MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team put on a dominating performance Friday night at Saint Thomas Ice Arena earning a convincing 5-0 victory over University of St. Thomas in their Western Collegiate Hockey Association series opener.
 
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Beavers and was their first road victory of the season and first since Dec. 9, 2023. The Beavers also defeated the Tommies for the fourth consecutive game and are 5-0-1 over their last six meetings.
 
Sophomore Hailey Armstrong scored twice in the game including the game-winning goal in the first period while sophomore Eva Filippova collected her first shutout of the season and second of her career after she stopped all 27 shots she faced.
 
Armstrong started the game scoring her ninth of the season to tie her career mark with 1:44 remaining in the first period.
 

Armstrong flys on the wing and uses the wrap around to put the Beavers ahead before the end of the period!#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/HO2olWo85K

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) February 15, 2025

 
The Beavers took the one-goal lead into the first intermission and Filippova shut the door on the Tommines in the second to keep the Beavers in front after the first two period. BSU played with the one-goal lead for just 35 seoncds in the third period and got the much needed two-goal lead when freshman Izy Fairchild was awarded a penalty shot and converted on her first collegiate attempt to score her fifth goal of the season.
 

Izy Fairchild goes five hole and converts on the penalty shot!!

Beavers lead by ??#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/8vZaY9gbZq

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) February 15, 2025

 
It was just the second time in program history the Beavers scored a penalty-shot goal and the first since Feb. 11, 2011 (Erin Cody).
 
BSU held onto the two-goal lead for most of the remaining period until just under three minutes to play when a flurry of Beaver goals was scored. Armstrong started the flurry scoring her second of the game and No. 10 on the season with 2:47 to play.
 

Hailey Armstrong with the snipe just under the glove and the Beavers lead by 3!#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/GezpeylZm6

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) February 15, 2025

 
Just 1:19 later, junior Heidi Strompf scored her first collegiate goal scoring into the empty net from the Beavers own defensive zone to make it 4-0.
 

Hailey Armstrong with the snipe just under the glove and the Beavers lead by 3!#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/GezpeylZm6

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) February 15, 2025

 
Sophomore Kate Johnson then capped off the Beavers' scoring netting her third goal of the season with 25 seconds remaining.
 

Hailey Armstrong with the snipe just under the glove and the Beavers lead by 3!#GoBeavers #BeaverTerritory pic.twitter.com/GezpeylZm6

— Bemidji State Women's Hockey (@BSUBeaversWHKY) February 15, 2025

 
Bemidji State earned its sixth win of the season to improve to 6-25-1 (4-21-0 WCHA) and will attempt for the series and season sweep over the Tommies tomorrow for game two at 3:02 p.m.
 
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 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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