FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Augustana scores three unanswered goals to knock off No. 14 Minnesota State

Brett Meerman scores one of his two goals Friday night as Augustana upset Minnesota State 3-1 (photo: Nicholas Buus).

Brett Meerman scored two goals for Augustana as the Vikings defeated No. 14 Minnesota State 3-1 Friday night on home ice at Midco Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jordan Ronn opened the scoring for Minnesota State at 2:50 of the first period before Meerman scored twice and Hunter Bischoff added a late empty-net goal for Augustana.

Augustana goaltender Josh Kotai finished with 33 saves.

Alex Tracy stopped 16 shots in goal for the Mavericks.

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No. 4 North Dakota 4, Omaha 1

Ben Strinden netted a pair of goals to lead North Dakota past Omaha 4-1 from Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.

David Klee and Jack Kernan also scored for the Fighting Hawks while goalie Jan Špunar made 30 saves.

Trevor Wong tallied the lone goal for the Mavericks and Dawson Cowan and Simon Latkoczy combined on a 25-save effort between the pipes.

No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 3, Arizona State 1

After spotting Arizona State a 1-0 lead late in the first period, Minnesota Duluth scored the next three goals to down the Sun Devils 3-1 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn.

Max Plante, Kyle Gaffney and Daniel Shlaine scored for the Bulldogs and Adam Galan made 16 saves in goal.

For ASU, Ty Nash scored and netminder Connor Hasley turned aside 36 shots.

No. 6 Denver 5, St. Cloud State 1

Five different players scored for Denver as the Pioneers defeated St. Cloud State 5-1 from the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

Rieger Lorenz, Clarke Caswell, Brady Milburn, Sam Harris and Hagen Burrows scored for DU and Quentin Miller made 37 saves in goal. Johnny Hicks played the last 2:28 and didn’t face a shot.

Tyson Gross scored for the Huskies and goalie Yan Shostak finished with 30 saves.

No. 8 Dartmouth 3, Army West Point 0

Roan Clarke stopped all 19 shots fired his way as Dartmouth blanked Army West Point 3-0 from Thompson Arena in Hanover, N.H.

Jason Stefanek, Colin Grable and Nikita Nikora registered the goals for the Big Green.

Black Knights goaltender JJ Cataldo made 37 saves.

Miami 4, No. 19 Colorado College 4 (OT, Miami wins shootout)

Casper Nassen’s goal at 19:50 of the third period pulled Miami into a 4-4 tie with Colorado College from Steve Cady Arena in Oxford, Ohio.

After nothing was settled in overtime, the RedHawks won the ensuing shootout.

David Deputy added two goals for Miami and Maximilion Helgeson posted the other.

Miami goalie Matteo Drobac made 14 saves.

Wilson Bjorck popped two goals for the Tigers and Brayden Schuurman and Riley Stuart the others as Kaidan Mbereko turned aside 18 shots in goal.