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Balanced Scoring
Keys Pointers in Rout of Blazers
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UW-Stevens Point had six different players score
goals and rolled to a 6-0 non-conference women�s hockey victory over St.
Benedict on Sunday at Ice Hawks Arena.
The Pointers outshot the Blazers 47-6 for the game
and improved their overall record to 4-0 for the third time in the program�s
seven-year history. UW-Stevens Point scored two goals in each period and
tied a single-game school record with three power play goals.
Neither team recorded a shot in the first nine
minutes of the game and UW-Stevens Point finally scored the first goal of
the contest at the 16:27 mark of the first period when Nicole Grossmann
poked in a loose puck in front of the net, rebounding a shot by Nicole
Greeneway. Greeneway scored herself just 1:26 later off a pass from Jenna
Daggit for a 2-0 lead.
UW-Stevens Point, which was held to six shots in
the first period, dominated the second with a 26-2 advantage. Chris Hanson
scored on a long shot from the blue line midway through the second period
and Jessie Suter tipped in another long shot from Hanson on a power play
less than four minutes later for a 4-0 advantage.
The Pointers had six power play chances in the
third period and scored twice, getting a goal from Daggit at the 1:53 mark
and another from Jamie Lewandowski at the 16:40 mark. It was the sixth time
in team history the Pointers have recorded three power play goals.
Amy Statz made two saves in the first period and
Ann Hulme made her collegiate debut by stopping four shots in the final two
stanzas. Erica Hartel made 41 saves for St. Benedict, which is 0-4 overall.
The Pointers open Northern Collegiate Hockey
Association play on Friday at rival UW-Superior. |
