The No. 2 Gophers faced off with No. 4 Ohio State this past weekend. The Buckeyes won Friday and the teams skated to a tie Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF GOPHER ATHLETICS/JAY LEPERTE
No. 4 Buckeyes beat No. 2 Gophers
Emma PeschelEmma Peschel (Benilde-St. Margaret’s HS) had two assists as No. 4 Ohio State defeated No. 2 Minnesota 4-2 Friday in Columbus. The Gophers got a late goal from Gracie Graham (Fort Nelson, BC), but it was too late as the Buckeyes held on for the win. The loss was Minnesota’s first on the season.
“Obviously, not the result we wanted,” said head coach Brad Frost. “We played hard in spurts, played hard the whole game, but unfortunately we gave up a couple power play goals for them. We lost a couple net front battles. Credit Ohio State and how hard they go to the net. We need to do a better job of picking up sticks and clearing out there, but we’re excited to get back to it tomorrow.”
On Saturday the teams skated to a 1-1 tie. Josefin Bouveng (Uppssala, SWE) scored the lone Gopher goal. Emily Zumwinkle (Excelsior, MN/Breck HS) assisted on Ohio State’s lone goal. Zumwinkle played three full seasons for Minnesota before transferring to Ohio State this year.
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Hannah HalversonNo. 1 Badgers sweep No. 4 UMD
The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers took it to the No. 3 UMD Bulldogs Saturday in a 5-1 drubbing, and then responded with another convincing 7-3 win on Sunday.
On Sunday Edina natives Hannah Halverson and Vivian Jungels each recorded an assist. Casey O’Brien (Milton, MA/Shattuck-St. Mary’s) leads the team with 17 points in six games and has recorded at least one assist in each contest. Wisconsin has outscored opponents 46-6 thus far.
Former Ms. Hockey winner Olivia Mobley (St. Louis Park, MN/Breck High School) had two goals for the bulldogs on Sunday. Mobley is a fifth-year player at UMD after transferring in from Ohio State where she won a national title last season. She began her collegiate career at Quinnipiac.
St. Cloud State stays undefeated
Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, QC) had a goal and an assist and Avery Farrell (Rogers, MN) scored an empty netter to give No. 11 St. Cloud State a 2-0 win over Bemidji State University Saturday. Sauriol scored the lone goal in Friday’s 1-0 win for St. Cloud State who improved to 6-0-0. Kaitlin Groess (Centennial-Spring Lake Park HS) got the start in goal for the Beavers and had 24 saves Saturday and 23 saves Friday . Groess was a finalist for the Jori Jones Award as Minnesota’s top senior prep goaltender. The Beavers fell to 0-6-0 on the season.
Kaitlin Groess was a standout at Centennial/Spring Lake Park last season and a finalist for the Jori Jones Award. She has made a strong transition to college hockey with Bemidji State University. Photo by: Jon Namyst / Namyst Photography, LLCSajevic leads Tommies past Mavericks
Cara Sajevic (Shoreview, MN/Gentry Academy) had a pair of goals and Rylee Bartz (Fargo, ND/Warroad HS) and Nicole Vallario (Lugano, SUI) also scored to give St. Thomas a 4-3 win over rival Minnesota State. Chloe Boreen (Somerset, WI/Hill-Murray HS) added two assists in the win. Claire Vekich (Coleraine, MN/Grand Rapids/Greenway HS) assisted on two goals for the Mavericks. Sydney Langseth (Eden Prairie, MN), Whitney Tuttle (Farmington, MN/Rosemount HS), and Taylor Otremba (Lakeville, MN/Lakeville South HS) all scored for the Mavericks.
Calla Frank (White Bear Lake, MN) had 29 saves for the Tommies.
Boreen and Maddy Clough (Andover, MN) both scored unassisted goals in the first period Saturday, but Tuttle’s two goals tied it before Maddie Brown (Bismarck, ND/Andover, MN) scored the game winner with 22 seconds remaining. The Tommies improved to 4-0-0 while the Mavericks fell to 2-2-0. Frank had 24 more saves in Saturday’s 3-2 win.
Moorhead’s Holm nets first collegiate goal for Sacred Heart
Ella HolmThree Minnesota players lit the lamp for Sacred Heart in their 4-0 win over St. Anselm on Saturday. One of those players was Ella Holm (Moorhead, MN), who netted the first of her career. Sami Bowlby (Savage, MN/Burnsville HS) and Kate Helgeson (Roseau, MN) also scored. Carly Greene (Minnetonka, MN/Benilde St. Margaret’s HS) stopped 45 shots to earn the shutout in net.
The win avenged a 4-3 loss on Friday. In that game St. Anselm senior Tyra Turner (Andover, MN) scored an unassisted goal. Sacred Heart received a goal from Sydney Antonakis (Roseville, CA/Lakeville North HS), assisted by sister Alyssa Antonakis (Roseville, CA/Lakeville North HS).
Kelley nets overtime winner for Franklin Pierce
Julia Stevens (Minneapolis, MN/Southwest HS) had a goal and Mikayla Kelley (Eagan, MN/Eastview HS) added an assist in Franklin Pierce’s 4-1 win over Assumption on Friday. Kelley then scored an unassisted overtime goal on Saturday in a 1-0 victory. Jadyn Weiser (Albertville, MN/North Wright County HS) made 29 saves for Assumption in the loss.
WCHA Players of the Week
Laila Edwards, Jr., Wisconsin (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
After recording two goals and two assists in Wisconsin’s series sweep over No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, Edwards claimed her first Forward of the Week honor of the season. Edwards scored one goal and tallied an assist in Saturday’s 5-1 victory while following up with a shorthanded goal and an assist in Wisconsin’s 7-3 win on Sunday. The four points on the weekend for Edwards were tied for the most by a WCHA skater.
Other Nominees: Abbey Murphy, Minnesota; Whitney Tuttle, Minnesota State; Jocelyn Amos, Ohio State, Alice Sauriol, St. Cloud State; Cara Sajevic, St. Thomas.
Laney Potter, So., Wisconsin (Cranberry Township, Pa.)
Potter helped No. 1 Wisconsin to a series sweep over No. 3 Minnesota Duluth as she tallied two goals and two assists from the blueline. In the series opener on Saturday, Potter scored twice and added an assist in the Badgers’ 5-1 victory while following up with one assist in the 7-3 win on Sunday. The four points for Potter on the weekend were tied for the most among all WCHA skaters.
Amanda Thiele, Gr., Ohio State (Milford, Mich.)
Thiele recorded 24 and 28 saves in games one and two, respectively, against No. 2 Minnesota. Both performances were season highs for the Milford, Mich. native. In Saturday’s shootout against the Gophers, Thiele stopped five of six shots to earn the Buckeyes the extra conference point. She helped hold the Gophers, who were averaging over three goals a game entering the weekend, to just four goals the entire weekend.
Other Nominees: Kaitlin Groess, Bemidji State; Hannah Clark, Minnesota; Emilia Kyrkkö, St. Cloud State; Chloe Boreen St. Thomas; Ava McNaughton, Wisconsin.
WCHA Rookie of the Week
Maggie Scannell, F, Wisconsin (Wynantskill, N.Y.)
In the Badgers series sweep over No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, Scannell recorded two goals and an assist. On Saturday, in the 5-1 win, the rookie chipped in an assist. The Wynantskill, New York native followed up on Sunday with a two-goal performance, including a power-play tally. Scannell’s three points were tied for the most by a WCHA rookie during the weekend.
Oct. 7: Forward: Casey O’Brien, Wisconsin; Defender: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin; Goaltender: Emilia Kyrkkö, St. Cloud State; Rookie: Chloe Boreen, St. Thomas
Sept. 30: Forward: Casey O’Brien, Wisconsin; Defender: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin; Goaltender: Hailey MacLeod, Ohio State; Rookie: Jordyn Petrie, Ohio State
Sept. 23: Forward: Emma Gentry, St. Cloud State; Defender: Ella Anick, St. Cloud State; Goaltender: Ève Gascon, Minnesota Duluth; Rookie: Caitlin Kraemer, Minnesota Duluth