BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State Women's Hockey team makes its first road trip of the season this weekend and travels to No. 2 Ohio State University for a two-game, Western Collegiate Hockey Association series.
 
The Beavers (2-2-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) and Buckeyes (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) begin their WCHA Series Friday, Oct. 10 at 5:02 p.m. CST with game two to follow Saturday at 2:02 p.m.
 
Each game of the series can be streamed online at Big Ten Plus.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• The Beavers ended a four-game homestand last weekend picking up their first two win and first series sweep of the season after defeating Robert Morris University twice at Sanford Center.
• The Beavers began the non-conference series against the Colonials with a 3-0 shutout in game one with sophomore Kaitlin Groess collecting her first collegiate shutout after making 12 saves.
• Bemidji State then clinched the series sweep with a 4-1 victory Saturday with junior captain Hailey Armstrong scoring all four goals for the Beavers.
• She tied a program record for most goals scored in a game, set in just the Beavers' second year in existence back in 1999.
• Armstrong totaled five goals over the weekend tied for the most in the WCHA with WCHA Forward of the Week, Minnesota's Abbey Murphy.
• Groess was exceptional in between the pipes allowing just one goal in 40 shots against the Colonials for a .975 save percentage and 0.50 goals against average.
• Nine Beavers recorded a point in the series including Armstrong, Morgan Smith and Kate Johnson who each recorded three or more points.
• The line of Armstrong, Johnson and Isa Goettl scored six of the Beavers' seven goals on the weekend.
• Bemidji State faces its second opponent ranked in the top three in the national polls this weekend after opening the season against No. 1 Wisconsin two weeks ago.
• Armstrong paces the Beavers with five goals in four games this season and is second in the WCHA. She has scored five of BSU's nine goals.
• Fellow junior Kate Johnson follows with four points (1g-3a) while Morgan Smith (1g-2a) and Carmen Bray (3a) have added three points.
• Bray leads the Beavers' blueliners in points and is tied for the eighth most in the WCHA.
• Groess has started all four games for the Beavers and is 2-2-0 with a 3.28 goals against average, .893 save percentage and one shutout.
• Bemidji State leads the WCHA and is ninth in the nation with 60 blocked shots averaging 15.00 per game.
• 5-foot-0 inch freshman Katy Comstock is tied for the league lead with 10 blocked shots.
• Bemidji State is 29-66-13 all-time against Ohio State but has lost the last 17 meetings dating back to the 2021-22 season.
• The Beavers are 12-38-6 when facing the Buckeyes in Columbus.
• The Beavers are in year two under the leadership of head coach Amber Fryklund after going 6-30-1 during her first season as head coach.
• Fryklund returns 16 skaters from last season including all four of her leading scorers.
• She also returns 80-percent of goals scored last season (45-of-56) and her top six goal scorers.
• However, she lost three of her top point-getters from the blueline from the 2024-25 season.
• Fryklund returns both netminders in Kaitlin Groess and Eva Filippova who played serious minutes between the pipes.
• She has brought in 11 newcomers to the green and white including transfers Carmen Bray (St. Cloud State) and Elly Klepinger (Minnesota).
• Morgan Smith highlights the Beavers' returners after leading the team in points (20) and goals (11) during her freshman season.
• Junior Hailey Armstrong will captain the Beavers during the 2025-26 season and will be assisted by Smith and senior Raeley Carney.
• Armstrong leads all returners having scored 19 goals over her career and recording 28 points.
• She is followed by Smith with 20 points and junior Kate Johnson with 17 (5g-12a).
• Eight freshmen make their green and white debut this season in Senja Leeper (Minnetonka HS), Lola Macuiba (Shawnigan Lake School), Kasey Senden (Hill-Murray HS), Addie Morris (Benilde-St. Margaret's), Paige Smith (Edmonton Jr. Oilers), Maddie Kaiser (Balmoral Hall Prep), Katy Comstock (Warroad HS) and Ashlyn Hazlett (Minnetonka HS).

For more information on the Bemidji State women's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on X or Instagram, or like them on Facebook.
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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