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Women's hockey two goals short of upset

Robin Bland
January 11, 2004

On Saturday, January 10th the St. Olaf women's hockey team faced off against the University of St. Thomas. The Oles hosted St. Thomas at the Northfield Ice Arena in an action packed game to determine the first place team in the MIAC conference. The Oles fought hard for sixth minutes and fell just one goal short to St. Thomas, 4-3.

In the first period, St. Thomas started by scoring the first goal. Both teams exchanged shots on goal, but the first twenty minutes ended with St. Olaf trailing 1-0.

Seven seconds into the second period Sarah Ray (Sr.-C, St. Paul, Minn.) ripped a slap shot from the neutral zone to tie up the game at one goal each, on an assist from Maria Richardson (Fr., New Brighton, Minn.). The second period was a rough one as both teams had their share of penalites. St. Thomas scored three more goals in the second period to take a 4-1 lead. Ray scored her second goal of the game on a power play, with an assist from Kate Barnett (Jr.-C, Burnsville, Minn.) and Linday Weier (So., Menomonie, Wis.). The score was now 2-4 going into the third period.

In the third period, Claire LeDuc (Fr., St. Paul, Minn.) scored on an assist from Brittany Beck (Fr., Sartell, Minn.) and Jill Rowan (Fr., Northfield, Minn.) for the Oles third score of the game. The Oles battled back to try to tie the game, but fell short as St. Thomas won 4-3.

St. Olaf is now 4-1 in the MIAC and 6-3-2 overall. The Ole women return to action in game two of the weekend doubleheader with St. Thomas on Sunday, January 11 at the Academy rink at 3:00 p.m.

Contact Le Ann Finger at 507-786-3834 or finger@stolaf.edu.