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Senior Goalies
Enjoy Solid Performances in 1-1 Tie
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Perhaps it was fitting that neither UW-Stevens
Point�s Amy Statz nor Lake Forest�s Sally Bevis came away with a loss in
Friday�s Northern Collegiate Hockey Association women�s contest on Friday in
Stevens Point.
Both senior goaltenders turned in outstanding
performances in helping their teams to a 1-1 tie at Ice Hawks Arena. The tie
clinched a postseason playoff berth for the Pointers, but dealt a serious
blow to their two-year run as league champions as they fell to 14-5-2
overall and 6-4-2 in the NCHA. Lake Forest went to overtime for the eighth
time this season and is now 9-5-6 overall and 4-3-5 in the league.
Bevis made 42 saves, but was at her best in
overtime where UW-Stevens Point had a two-minute power play and outshot the
Foresters 9-0. Bevis stopped all nine chances, including several at the
doorstep of the net. The Pointers even pulled the goalie for the final 12
seconds, but Lake Forest won the faceoff and held the puck in the corner.
Statz, meanwhile, had 19 saves and made her mark
late in the third period. Lake Forest had a power play in the final five
minutes and had numerous opportunities with open shots from the point, but
Statz made most of her 11 third period saves down the stretch.
The only blemish against Statz�s night came on a
defensive turnover as Lake Forest�s Courtney DeHoey converted a shorthanded
goal at the 6:05 mark of the second period. The Pointers turned the puck
over deep in their own zone, passing it directly to DeHoey, who converted a
shot directly in front of the net.
Bevis frustrated the Pointers most of the night,
turning away numerous quality chances, but UW-Stevens Point finally broke
through on their sixth power play chance of the night at the 10:14 mark of
the third period. Senior Chris Hanson, who has scored several big goals
during her four seasons, added another when she lofted a long shot that
curled inside the post. The goal was set up off a hard pass from Sarah
Phillips that didn�t give the Foresters� defense time to set for Hanson�s
shot.
The Pointers outshot Lake Forest 43-20 and
dominated the first period with a 17-3 advantage in the first 20 minutes.
The teams meet again on
Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ice Hawks Arena. |
