BEMIDJI, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato got the better of the Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team in overtime Saturday evening at Sanford Center as the Mavericks salvaged the series split with the Beavers with a 3-2 overtime win.
 
Freshman Hailey Armstrong and senior Khloe Lund each scored for the Beavers while junior Abbie Thompson stopped 33-of-36 shots.
 
The Beavers started the game scoring first for the second consecutive night when Armstrong scored a power-play goal 8:53 into the first period.
 

BEAVERS POWER PLAY GOAL!!
Hailey Armstrong from Kate Johnson and Riley Reeves at 11:07 in the first period!
#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/pg9wsCsf1x

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) November 18, 2023

 
It was the seventh of the season for Armstrong to lead the team and tie for seventh most in the WCHA and the second most by a league freshman.
 
The Mavericks didn't wait long to tie the game however, and 5:06 later, Whitney Tuttle scored an even-strength goal.
 
The teams would head into the first intermission locked in the 1-1 tie and played most of the second period knotted up, but the Mavericks would take their first lead of the series with 3:58 left in the period with a power-play goal from Sydney Langseth.
 
The Beavers would respond with a power-play goal of their own just 2:48 later when Khloe Lund one-timed a shot past a screened goaltender to tie the game at two.
 

BEAVERS GOAL!!!
Khloe Lund on the power play from Gabbie Smith at 1:10 in the second period!#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/Cw889jj2bd

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) November 18, 2023

 
The goal was the first of the season for the senior from Thief River Falls, Minn., native and is the first time since Sept. 23, 2022 that BSU scored two power-play goals in a game.
 
After neither team could score the go-ahead goal in the third period, the game would head into the three-on-three overtime for the second consecutive night but the Mavericks would be on the end of the game winner this time after Jame Nelson scored her third goal of the series 40 seconds into the extra period.
 
Thompson kept the Beavers in range of the Mavericks stopping 33 shots in the game including 15-of-16 in the second period which heavily favored MSU. However, she earns the loss falling to 0-9-1 on the season.
The Beavers finished 2-for-3 on the power while their penalty kill denied the Mavericks on two of their three chances.
 
Bemidji State falls to 1-12-1 (1-9-0 WCHA) on the season but earns one point in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings to tie for sixth with Minnesota State.
 
The Beavers will have another bye week for the Holiday break and will next return to action Dec. 1-2 for a road trip to No. 4 University of Minnesota.
 
For more information on the Bemidji State women's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on X or Instagram (@BSUBeaversWHKY), or like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers).
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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