Senior Brittni Mowat made 33 saves to keep her Bemidji State career going with a 2-1 victory over Minnesota in the second game of a WCHA quarterfinal series.<\/p>\n
“It’s kind of hard not to think about it at the start of the day, but we knew we could pull through,” Mowat said. “We had a big goal in the third period, and spirits were high, and we lived to see another day.”<\/p>\n
That goal came off of the stick of Bemidji State (12-19-3, 7-18-3-1 WCHA) senior forward Cisceley Nelson when she took a shot from an extreme angle that handcuffed goalie Sidney Peters and wound up in the net at 11:09 of the third.<\/p>\n
“Last weekend, we had to beat Mankato, and I kind of let a goal in like that, so I know how it feels,” Mowat said. “You’ve just got to shake it off.”<\/p>\n
Minnesota (24-6-5, 19-4-5-3 WCHA) was unable to mount much in the way of a rally.<\/p>\n
“Disappointed in the result,” coach Brad Frost said. “Took too many penalties; couldn’t put the puck in the net. Credit Bemidji — they did a great job blocking shots, making it really tough.”<\/p>\n
Unable to accomplish much on Saturday, the Gophers will have to return to work on Sunday for a deciding game.<\/p>\n
“We’ll have to be much better tomorrow, as our season probably hangs in the balance,” Frost said.<\/p>\n
As for what Peters, who was coming off the best series of her career last weekend versus Wisconsin, needs to do, Frost simply said, “Stop the puck.”<\/p>\n
The Beavers struck first when Summer Thibodeau buried a centering pass from Nelson at 6:15 of the first period.<\/p>\n
Minnesota was assessed three penalties over the final 4:34 of the second period, but Sarah Potomak’s short-handed goal off a Cara Piazza rebound knotted the score in the midst of that stretch.<\/p>\n
“I’m just really proud of the group,” coach Jim Scanlan said. “Gritty — to give up that short-handed goal that we did in the manner we did. Once we had the lead, I thought we did a great job.”<\/p>\n
Potomak’s goal was all Minnesota could muster.<\/p>\n
“Knowing it could be your last day, you’ve got to do everything you can to keep the puck out of the net,” Mowat said.<\/p>\n
The winner of Sunday’s game at 4:07 p.m. CST advances to a conference semifinal on Saturday; the loser goes home.<\/p>\n
“They probably have more to lose than we do; they’re ranked a lot higher than us, so we’re just going to give it our all, empty the tanks, and see how it goes,” Mowat said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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