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Friday, January 9, 2004 |
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The Cardinals pushed their winning streak to seven straight Tuesday, getting two goals from Emily Kearns (Hopkins, Minn.) in a 5-2 win over UWEC. … The Blazers have not played since Dec. 7, when St. Olaf completed a conference sweep of St. Ben's with a 1-0 victory. |
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The Cardinals outscored St. Benedict 6-1 en route to a 3-1, 3-0 sweep of their series last year. |
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Emily Kearns (Hopkins, Minn.) extended her goal-scoring streak to four straight games with two goals vs. the Blugolds. … SMU has given up just five goals during its seven-game winning streak. … Back from a knee injury that sidelined her for SMU's first nine games, Tennie McCabe (Rochester, Minn.) collected two assists vs. the Blugolds. … Goalie Amanda Gage (Lino Lakes, Minn.) stopped 15 of the 17 shots she faced vs. UWEC in improving to 2-0-1 in three starts. … |
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WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary’s University women’s hockey team hadn't played a game since Dec. 6 when they took the ice for Tuesday's nonconference game against UW-Eau Claire.
Sixty minutes later, you would have thought the Cardinals hadn't taken any time off.
Emily Kearns (Hopkins, Minn.,) scored two goals, and Aja Walters (Fairmont, Minn.) and Kate Williams (Minnetonka, Minn.) each chipped in a goal and an assist, as SMU pushed its winning streak to seven straight with a 5-2 win over the Blugolds at the SMU Ice Arena.
“We played two out of the three periods very well,” said SMU coach Duncan Ryhorchuk, whose team dominated the first and third periods — holding a 17-7 advantage in shots on goal — but struggled in the middle period. “We came out strong in the first period, but really played poorly in the second. Fortunately, we were able to regroup a bit in the third and play more like we are capable.”
UW-Eau Claire actually got on the scoreboard first, as Megan Oswall beat SMU goalie Amanda Gage (Lino Lakes, Minn.) at the 10:54 mark of the first period. The Blugolds’ lead, however, was short-lived, as Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) scored to tie the game at 1-1. Williams followed up two minutes later to give SMU the lead for good at 2-1.
Kearns and UW-Eau Claire’s Christa Hubert exchanged second-period goals, before SMU put the game out of reach with back-to-back goals from Walters and Kearns three minutes apart midway through the final period.
“I would have liked to have seen us a play a little better in that middle period (when SMU was outshot 10-4), but overall I was pleased,” said Ryhorchuk, whose team returns to conference play tonight against St. Benedict. “It's nice to be able to get a game under our belts heading back into conference play. We were able to shake a little of the rust off, and we should be ready (for St. Benedict) this weekend.”