NIAGARA, N.Y. - Brooke Collins (Jr., Pilot Mound, Manitoba) scored two third-period goals to give the Bemidji State women’s hockey team a 2-2 tie Friday night against Niagara University in the Beavers’ first-ever trip to Niagara, N.Y.

Ashley Riggs came into the game with nine goals this season, tied for fourth in the country. She got the Purple Eagles started early with a 5-on-3 power-play goal 10:09 into the first period. Shannon Moulson (7 this season) and Marie Henriksen (4) assisted on the goal.

The two teams played to a stalemate for the remainder of the first, and the entire second period. Then just 33 seconds into the third period, Collins scored an unassisted goal to tie the game at 1-1.

Megan Price scored her third goal of the season 13:04 into the third to put NU ahead by one, but then Collins notched her second goal of the game at the 16:04 mark to tie the game. Frances McPhail (4) and Mary McKinnon (3) assisted on Price’s goal, and Jessica Pullar (Sr., Elk River, Minn.) and Monica Rawlings (Jr., Maplewood, Minn.) helped out on Collins’ goal.

The two teams played the rest of the third and a five-minute overtime period, but nothing was settled as the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Emily Brookshaw (Webster, Wisc.) notched a game-high 38 saves in 65 minutes in net for Bemidji State. Nikki Rudy played all but six seconds in net for Niagara, and she had 20 saves.

Collins recorded her first-career multi-goal game, and the third multi-goal game of her career. She also notched her first goal since a game at Vermont on 11/24/06. The two goals gave her a total of five for her career.

The last time a BSU player scored two goals in a single game was 2/10/07, when Tara Hiscock (Turtle River, Minn.) notched two goals in a 5-3 loss at Minnesota.

Rawlings added her second helper of the season, and the fourth of her career, while Pullar had her first assist and the 13th of her career.

The Beavers will look to record their first win of the season Saturday in the series finale against Niagara. Game time is set for 2 p.m. eastern time.

NOTES: Pullar led the Beavers in shots with 4...Four Purple Eagles had 5 shots...BSU was outshot 40-22...The Beavers went 0-3 on the power play, while NIagara was 1-5...Bemidji State won faceoffs 35-32...Hiscock went 20-11 in her faceoff opportunities.

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