MINNEAPOLIS -- Sophomore Jacqueline Kaasa and junior Emily Bergland each posted three-point games to lead the Bemidji State women’s hockey team to a 4-2 win over No. 6 Minnesota on Saturday at Ridder Arena.
The Beavers (6-10-2, 4-7-1-1 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) got started early with a goal from Kaasa at the 3:15 mark of the first period, assisted by Bergland and Bailey Wright.
But Gophers (14-5-1, 9-4-1-0 WCHA) sophomore Alex Woken evened the score just 23 seconds later, and the score was 1-1 until the middle period.
The only Gophers lead in the game came 2 minutes, 17 seconds into the second when Grace Zumwinkle got one past BSU goalie Lauren Bench for a 2-1 lead.
They held on until Wright earned her second point of the night to tie it back up. Mak Langei and Bergland were credited with assists on the play.
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With everything knotted up going into the final frame, the Beavers took over and scored the only two goals in the third. Kaasa tallied the eventual game winner at the 5:14 mark, and Bergland added the insurance goal at an even six minutes in. Abby Halluska assisted the Kaasa goal, while Kaasa claimed a helper on Bergland’s.
Minnesota pulled its goalie, Sidney Peters, with 2:40 left to play, but BSU held on to take the 4-2 victory.
Bench earned her second win of the year by allowing just two goals in a 24-save performance.
The Beavers next host Rochester Institute of Technology for a series this coming weekend. Puck drop is set for 3:07 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-9 at the Sanford Center.
Bemidji State 4, Minnesota 2
BSU 1 1 2 -- 4
MINN 1 1 0 -- 2
First Period -- 1, BSU, Kaasa (Bergland, Wright), 3:15; 2, MINN, Woken (Skarzynski), 3:38.
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Second Period -- 3, MINN, Zumwinkle (Piazza, Brown), 2:17; 4, BSU, Wright (Langei, Bergland), 13:17.
Third Period -- 5, BSU, Kaasa (Halluska), 5:14; 6, BSU, Bergland (Kaasa), 6:00.
Goaltending (Shots-Saves) -- BSU, Bench (24-26); MINN, Peters (24-28).
