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Twins click, help SCSU sweep
By Jay Corn
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Monday, October 27, 2003
Media Credit: Ryan Henry
SCSU forward Roxanne Stang is hauled down by North Dakota forward Marissa Hangsleben during Friday´s game at the National Hockey Center. The Huskies won the game 2-1 and finished the series sweep with a 5-4 overtime win. The sweep extends SCSU´s win streak over UND to six games.
The women's hockey team evened its season record at 2-2 after a weekend sweep of the University of North Dakota.
Riding on the backs of identical twin sisters Ashley and Kelly Stewart, the Huskies extended their winning streak over UND to six in a row, dating back to last year. Playing their first conference game of the series, the squad capped off the weekend series with a 5-4 overtime win Saturday.
The Huskies got their first win of the season Friday afternoon, as Ashley Stewart and Leanne Perrin provided all the firepower SCSU would need on their way to a 2-1 victory. Stewart scored her second goal of the season at 14:02 in the second period, giving the Huskies a 1-0 advantage. Captain Kobi Kawamoto assisted on the goal and leads the team in that category with four. Leanne Perrin would give the Huskies a much needed insurance goal as she scored her first goal of the season at 18:49 in the second period.
The only offense that UND could muster against SCSU goalie Ellen Brinkman was a third period goal by Meghan Murtrie coming at 5:09.
The series finale Saturday proved to be an offensive explosion for the Huskies, as they would eventually score five goals in the overtime win.
Ashley Stewart continued her offensive production, scoring twice on the day and giving her a team-high four goals on the season. Junior Carrie Holldorf also scored her first two goals of the season, the second of which tied the game late in the third period, effectively sending the game into overtime.
"Ashley is really a natural goal scorer," said roommate and teammate Randie Jelinski. "She's even better than she was last season, which I didn't think was possible. Not only that, but she's such a good teammate. Everyone seems to read her so well and feed off her attitude and intensity. It seems that she's everywhere on the ice and really provides this team with a dangerous offensive presence."
The first goal of the game was scored by Ashley Stewart only 1:18 into the first period after three Huskies converged on a rebound. Roxanne Stang and Kelly Stewart would eventually be awarded the assists, but the Huskies were far from done.
SCSU would take a two-goal lead into the first intermission, as Carrie Holldorf collected her first goal of the season 10:36 into the first period. Sweet stick handling by Ashley Andrews and a thread-the-needle pass by Bobbie Anderson set up a clear shot at UND goalie Margaret-Ann Hinkley that Holldorf would cash in for a 2-0 Husky lead.
"That first goal was really a perfect example of a total team effort," Ashley Stewart said. "The puck bounced out and the three of us (A. Stewart, Stang and K. Stewart) just crashed it. Roxy and I actually hit the puck at the same time, and we're still not sure who exactly scored it, but it could've been either of us."
Holldorf and SCSU picked up right where they left off in the second period, as Holldorf netted her second goal of the year and of the game only 3:11 into the period. Ashley Stewart was once again in the thick of things, teaming up with Kawamoto on the assist. UND would respond just before the end of the period, as Stassia Bakhit snuck a shot past SCSU goalie Brie Anderson with only one second left on the game clock. The second period also saw SCSU goalie Lauri St. Jacques leave the game after suffering a deep laceration on her left hand, caused by an opponent's skate blade. The wound would require over 20 stitches, however the first-year goalie is not expected to miss any ice time due to the injury.
"Lauri going down really goes to show the toughness of this team," sophomore defenseman Randie Jelinski said. "She really wanted to come back in after getting her hand stitched up, and it was really awesome to see her go down like that and get back up. Even though she's just a freshman, she's really playing awesome and impressing everyone who watches her play."
UND would make a serious offensive push in the third period, scoring three unanswered goals to take a 4-3 advantage. With time ticking down, SCSU collected themselves and concentrated on creating shot opportunities, realizing they needed to score a goal in order to send the game into overtime. That goal came with four minutes remaining in the game. The Stewart sisters once again teamed up, along with Tina Ciraulo to tie the score at four.
"That tying goal in the forth period really started in our defensive zone. I saw my sister get to the puck on the boards and she kicked it over to me at center ice. I just found myself on the breakaway, and let loose a shot right through the five hole," Ashley Stewart said after the game.
While overtime often proves to be unpredictable, the Huskies came out shooting, perhaps surprising UND with the aggressive play. Only 1:21 into overtime, junior Tina Ciraulo scorched a slap shot past a slow-to-react UND goalkeeper to give SCSU the win and the weekend sweep.
"You don't always get a win in overtime, so for us to come out on top was a real testament to how this team can score at any time, under any circumstances," Jelinski said. "As a team, we really stepped up and showed everyone that we can finish off an opponent, even if it's in overtime."
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