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November 30, 2004
  

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St. Olaf 65, Augsburg 58

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The St. Olaf women's basketball team fought off a second-half charge from Augsburg College, claiming a 65-58 victory Tuesday night at Skoglund Center.

The Auggies opened the second half with a 16-2 run to go up four, but St. Olaf held their ground and went up by four on a key three-pointer from Holly Grimsrud with 4:30 remaining for the win in their first home game of the season.

The Oles rallied behind Christina Sampson's double-double and clutch free throws from Grimsrud down the stretch to pull out the victory. Sampson finished with 11 points and ten rebounds.

Molly Simon had a big game as well with 13 points and four assists with five rebounds.

The key stat in the game was St. Olaf's 78.3% performance from the freethrow line compared with Augsburg's 55.6%.

The victory marked St. Olaf's first victory of the season bringing their record to 1-1 (1-0 MIAC), Augsburg slides to 0-2 (0-1 MIAC).

The Oles play next on Saturday in St. Joseph, Minn. against Saint Ben's at 1 p.m.
ST. OLAF COLLEGE 65, AUGSBURG COLLEGE 58
AUGSBURG COLLEGE (0-1)
Alissa Blood 6-11 0-1 16; Katie Kelsey 5-9 4-6 14; Katherine Gavin 3-5 1-2
7; Amy Jones 2-4 2-4 6; Rosinta Stromquist 2-2 1-1 5; Kristina Lurken 1-5
2-4 4; Katie LaGrave 2-12 0-0 4; Hannah Bratzel 1-2 0-0 2; Ashley Vossen 0-5
0-0 0; Missy Larson 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 22-58 10-18 58.
ST. OLAF COLLEGE (0-1)
Molly Simon 4-10 4-4 13; Holly Grimsrud 3-12 5-8 12; Christina Sampson 4-9
2-2 11; Chr. Schwichtenberg 3-9 2-3 8; Danielle Stoermer 3-8 1-2 7; Kristy
Larson 1-6 4-4 6; Jenny Dettle 2-5 0-0 4; Kristina Stoermer 1-2 0-0 2; Laura
Jorgenson 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 22-64 18-23 65.
Augsburg College..............   21   37  -   58
St. Olaf College..............   33   32  -   65
3-point goals-Augsburg College 4-18 (Alissa Blood 4-7; Katie Kelsey 0-2;
Kristina Lurken 0-1; Katie LaGrave 0-4; Ashley Vossen 0-4), St. Olaf College
3-19 (Holly Grimsrud 1-6; Christina Sampson 1-5; Molly Simon 1-4; Jenny
Dettle 0-1; Laura Jorgenson 0-1; Chr. Schwichtenberg 0-2). Fouled
out--Augsburg College-Amy Jones, St. Olaf College-Kristy Larson.
Rebounds-Augsburg College 36 (Kristina Lurken 4; Katie Kelsey 4), St. Olaf
College 49 (Christina Sampson 10). Assists-Augsburg College 14 (Kristina
Lurken 5), St. Olaf College 14 (Chr. Schwichtenberg 4; Molly Simon 4). Total
fouls-Augsburg College 19, St. Olaf College 16. A-170


News release submitted by St. Olaf on Dec 01, 2004 at 11:01 PM
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