Box Score

GREENCASTLE, Ind. – A 7-1 Augustana run at the end of the first half spelled the difference Thursday, as Coach Meredith Newman's Vikings improved to 10-1 on the season with a 21-9 win over DePauw at Reavis Stadium. The host Tigers fell to 5-6 on the year.
 
Augustana led just 4-3 with 5:43 to play before halftime, when sophomore Olivia Mayer (Libertyville HS, Green Oaks, Ill.) scored her third goal of the game off an assist from junior Emily Handrahan (Lake Zurich HS, Hawthorn Woods, Ill.). Senior Hilary Kargl (Scared Heart Academy, Louisville, Ky.) used an assist from classmate Kelly Stelzer (Wheaton-Warrenville South HS, Wheaton, Ill.) to score 36 seconds later. Sophomore Anne Hopkins (Mother McAuley HS, Chicago, Ill.) scored 37 seconds after Kargl's goal and Mayer tallied the Vikings' fourth goal in 1:40 off a Kargl assist to put her team up 8-3.
 
DePauw's Emma Flynn stemmed the tide temporarily, but junior Kaylee Nolan (Sandburg HS, Orland Park, Ill.), Kargl and Hopkins scored in the final 2:14 of the half and Augustana had an 11-4 lead at the break.
 
The Tigers scored three goals in the first four minutes of the second period to cut the deficit to 11-7, but Augustana responded by scoring nine of the game's next 10 goals, including three straight by Handrahan at one point. Kargl also had three goals during that stretch.
 
Junior Quinn Foley (Sandburg HS, Orland Park, Ill.) scored the Vikings' final goal off a Maggie DelVecchio (Barrington HS, Barrington, Ill.) assist with 1:16 to play. DelVecchio had scored her first goal of the season earlier.
 
Carey Kunz's goal gave DePauw a 1-0 lead 2:15 into the game. Nolan and Mayer answered to put Augustana up 2-1. Tiger Nicole Gibson tied it before goals by Kargl and Mayer made it 4-2. Taylor Summers' goal at 11:29 of the first half drew the hosts within 4-3 before the Vikings' big run to close the half.
 
Augustana scored over 20 goals for the fourth consecutive game. Kargl led the way, finding the net six times, to go along with two assists. Mayer scored four times with one assist. Handrahan and Hopkins each had three goals. Handrahan's four assists were a team high and Hopkins dished out a pair of helpers. Noland had two goals and shared the team lead in ground balls (three) with junior Kendall Maduro (Neuqua Valley HS, Naperville, Ill.).
 
Junior Jenna Hofmann (Columbine HS, Littleton, Colo.) went the distance in goal, recording seven saves.
 
The Vikings are back in action in Greencastle, Indiana on Friday, April 10. Augustana will face Wittenberg (7-2) in a neutral site game scheduled for 7:00 p.m. eastern time.