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Balanced Attack
Gets Pointers Past Yellowjackets
Box
Score
A balanced offensive performance led UW-Stevens
Point to a
4-1 victory and a split of a key women�s Northern Collegiate Hockey
Association opening weekend series at UW-Superior on Saturday.
The third-ranked Pointers had four different
players score goals and six other players record assists in the victory over
the fourth-ranked Yellowjackets. UW-Stevens Point is now 5-1 overall, while
UW-Superior is 7-2. Both teams are 1-1 in league play after UW-Superior won
Friday�s contest 3-1.
After a scoreless first period that saw each team
put just three shots on goal, the Pointers� Madison Darud staked her team to
a lead 6:54 into the second period off a feed from Nicole Greeneway.
UW-Stevens Point�s Michelle Sosnowski scored just over five minutes later
with assists from Nicole Grossmann and Tracy Butler for a 2-0 advantage.
The Pointers went up 3-0 at the 7:50 mark of the
third period on a power play goal from Katy Lankey that was assisted by
Jamie Lewandowski and Jenna Daggit. Erin Kegley brought UW-Superior within
3-1 on a power play goal less than two minutes later, but Jessica Edward
sealed the win for the Pointers with a four-on-four goal that was assisted
by Chris Hanson.
Each team put 19 shots on goal as Amy Statz made
15 saves for the Pointers and Rikki Nespor stopped 18 shots for the
Yellowjackets. UW-Stevens Point is now 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings between
the teams and hosts Augsburg in a non-conference game on Tuesday at 7:30
p.m.
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