Redshirt sophomore Lauren Bench posted a 22-save shutout as the Bemidji State University women’s hockey team blanked Union College 3-0 Friday night in game one of its series. The Beavers (6-13-1, 4-7-1-0 WCHA) got the game-winning goal from junior Jacqueline Kaasa in the second period while senior Emily Bergland extended BSU’s lead to 2-0 with a short-handed goal in the third. Junior Kiki Radke scored on the empty net to seal the 3-0 victory.

Bemidji State is now unbeaten in six consecutive games played at the Sanford Center dating back to Oct. 27 against Minnesota State University and is 5-0-1 during that span. Bench earned her fourth shutout of the season and sixth of her career to tie for third most among Bemidji State goaltenders.

Bemidji State came up empty on its lone power play chance in the first period but killed off all three power plays by the Dutchwomen to continue its penalty kill streak at 25 consecutive kills without allowing a power-play goal.

Bemidji State outshot Union 28-22 in the game with Murray making 25 saves and two goals against while Bench stopped all 22 shots by the Dutchwomen to improve to 3-7-1 on the season and is 3-1-0 in her last four starts.

The Beavers will make an attempt for their third sweep of the season when they host the Dutchwomen again Saturday at 3:07 p.m. Our pregame coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. on 1300 AM & 94.3 FM The Legends.

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Bemidji State Lines
Abby Halluska – Emily Bergland – Paige Beebe
Jacqueline Kaasa – Kiki Radke – Lindsey Featherstone
Haley Mack – Clair DeGeorge – Lydia Passolt
Claudia Verkerke – Sylvia Marolt – Ellie Moser

Extra Skater – Abby Ecker

Briana Jorde – Mak Langei
Melissa Hunt – Tina Kampa
Kara Werth – Heather Olson

Kerigan Dowhy
Lauren Bench
Lexi Baker

Opponent Lines
Makayla Mori – Rachel de Perio – Katelynn Russ
Maia Martinez – Cassidy Michalicka – Grace Heiting
Helen Markovic – Katie Sonntag – Haley Shugart
Angelica Melone – Jordi Naidrich – Alli First

Arianna Kosakowski – Megan Ryan
Ava Reynolds – Hannah Schultz
Cheyenne Harris –

Coco Francis
Kate Spooner
Amelia Murray

Beaver Radio Network Three Stars

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College Hockey Live Box Score (Final) Union at Bemidji State Saturday, January 5, 2019 Referees:  Duncan Ryhorchuk   Game Start:  3:07   Casey Enge   Game End:  4:55 Linesmen:  Ron Laituri   Game Length:  1:48   Sam Jerome   Attendance:  341

Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Union  1 1 0 2 Bemidji State  4 0 2 6 Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG Union  7 7 6 20 Bemidji State  13 13 11 37   PP PP % PIM SHGF Union  0/1 .000 2/4 1 Bemidji State  0/2 .000 1/2 0

# Prd Time  Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice 1st 7:01  UNI 1-0 EV Makayla Mori (1) Katelynn Russ/2 12,23,5,7,11,G33 20,21,16,9,4,G33 1st 10:38  BMJ 1-1 EV Ellie Moser (2) Mak Langei/3, Sylvia Marolt/2 16,2,13,6,14,G33 20,22,12,7,2,G33 1st 11:43  BMJ 2-1 EV Clair DeGeorge (5) Melissa Hunt/2 26,5,11,21,9,G33 27,21,11,5,4,G33 1st 13:57  BMJ 3-1 EV GW Jacqueline Kaasa (4) Kiki Radke/2, Heather Olson/2 12,8,20,4,10,G33 23,22,7,5,12,G33 1st 18:01  BMJ 4-1 EV Abby Halluska (3)  – 21,18,9,11,5,G33 27,4,22,2,21,G33 2nd 15:54  UNI 2-4 SH Rachel de Perio (3) Grace Heiting/4 7,4,13,11,G31 26,18,19,11,9,G33 3rd 16:36  BMJ 5-2 EV Paige Beebe (5)  – 18,21,14,9,2,G33 7,5,2,27,23,G31 3rd 18:26  BMJ 6-2 EV EN Clair DeGeorge (6) Lydia Passolt/4, Haley Mack/2 26,3,19,5,11,G33 23,5,7,13,17,12

## Union G A P PIM SOG +/- 2 Megan Ryan 0 0 0 0/0 1 -3 4 Grace Heiting 0 1 1 0/0 0 -1 5 Ava Reynolds 0 0 0 0/0 2 -3 7 Rachel de Perio 1 0 1 0/0 2 -2 9 Angelica Melone 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 11 Cheyenne Harris 0 0 0 1/2 1 +1 12 Makayla Mori 1 0 1 0/0 1 -2 13 Arianna Kosakowski 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 15 Helen Markovic 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 16 Katie Sonntag 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 17 Haley Shugart 0 0 0 1/2 0 -1 20 Alli First 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 21 Cassidy Michalicka 0 0 0 0/0 2 -2 22 Hannah Schultz 0 0 0 0/0 2 -3 23 Katelynn Russ 0 1 1 0/0 3 -2 26 Jordi Naidrich 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 27 Maia Martinez 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 29 G Kate Spooner Did Not Play 31 G Coco Francis 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 33 G Amelia Murray 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3      Union Totals 2 2 4 2/4 20 -4 ## Bemidji State G A P PIM SOG +/- 2 Mak Langei 0 1 1 0/0 2 +2 3 Lydia Passolt 0 1 1 0/0 1 +1 4 Kara Werth 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 5 Melissa Hunt 0 1 1 0/0 1 +3 6 Claudia Verkerke 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 7 Abby Ecker 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 8 Kiki Radke 0 1 1 0/0 4 +1 9 Emily Bergland 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 10 Lindsey Featherstone 0 0 0 0/0 3 +1 11 Tina Kampa 0 0 0 0/0 1 +2 12 Jacqueline Kaasa 1 0 1 0/0 5 +1 13 Sylvia Marolt 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 14 Briana Jorde 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 16 Ellie Moser 1 0 1 1/2 3 E 18 Paige Beebe 1 0 1 0/0 2 +1 19 Haley Mack 0 1 1 0/0 5 E 20 Heather Olson 0 1 1 0/0 1 E 21 Abby Halluska 1 0 1 0/0 2 +2 26 Clair DeGeorge 2 0 2 0/0 3 +1 30 G Lexi Baker Did Not Play 33 G Kerigan Dowhy 0 0 0 0/0 0 +4 35 G Lauren Bench Did Not Play  Bemidji State Totals 6 7 13 1/2 37 +4 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves 33 Amelia Murray (L, 1-6-2) 18:01 4 8 0 0 8 31 Coco Francis 41:12 1 1 13 9 23  Empty Net 0:47 1         ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves 33 Kerigan Dowhy (W, 4-7-0) 59:36 2 6 6 6 18  Empty Net 0:24 0

Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time  1st Cheyenne Harris UNI 2 Holding 19:45  2nd Haley Shugart UNI 2 Goaltender Interference 15:15  Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time  3rd Ellie Moser BMJ 2 Hooking 6:55

New Records: Bemidji State 7-13-1, Union 2-16-2 Three Stars: 1. Clair DeGeorge (Bemidji State) 2. Jacqueline Kaasa (Bemidji State) 3. Abby Halluska (Bemidji State)