Men's Soccer 9/26/02 -- Macalester 1, Augsburg 0

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MINNEAPOLIS (9/26/02) -- Devin Homme (Fr., Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) scored his first collegiate goal in the 66th minute, the only goal Macalester College would need in topping host Augsburg College 1-0 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer match Thursday night at Augsburg's Edor Nelson Field.

Homme completed a fast-break play, as he was the recipient of a cross-field pass from Brendan Viele (So., Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS). Viele stole an errant Augsburg pass in the Scots' defensive end and sprinted about 60 yards along the left side of the field before passing it to Homme on the right side, who completed the play with a one-timer shot past Auggie goalie Chad Clausen (Fr., St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS).

With the win, Macalester extended its unbeaten streak to six straight games in moving to 5-2-1 overall and 2-0-1 in MIAC play. The win was Macalester's fifth straight shutout; Macalester has outscored its opponents 15-3 this season and exteneded its streak of not allowing a goal to 504 straight minutes over the last six games. Augsburg drops to 2-5-2 overall and 0-2-1 in the MIAC.

Augsburg played well in a losing effort in one of its best defensive games of the season. Clausen, who played all 90 minutes, made seven saves, as Augsburg was outshot by a 16-7 margin. Mike Elcano (So., Sparks, Nev./Bishop Manogue HS) led the Auggies with four shots.

Michael Madigan (Sr., Stevens Point, Wis.) made four saves in claiming his third shutout win of the season.

Augsburg has its annual Alumni Game on Saturday (9/28) at 4:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field, and returns to MIAC play as part of a men's and women's soccer doubleheader at Concordia-Moorhead on Tuesday (10/1). The men's game begins at 2 p.m., with th ewomen's game to follow at approximately 4:15 p.m. Macalester returns action on Saturday at 4 p.m., playing a nonconference match at Luther (Iowa).