NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Double-doubles from seniors Rachel Kelly and Grace Hegland powered the St. Olaf College women's basketball team to a regular-season sweep of Augsburg University with a 72-59 victory on Saturday afternoon at Skoglund Center.

Kelly and Hegland combined for 37 points and 25 rebounds and St. Olaf (11-10, 8-10 MIAC) shot 55.1 percent (27-for-49) from the field on its way to securing its first sweep of Augsburg (11-10, 8-10 MIAC) since the 2013-14 season. The Oles led for 31:59 in the game and trailed for just 4:14 while picking up their third-straight MIAC victory, which is the program's first three-game winning streak in conference play since winning five MIAC games in a row from Jan. 15-25, 2014.

Kelly recorded her fifth double-double of the season by leading St. Olaf with 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting to go along with 11 rebounds and four assists. The 11 rebounds moved Kelly into the top 10 in recorded program history with 512 for her career. Hegland tallied her third double-double of the season with 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting while pulling down a career-high 14 rebounds. Senior Cassie Fix and sophomore Paige Yagodinski were also in double figures with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

St. Olaf's 55.1 percent shooting marked its second-best performance of the season, trailing only the team's mark of 56.3 percent in its 74-45 win over the Auggies in Minneapolis on Jan. 14. After shooting 4-for-13 in the opening quarter, the Oles hit at a 63.9 percent clip (23-for-36) over the final three quarters.

Anja Smith matched Kelly for game-high honors with 18 points off the bench for Augsburg but shot just 6-for-20 from the field. Jaley Copin was the only other Auggie in double digits with 16 points on 5-for-8 shooting, including knocking down 3-of-6 three-pointers. Augsburg had just six assists on 21 baskets, compared to 19 on 27 makes for St. Olaf.

Both teams shot under 35.0 percent in the opening quarter that ended with the score tied at 13-13. The Auggies held their largest lead of the afternoon at 13-9 with 1:27 to go in the quarter before the Oles got a pair of free throws from sophomore Sarah Tangen and a layup by Hegland to close out the period.

St. Olaf got its offense going in the second quarter, shooting 7-for-13 (53.8 percent) over the 10 minutes to grab a 35-27 halftime lead. Early three-pointers from Hegland and Yagodinski helped the Oles establish a five-point lead just over two minutes in and St. Olaf led by as many as nine in the quarter. After Augsburg trimmed its deficit to five, Yagodinski sent the Oles into the locker room with momentum with a three-pointer with 19 seconds to go.

In the third, St. Olaf hit nine of its 10 field-goal attempts but saw its lead shrink by a point after committing seven turnovers in the quarter. The Oles made five shots in a row to open up a 45-34 lead four minutes in and took a 54-47 lead into the fourth despite eight points in the quarter from Coplin.

A three-pointer by Coplin got Augsburg within five, 57-52, just 1:37 into the fourth quarter, but St. Olaf answered with a three-pointer by Yagodinski followed by jumpers by Tangen and Fix to quickly push its lead back to 12 with less than seven minutes remaining. The Oles led by at least nine the rest of the way.

St. Olaf continues a run of four-straight home games by hosting Macalester College on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.