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Darud and Nelson
Lead Win Over St. Catherine
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Sophomore Madison Darud
notched her first career hat trick and Kellye Nelson tied a single-game
school record with five assists as the UW-Stevens Point women's hockey team
routed St. Catherine 9-1 on Friday at Ice Hawks Arena.
Darud was the only UW-Stevens
Point player with multiple goals as seven different players recorded goals
and three others had assists. Nelson entered the game with one career assist
and tied the record held by Tracy Truckey against UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 15,
2002.
The win marked a season-high
scoring total for the Pointers, who improved to 9-2-1 overall. St. Catherine
had just 12 players in uniform for the game and fell to 0-10-1 overall.
UW-Stevens Point scored four
times in the first period with Nicole Grossmann, Darud, Jenna Daggit and
Michelle Sosnowski recording goals. Nelson assisted the final two goals of
the period and also helped on Nicole Greeneway's second period goal and a
goal from Darud to open the third period.
Jessie Suter and Tracy Butler
added goals for an 8-0 lead before St. Catherine's Aryn Ball scored a power
play goal with 2:23 left in the game, denying a shutout for Pointers' goalie
d'Andra Phillips in her first collegiate game. Darud scored just 27 seconds
later with assists from Nelson and Greeneway to finish the scoring.
Darud also had an assist for a
four-point game, while Greeneway had two assists in addition to her goal.
Phillips made seven saves in the victory as the Pointers outshot the
Wildcats 48-8, including 24-3 in the final period. |
