Cobbers Secure No.2 Seed
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (2/24/12)—In the end it only took one point for Concordia to secure the No.2 seed in the upcoming MIAC playoffs. Despite outshooting Augsburg 42-23, the Cobbers had to settle for a 2-2 overtime tie on Friday to earn the home playoff game clinching point.
The Cobbers are now unbeaten in their last six games and move to 9-3-5 in the MIAC. Concordia has 23 league points which is two better than third place St. Thomas with one game left in the season. The 23 points tie for the second most in program history. CC is now 13-4-5 overall. The five ties are tied for the most ties in a single season in program history.
Concordia never had the lead in the game against the Auggies. Augsburg notched the only goal in the first period to take a 1-0 lead into the break. The Cobbers tied the game on the power play at 12:01 of the second period when Katelyn Dold scored her 10th goal of the season. Ali Nelson and Maddy Gendreau earned the assists on the play. It would be the first of two points in the game for Gendreau.
Augsburg (6-10-8/3-10-4) took their second lead of the game on a goal with less than two minutes to play in the second frame and then Concordia tied the game in the first minute of the third period. Kelsey Vandegrift posted another huge goal for the Cobbers as she netted the eventual game-tying goal at the 26-second mark. Dold and Gendreau picked up their second points of the game by getting the assists.
Dold has now posted at least two points in three of the last four games. With her assist on the second goal, she now has 30 points on the season marking her third straight 30-point season. Dold now has 120 career points.
Concordia held a decided advantage in shots in the final two periods and then in overtime. The Cobbers had a 12-10 edge in the opening period but then outshot the Auggies 30-13 in the final 45 minutes of play. Concordia missed several great chances but could never get on top.
Concordia goalie Becca Hendrickson made 21 saves to remain unbeaten on the year. Hendrickson is now 5-0-2 in her seven starts this season. Augsburg goalie Briann Schulz stopped 40 shots in the game.
The two teams will finish off the regular season on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Augsburg.