SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana hockey team completed the weekend sweep over No. 15/16 Arizona State on Saturday night with a 5-2 win. Five different Vikings found the back of the net to lead the offensive momentum. 

Jacob Jastrzebski got the Vikings on the board first with his first career goal from the slot. Owen Bohn and Tyler Hennen worked the puck in the offensive zone before finding Jastrzebski. Arizona State ran into penalty trouble eight minutes into the frame but held off Augustana's man advantage. With six minutes remaining in the period, Cruz Lucius tied the game with his fifth of the season. Augustana outshot the Sun Devils, 11-7, through the first 20 minutes of play.

Nine minutes into the second period, Leo Bulgakov worked the puck up the half wall to find Hayden Hennen open on the point. H. Hennen walked the line and fired in a shot to put Augustana up 2-1. The Vikings found themselves shorthanded with less than four minutes to play in the period as Colton Friesen was dinged with a minor penalty. While shorthanded, Hunter Bischoff skated the puck up the length of the ice and fired in a wrister from the top of the circle for his third of the season. 

Early in the final frame, ASU's Lucius powered in his sixth of the season while on the power play to cut Augustana's lead to one. Six minutes later, Cole Burtch netted his first as a Viking off a rebound from T. Hennen. The Sun Devils pulled their goalie with just over four minutes to play in the frame and they looked to close the score. Owen Baumgartner delivered the final dagger with an empty net goal from the AU blueline to secure the weekend sweep with a 5-2 win.

Game Moments

• Five different Vikings found the back of the net.
• Bischoff and T. Hennen both had multi-point nights.
• Kotai moved to 3-1 on the season with 18 saves.
• Augustana outshot Arizona State, 31-20.
• Burtch led the Vikings on the faceoff dot with a winning percentage of 52.6 percent. 
• Jastrzebski netted his first career goal in the first period. 

Goals

• Jastrzebski opened up the scoring early in the first period as he fired in his first career goal from the slot off a dish from Bohn. 
• Arizona State answered back late in the first period as Lucius recorded his fifth of the season.
• Augustana answered back in the second period with a shot from the point from H. Hennen. 
• Bischoff pushed the Vikings' lead to two as he skated the puck up the length of the ice and went top shelf.
• Lucius cut Augustana's lead down to one with a power play goal. 
• Burtch recorded his first as a Viking from out in front of the net. 
• Baumgartner handed ASU the final dagger with an empty net goal.

Up Next
Augustana opens up conference play on the road next weekend as it faces Bemidji State on Friday and Saturday. The Beavers ended Augustana's 2024-25 season last March in game three of the Mason Cup Playoffs. Puck drop is slated for 7:07 and 6:07 p.m. Fans can tune into the action on Midco Sports Plus.