Fourth-Ranked Women's Hockey Earns Sweep Over Mankato
November 10, 2001 | Women's Hockey
Jocelyn Cookson (Edina, Minn.) and Sis Paulsen (Eau Claire, Wis.) each collected a goal and an assist to lead the fourth-ranked women's hockey Badgers to a 3-0 win over Minnesota State at Capitol Ice Arena on Saturday.
Wisconsin (6-2-2 overall, 5-2-1 WCHA) held a 9-7 shot advantage in the first period and outshot the Mavericks, 15-1 in the second, but took almost 40 minutes to solve MSU goaltender Shari Vogt. The Badgers finally succeeded at 18:46 of the second when Kelly Kegley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) won a faceoff to the right of Vogt back to Paulsen. The junior picked up the puck and skated towards the slot. Paulsen fired and beat Vogt to the blocker side for her second goal of the season.
"Kegley did a great job of pulling it back and Kat Greaves and Melanie Schmitt did a great job of blocking them out so I had a clear shot," said Paulsen.
The Badgers momentum carried into the third period when Jackie Friesen (Regina, Saskatchewan) redirected a wrist shot by Cookson from the high slot for her fourth of the season. Stephanie Boeckmann (St. Cloud, Minn.) got the second assist on the goal at 2:40 of the third.
Cookson capped a stellar performance with her third goal of the season at 17:17 of the final period. Carla MacLeod (Calgary, Alberta) fired the puck towards the goal from along the right boards that a streaking Cookson tipped past Vogt for the score.
"I think the Boeckmann, Friesen and Cookson line stepped it up tonight and did a nice job of finding each other," said head coach Trina Bourget.
MSU's Vogt made 30 saves, including 14 in the second period, but took the loss to fall to 2-8-0 on the year. Jackie MacMillan (Buffalo, Minn.) stopped all 13 shots she faced for her second shutout of the season. She improves to 6-2-1 with the win.
"This was a big series for us coming off the losses from last weekend and it's good to get two wins under our belt," Paulsen added. "Mankato played well and they came out after us."
Wisconsin next travels to No. 5 New Hampshire (6-1-0) for a key non-conference series. The games at the Whittemore Center face off on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17 at 7:00 p.m. EST.
