Thanks to rookie forward Roxanne Stang’s four goals, the St. Cloud State Huskies pulled off a nail-biting victory in overtime Saturday, handing No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth its fifth loss of the season by a score of 6-5.<\/p>\n
SCSU has now beaten two of the nation’s top teams in a week’s time. SCSU defeated then second-ranked Minnesota last Saturday, 7-6.<\/p>\n
Stang came out strong again for SCSU, scoring the four goals and adding one assist, including the game-winner in overtime at 1:59. Stang has recorded three hat tricks this season.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, sophomore goalie Laura Gieselman had another strong performance, stopping 61 of Duluth’s 66 shots on goal and improving her record to 12-10-2.<\/p>\n
St. Cloud had to rally twice to claim the win, first after Duluth’s Hanne Sikio scored her 27th goal of the season at 7:58 of the first period to give the Bulldogs the early lead.<\/p>\n
Stang tied the game at 1-1 on an unassisted goal with nine seconds remaining in the first, but the Bulldogs scored back-to-back goals by Shannon Mikel and Maria Rooth in the second period to take a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n
The Huskies then scored three consecutive goals to claim the lead. Sophomore forward Abby Cooper brought the Huskies within one on her power-play goal at 13:16, and Stang knocked in back-to-back power-play goals in the second period to give the Huskies their first lead at 4-3.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs tied the game at 1:34 in the third period on Sanna Peura’s even-strength marker, but Jennifer Swanson broke loose to score a shorthanded goal and give the Huskies their second lead of the game.<\/p>\n
Minnesota-Duluth’s Erika Holst scored with five and a half minutes to put the game into overtime.<\/p>\n
SCSU improves to 15-13-2 overall, 10-8-2 in the WCHA, while Minnesota-Duluth, second in the WCHA, is 22-5-3, 14-5-3 in conference play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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