EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (blugolds.com) – The No. 9 ranked University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's hockey took to their home ice on Wednesday evening as they continued Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play at Hobbs Ice Arena. Six different Blugolds found the back of the net as UW-Eau Claire earned the 6-0 victory over the Northland College LumberJills.
Eau Claire wasted no time finding their first goal of the game as Ava Webster (Fr. – Rosemount, Minn.) tallied her first collegiate goal just after the 7th minute. Jordyn McAlpine (Sr. – Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi) and Sam Bandholz (So. – Richfield, Wis./Slinger) received assists on the opening goal. The Blugolds dominated the offensive play all night long and started strong by outshooting Northland 17-2 in the opening frame.
In the second period, Sami Scherling (Sr. – Rogers, Minn.) increased the Blugold lead to 2-0 with her third goal of the year in the first 90 seconds of play. Hallie Sheridan (Sr. – Fergus Falls, MN) tallied the first of her two assists on the night on Scherling's goal. Later in the period, Sheridan found the back of the net herself by poking in a loose puck out front to extend the UWEC lead to 3-0. Scherling and Sophie Rausch (Sr. – Fergus Falls, Minn.) earned assists on the third Blugold goal.
The final period saw a similar story to the first 40 minutes of play as the Blugolds outshot the LumberJills 14-3 for a contest total advantage of 49-6. Sophie Rausch continued her stellar year with a goal placed in the top corner off her back hand at the 1:44 mark to push the lead to 4-0. Minutes later, Sam Moehle (Fr. – Farmington, Minn.) netted her second goal of the year. Eau Claire would add one more tally from Ellie Andersen (So. – Fergus Falls, Minn.) at 9:29 of the third to increase their lead to 6-0. Anderson earned her first collegiate goal on the tally to give Eau Claire their highest victory margin of the year.
Stephanie Martin (Sr. – Yorktown, Va./Tabb) stopped all six shots she faced to earn her third shutout of the year. Martin is now 7-1 on the season.
The Blugolds (7-2, WIAC 3-1) will take the weekend off before they head to St. Paul, Minn. On Tuesday, December 6th to face off against Hamline University at the TRIA Rink. Puck drop is scheduled for 7PM.
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