DULUTH, Minn. – No. 4 University of Minnesota Duluth scored six unanswered goals in the second and third periods to pull away from the Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team Friday afternoon at AMSOIL Arena. The Beavers trailed 2-1 with 35 minutes to play before the Bulldogs began their scoring run.
 
Senior Shelby Breiland scored the lone goal for the Beavers at 5:25 of the second period for her first goal of the season after redirecting a shot by sophomore Olivia Dronen.
 

Shelby Breiland with the redirect out in front to score her first of the season and your Beavers are within 1!!#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/Ak6FToQADx

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) November 22, 2024

 
Freshman Kaitlin Groess made 26 saves for the Beavers before sophomore Eva Filippova saw her first action in the crease this season where she stopped 11-of-13 shots.
 
Their counterpart Éve Gascon stopped 20-of-21 Beaver shots to earn the victory.
 
The Beavers fall to 3-11-1 (2-9-0 WCHA) on the season while the Bulldogs improved to 7-5-1 (6-4-1 WCHA).
 
The teams will meet again tomorrow afternoon at 1:02 p.m., for the series finale.
 
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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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