MANKATO, Minn. - The Bemidji State women’s hockey could not capitalize on the first period momentum as Sarah Zuelke scored her first career goal. The Beavers would not score again in the game finding it hard to get back in the flow they found themselves in during Friday’s game.

BSU ended the first period up 1-0 over the Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks on Zuelke’s goal assisted by Amber Fryklund. The assist for Fryklund marks six straight games with an assist for the senior center. That is the longest streak of games with an assist in her career and she ties Kerri McEwen as the only BSU women’s players to extend an assist streak to six games.

The Mavericks came out in the second period to even the score and would do just that. At the 6:38 mark Devon Nichols scored her second goal of the season on an assist by Amber Sharratt to tie the game . At the 14:35 mark the Maverick would pull ahead when Amanda Osborn scored a goal unassisted. The goal would be the eventual game winner as the Mankato goaltender, Shari Vogt would shut the Beavers out in the final two periods making a total of 31 saves in the game.

Beginning the final period down by a goal, the Beavers just could not find the opportunities to catch up. “In the third period we were down 2-1 and ended up taking four penalties. It is hard to come back playing one player short,” commented BSU Head Coach Bruce Olson after the loss. “It was not a very solid hockey game for us. Mankato did a nice job bottling us up and keeping us out of the passing game we had going Friday night.”

The loss drops the Beavers record to 2-4-1 over all and 1-2-0 in the WCHA. They will be in action again Nov. 1-2 when the Ohio State Buckeyes come to the John Glas Fieldhouse. Friday’s game is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. start and the puck will drop Saturday at 4:05 p.m.

Scoring Scored by Assist
1st 14:26 BSU Sarah Zuelke (1) Amber Fryklund
2nd 6:38 MSUM Devon Nichols Amber Sharratt
2nd 14:33 MSUM Amanda Osborn -

Saves
MSUM Shari Vogt (60:00) - 31 BSU Coté (60:00) - 21

Stars (1) Nichols, (2) Vogt, (3) Lisa Peters

Other notable stats:
Amber Fryklund’s assist on the first period goal by Zuelke extends her consecutive games with an assist to six. That ties her for the longest streak of the kind in the five-year history of the BSU program. Teammate Kerri McEwen currently holds the record. It is the second-longest scoring streak of Fryklund’s career (10).

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