Dec. 4, 2004
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DETROIT, Mich. - Sophomore Helena Tageson (Malmo, Sweden) broke a 1-1 tie at 12:42 of the third period to give the Bemidji State women's hockey team (4-14-0, 1-13-0 WCHA) a 2-1 win and series sweep of Wayne State (5-8-3, 0-0-0 CHA) at City Sports Arena Saturday afternoon. The sweep was not only BSU's first sweep of the season, but it also represented its first sweep on the road since Nov. 16-17, 2002, when the Beavers defeated North Dakota 5-3 and 4-0 in Grand Forks, N.D.
Wayne State took an early 1-0 lead at 4:29 of the first period off a goal from Kelly Zamora, her seventh of the year.
Bemidji State knotted the score at 1-1 just over two minutes later when sophomore Kate Robinson (Shanty Bay, Ontario) notched her second power-play goal of the series and fifth tally of the season at the 6:33 mark. Robinson's marker moved her into a four-way tie for first on the team in goals. Senior Jenny Schnickel (Coon Rapids, Minn.) earned her fourth assist of the year on Robinson's goal, while sophomore Nikki Eckebrecht (Hamilton, Ontario) secured her fifth helper of the season.
Neither team lit up the scoreboard in the second stanza, but BSU did manage a 7-6 shot advantage.
The Beavers came out hungry in the final period of play, outshooting the Warriors 7-3. Forward Helena Tageson put an end to BSU's third period struggles for at least one day, as she provided the game-winner, her third of the 2004-05 campaign with just over seven minutes left in the contest. The Green and White's leading-scorer Kelly Hart (Ajax, Ontario) extended her point-scoring streak to four games with her ninth helper and 14th point of her sophomore season.
BSU finished with 20 shots to WSU's 16, marking the second consecutive game in which the Beavers have outshot their opponent and their second win of the year when outshooting the opposition.
Freshman netminder Emily Brookshaw (Neenah, Wis.) recorded the second win of her career after stopping 15 Wayne State shots. Vallery Turcotte made 18 saves in the loss between the pipes for the Warriors.
Bemidji State connected on one power play opportunity in four chances, while Wayne State was shut out on four occasions.
The first half of BSU's season is now over, as the Beavers are off for four weeks. Bemidji State will be back in action Saturday, Jan. 1 and Sunday, Jan. 2 when it welcomes Cornell to the John S. Glas Fieldhouse for the first-ever competition between the two schools. Friday's game begins at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday's contest starts at 2:05 p.m.
Notes: BSU's unbeaten streak (5-0-1) was extended to six games over Wayne State... Each of BSU's four wins in 2004-05 have come on the road, including a 2-1 win at Mercyhurst (Oct. 9), a 5-2 win at North Dakota (Nov. 7) and this weekend's 4-1 and 2-1 sweep of Wayne State... Bruce Olson improved his all-time record to 3-0-1 against WSU... With a pair of power-play goals in this series BSU has now netted power-play markers in nine of the last 11 contests... The high-powered sophomore class picked up seven of BSU's 11 points versus Wayne State, which improved its overall point total to 18-21=39... Kelly Hart extended her scoring streak (1-3=4) to four games and Nikki Eckebrecht extended her scoring streak (1-1=2) to two games... Tara Hiscock's five-game point streak (3-2=5) was snapped...
