The long grind begins anew in D-III. Here’s a glance at last weekend’s results.<\/p>\n
ECAC East<\/b>
\nCoach Steph Moberg’s initial season at Castleton kicked off in a positive way. The Spartans took a pair of victories this weekend; shutting out Southern Maine, 5-0, and following with a 5-1 win over the University of New England. Power-play production has been an early plus for Moberg’s crew thus far, running at 26.7 percent.<\/p>\n
Massachusetts- Boston sophomore Sarah Alonardo and senior forward Alyssa Sullivan combined for six goals in weekend wins over New England College and Plymouth State.<\/p>\n
Norwich outshot its opponents, 59-22, over the weekend, resulting in a pair of wins. Cadets goalie Celeste Robert registered two shutouts in the process.<\/p>\n
St. Anselm joined in on the double win weekend, garnering tightly played victories against Franklin Pierce and St. Michael’s.<\/p>\n
Kyra Herbert scored twice and Kirsten Shaughnessy acquired a shutout leading in Manhattanville to its first win of the season against Nichols.<\/p>\n
ECAC West<\/b>
\nPlattsburgh goaltender Ally Ross collected a pair of wins in a weekend sweep of Neumann. The Cardinals 5-1 victory on Sunday was highlighted by three power-play goals.<\/p>\n
Utica utilized a 41-shot performance to overwhelm newcomer William Smith, 6-3, on Sunday. The Pioneers received goals from five different players in the contest.<\/p>\n
Georgia Kleiner’s goal 41 ticks into overtime provided Buffalo State with a 3-2 road win over Potsdam. The Bears responded in the second portion of the two-game weekend series on Izzy Fairman’s game-winning goal midway through the third for a 2-1 final.<\/p>\n
MIAC<\/b>
\nBethel’s Lindsay Burman registered a five-point weekend in a home-and-home series with Wisconsin-River Falls. Burman’s insurance marker at the outset of the third period was her second of the game in a 6-3 win over the Falcons. Burman was named MIAC Women’s Hockey Athlete of the Week for her play.<\/p>\n
Gustavus Adolphus took advantage of two second-period power-play opportunities, including a five-on-three, in topping Wisconsin-Superior, 3-1, at Don Roberts Arena. Freshman Katie Aney potted the game-winner.<\/p>\n
NCHA<\/b>
\nAdrian bowled over Marian twice, taking 7-1 and 6-2 road wins. Kaylyn Schroka recorded four assists Friday afternoon. Kelsey Kusch added five points to her individual statistics (2-3-5) over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Nina Waidacher notched her sixth goal of the young season as St. Scholastica tripped up Finlandia, 4-0, on Saturday. The Saints outshot the Lions, 72-26, in the weekend sweep.<\/p>\n
Lake Forest rebounded from a pair of opening weekend defeats by taking out St. Norbert by identical 5-1 scores. Goalie Allie Carter, the recipient of both wins, upped her save percentage to .921 as a result.<\/p>\n
Concordia (Wis.) remained unbeaten after grinding out a tie and a victory against Augsburg. Friday afternoon at Augsburg Ice Arena, the Falcons struck first on a tally by Veronika Metanova and held service until the third when Augsburg junior Kayla Fuechtmann beat Andrea Mizanskey for the 1-1 deadlock. Baylee Darling notched the game-winner with under four minutes left in regulation in Saturday’s 3-2 win by Concordia.<\/p>\n
WIAC<\/b>
\nWisconsin-Steven Point’s Janna Beilke-Skoug turned away 35 of 36 shots she faced over the weekend in a sweep of Concordia (Minn.). Three different goal scorers aided the Pointers in Saturday’s 3-0 triumph over the Cobbers.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin-River Falls split a home-and-home with Bethel, the 3-1 win coming on Friday at the W.H. Hunt Arena. Dani Buehrer collected the game-winning goal for the Falcons. The Falcons then lost on Saturday, 6-3, as detailed above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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