GLENN'S TWO GOALS LIFT GOPHERS TO WIN OVER BUCKEYES

        Freshman Jerilyn Glenn scored a pair of third-period goals and Minnesota
overcame an early one-goal deficit to defeat Ohio State 6-2.
        The Buckeyes jumped out to an early lead when Emma Laaksonen scored on the
power play at 7:10 of the opening period, but Ambria Thomas and Kris Scholz
scored period the period was over to give the hosts a 2-1 lead.
        Ohio State limited the Gophers to just two shots in second period but one
was a goal by Courtney Kennedy just 1:29 into the frame, which gave
Minnesota a two-goal lead heading into the final period.
        Glenn then sandwiched her two goals around one by Ohio State's Jeanne
Chapple. La Toya Clarke's goal at 9:08 of the period finished the scoring.
        Ohio State controlled much of the game, outshooting Minnesota 22-19. The
Buckeyes also won 41 of 54 faceoffs. Gopher goalie Erica Killewald finished
with 20 saves while Ohio State's April Stojak had 13.
        The two teams meet again Sunday in the series finale at 2:05 p.m. at
Mariucci Arena.

Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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Ohio State..........  1  0  1 -  2
Minnesota...........  2  1  3 -  6

   1st period - 1, OSU, Emma Laaksonen 2 (Kelli Halcisak, Shana Frost) 7:10
(pp). 2, UM, Ambria Thomas 4 (Laura Slominski, La Toya Clarke) 8:45. 3, UM,
Kris Scholz 1 16:33. Penalties - Gwen Anderson, UM (tripping) 6:13; Lindsey
Steblen, OSU (interference) 9:43; Melissa Pirie, OSU (cross-checking) 13:07;
Ambria Thomas, UM (obstruction-hooking) 18:44.
   2nd period - 4, UM, Courtney Kennedy 1 (La Toya Clarke) 1:29. Penalties -
Laura Slominski, UM (holding) 2:05; Lindsey Ogren, OSU (slashing) 19:56.
   3rd period - 5, UM, Jerilyn Glenn 1 (Ronda Curtin, Emily Buchholz) 1:50
(pp). 6, OSU, Jeanne Chapple 2 (Shana Frost, Carrie Gill) 2:09. 7, UM,
Jerilyn Glenn 2 (Gwen Anderson) 6:59. 8, UM, La Toya Clarke 1 (Laura
Slominski, Ambria Thomas) 9:08. Penalties - Emily Hudak, OSU
(obstruction-holding) 9:20; Emily Buchholz, UM (checking) 11:00; Erin
O'Grady, OSU (roughing) 13:37; Tracy Palinsky, UM (roughing) 13:37.
   Shots on goal - OSU 9-8-5 22; UM 8-2-9 19. Power plays - OSU 1 of 4; UM 1
of 4. Goalies - OSU, April Stojak 0-1-0 (60:00 minutes, 19 shots-13 saves);
UM, Erica Killewald 3-0-0 (60:00, 22-20). Referee - Krista Knight. Assistant
referees - Evonne Young, Rick Larsen. A - 757.

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