GOPHERS FINISH SWEEP OF HUSKIES WITH 5-4 WIN

Laura Slominski scored three goals and Minnesota collected four power-play
goals en route to a 5-4 win and series sweep of St. Cloud State.

The Gophers, who had outscored the Huskies 50-4 in six previous meetings
before the weekend, were unable to shake their guests, despite twice leading
by two goals.

Rachel Denner's power-play goal six minutes into the opening period gave St.
Cloud State an early lead but Slominski, at 19:04, and Nadine Muzerall, at
19:56, scored in the final minute of the opening period to give Minnesota a
2-1 lead.

Slominski scored twice in the second period to set a school record with
three power-play goals in a game, but Amanda Mathison and Kobi Kawamoto both
scored to keep the Huskies within a goal.

Fiona McLeod's power-play goal 4:24 into the final period then tied the
score with St. Cloud State's lone even-strength goal of the game.

Ronda Curtin got the game-winner for the Gophers on the power-play with 8:44
to play when she converted a Bethany Petersen rebound.

Minnesota had a commanding 38-20 advantage in shots on goal. Laura Gieselman
stopped 33 shots for St. Cloud State while Minnesota's Erica Killewald made
16 saves.

Score By Periods      1  2  3  Tot
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St. Cloud State.....  1  2  1 -  4
Minnesota...........  2  2  1 -  5

   1st period - 1, SCSU, Rachel Denner 1 (Abby Cooper, Bridget Davenport)
6:00 (pp). 2, UM, Laura Slominski 1 (Emily Buchholz, Courtney Kennedy) 19:04
(pp). 3, UM, Nadine Muzerall 1 (Ronda Curtin, Emily Buchholz) 19:56.
Penalties - Laura Slominski, UM (cross-checking) 4:09; Courtney Kennedy, UM
(checking) 6:00; Fiona McLeod, SCSU (hooking) 6:06; Tracy Engstrom, UM
(interference) 6:29; Abby Cooper, SCSU (hooking) 18:27.
   2nd period - 4, UM, Laura Slominski 2 (Emily Buchholz, La Toya Clarke)
5:35 (pp). 5, SCSU, Amanda Mathison 1 (Ricki-Lee Doyle) 7:38 (pp). 6, UM,
Laura Slominski 3 (Ambria Thomas, La Toya Clarke) 13:00 (pp). 7, SCSU, Kobi
Kawamoto 1 (Fiona McLeod) 16:38 (pp). Penalties - Amanda Presenger, SCSU
(interference) :21; Ricki-Lee Doyle, SCSU (checking the goalie) 2:39; Tara
McNamara, SCSU (cross-checking) 4:49; Kelly Olson, UM (hooking) 5:58;
Melissa Coulombe, UM (hooking) 6:24; Fiona McLeod, SCSU (hooking) 12:46;
Bethany Petersen, UM (slashing) 15:57; Gwen Anderson, UM (interference)
17:09.
   3rd period - 8, SCSU, Fiona McLeod 1 (Erin McNamara) 4:24. 9, UM, Ronda
Curtin 1 (Bethany Petersen) 11:16 (pp). Penalties - Emily Buchholz, UM
(checking) 1:02; Kelly Olson, UM (interference) 2:02; Courtney Kennedy, UM
(roughing) 2:32; Kobi Kawamoto, SCSU (high-sticking) 2:32; Erin McNamara,
SCSU (holding) 4:41; Tara McNamara, SCSU (cross-checking) 7:17; Tara
McNamara, SCSU (checking) 9:39; Courtney Kennedy, UM (roughing) 19:37; Kobi
Kawamoto, SCSU (hooking) 19:37; Roxanne Stang, SCSU (holding the stick)
20:00.
   Shots on goal - SCSU 7-8-5 20; UM 8-13-17 38. Power plays - SCSU 3 of 9;
UM 4 of 9. Goalies - SCSU, Laura Gieselman 0-2-0 (38 shots-33 saves); UM,
Erica Killewald 2-0-0 (20-16). Referee - Jerry Krieger.  Assistant
referees - Mary Owen, Evonne Young. A - 807.

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