HM all-conference.

Jodi Winters, goalie (Fr., Little Canada, Minn./Roseville Area HS) -- HM all-state 1998, two-time all-conference, member of state championship team in 1999.

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Key Player Losses
Heather Seccombe, defense, 0G-2A-2P in 1998-99, unable to play this season due to injuries.

Jennifer Duis, defense, 0G-0A-0P in 1998-99, only senior on 1998-99 roster.

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Season Outlook/Notes:
by School's SID Don Stoner

MINNEAPOLIS (9/25/99) -- The Augsburg College women's hockey team is adept at making history.

Augsburg was the first college/university in Minnesota to institute a women's hockey program at the varsity level in the 1995-96 season. The Auggies claimed a share of the inaugural Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championship in 1998-99, as the MIAC was the first collegiate conference in the Midwest (and second in the nation) to sponsor a women's hockey championship.

This season, Augsburg's fifth on the varsity level, the Auggies could make more history. The MIAC will institute a four-team playoff for the first time this season, with semifinal and final rounds both set up in two-game/minigame formats. And the American Women's College Hockey Alliance will be sponsoring a Division III (non-scholarship) national championship for the first time this season, pitting the playoff champions of the MIAC and the ECAC in a two-game/minigame playoff.

With one of the deepest returning lineups in the nation for fifth-year head coach Jill Pohtilla, the Auggies could be considered among the favorites to claim the inaugural national championship.

Augsburg only lost one player to graduation from last year's roster, and returns 22 letterwinners -- including three All-Americans -- to the lineup for 1999-2000. All 22 return with significant varsity experience. Consider that last year, 22 of the 23 non-goalies on the squad scored at least one goal or had an assist, giving Augsburg the most balance of any  small-college team in the nation.

Three AWCHA second-team All-Americans return to the Auggie lineup. Forward Angie Rieger (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS), Augsburg's leading scorer last year (16 goals, 6 assists, 22 points), earned All-America honors for the second year in a row last year.

Defender Emily Miller (Sr., Blaime, Minn.), Augsburg's third-leading scorer (5 goals, 9 assists, 14 points), also earned All-America honors, along with goalie Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS), Augsburg's leading goalie the last three years (2.35 GAA, .925 save percentage, 10-5-1 record in 1998-99). All three also earned first-team All-MIAC honors.

Two other honorable mention all-conference selections return -- forward Stephanie Johnson (Jr., Champlin, Minn./Anoka HS), who had 19 points (7 goals, 12 assists) and forward Cindy Drum (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet HS), who had 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists).

Other key players returning to the Auggies include: forward Annie Simons (Sr., South St. Paul, Minn.; 6 goals, 4 assists, 10 points), forward Amber Nadreau (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska/Robert Service HS; 5 goals, 5 assists, 10 points), forward Genevieve Antonello (So., New Brighton, Minn./Minnehaha Academy; 5 goals, 4 assists, 9 points), and forward Carrie McCarville (Jr., Hopkins, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret HS; 3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points).

Erica Johnson (Sr., Blaine, Minn.), a 1997-98 honorable mention All-America selection by Women's Hockey News magazine, also returns. The leading scorer for the Auggies in 1997-98 (6 goals, 9 assists, 15 points), she had eight points (4 goals, 4 assists) last year.
 

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Preseason Roster
Preseason Roster -- As of 10/18/99

Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/HS
Emily Anfinson Fr. F 5-4 Northfield, Minn.
Genevieve Antonello So. F 5-5 New Brighton, Minn./Minnehaha Academy
Kristi Brusletto So. F/D 5-9 Basalt, Colo.
Katie Cheese So. D 5-4 Shakopee, Minn.
Cindy Drum Sr. F 5-2 Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet HS
Holly Ebnet Fr. F 5-3 Kasson, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS
Angie Gliniany So. D 5-5 Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS
Erica Johnson Sr. F 5-5 Blaine, Minn.
Stephanie Johnson Jr. F 5-6 Champlin, Minn./Anoka HS
Mara Koughan So. F 5-1 Mahtomedi, Minn.
April Leger So. F 5-6 Austin, Minn.
Rachel Leger So. D 5-7 Austin, Minn.
Karen Lohr Fr. D 5-8 Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln HS
Annie Mattison So. D 5-3 Anchorage, Alaska/East HS
Carrie McCarville Jr. F 5-7 Hopkins, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret HS
Laura McGowan So. F 5-4 Fridley, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS
Emily Miller Sr. D 5-6 Blaine, Minn.
Jen Mintz So. F 5-6 Bradford, Pa./Bradford Public HS
Amber Nadreau Jr. F 5-4 Anchorage, Alaska/Grace Christian HS
Kristen Opalinski Fr. G 5-4 Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe HS
Anne Osberg Jr. F 5-0 Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS
Angie Rieger Jr. F 5-10 Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS
Meg Schmidt Sr. G 5-7 West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS
Brenda Selander Jr. F 5-2 Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS
Annie Simons Sr. F 5-8 South St. Paul, Minn.
Katy Udvig So. F 5-5 New Brighton, Minn./Irondale HS
Autumn Velishek Fr. F 5-2 Faribault, Minn.
Jodi Winters Fr. G 5-7 Little Canada, Minn./Roseville Area HS

Head Coach: Jill Pohtilla (Minnesota '87; 5th season, 62-33-4)
Assistant Coaches:
Mary Brown (Minnesota '91), Jeanne Aura-Hall (Inver Hills CC '84)
Women's Athletic Director: Marilyn Florian
Athletic Trainer: Missy Strauch, Scott Westerman (asst.)

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