Fourth-Ranked Women's Hockey Herds Mavericks
November 09, 2001 | Women's Hockey
The fourth-ranked women's hockey Badgers started slow, but scored two goals in both the second and third periods in a 4-1 win over Minnesota State at Capitol Ice Arena on Friday.
The Mavericks struck first at 13:58 of the first period. Cara Samuelson passed from behind the Badger goal line to Nicole Magnuson at the point. Magnuson 's shot was blocked in front, but Samuelson skated out from behind the net to get a hold of the rebound. Her shot beat Jackie MacMillan (Buffalo, Minn.) over the right shoulder to give MSU a 1-0 lead.
Wisconsin looked like a different team in the second period sparked by Kendra Antony's (Yorkton, Saskatchewan) breakaway score at 7:26. Antony recovered the puck off a faceoff in the Badger end of the ice. She then worked a give-and-go with Karen Rickard (Bowmanville, Ontario), whose return pass sent Antony on the break. The junior finished with a wrist shot to Shari Vogt's blocker side.
'The first goal really fired everyone up, and got us going, ' said Antony. 'We really needed that after the first period. '
Jackie Friesen (Regina, Saskatchewan) gave the Badgers the lead at 8:48 on a rebound. Jocelyn Cookson (Edina, Minn.) won the puck in the corner and skated it towards the net. Cookson lost control, but Sis Paulsen (Eau Claire, Wis.) skated in from the blue line and fired a slap shot from the high slot. Vogt made the save, but Friesen was there to backhand the rebound.
The Badgers put insurance up on the board early in the third period when Antony fed Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska) at the blue line on an overlap. Weiland skated in and hit the net with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle. Weiland 's third of the season came at 3:34 of the period.
Weiland fed Kathy Devereaux (Seaforth, Ontario) at the red line on the Badgers' final power play of the contest to start what would be the game 's final goal. Devereaux skated down the right boards and past an MSU defender. Her wrist shot from the bottom of the right faceoff circle found the net. The goal, at 7:30, was the first of the season off Devereaux's stick.
Wisconsin held Minnesota State to eight shots, breaking its shots against mark for the second time this season. After holding a slight 6-4 shot advantage in the first period, the Badgers picked up their play, outshooting MSU 12-2 in the second and 17-2 in the final stanza.
'Sis and Kerry had great games tonight,' said head coach Trina Bourget. 'Sometimes defense goes unnoticed, but they were doing all the little things right - getting shots off and keeping them low.'
MacMillan improved to 5-2-1 with seven saves in the contest. Vogt made 31 saves in falling to 2-7-0 on the season.
The Badgers and Mavericks complete their weekend series tomorrow at Capitol Ice Arena. The game is slated for 7:05 p.m.
'Tomorrow we have to get fired up in the first fifteen minutes instead of the last forty,' added Antony. 'We have to do that Instead of sitting back like we did today and having them get to us.'
