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Phillips and Suter
Lead Win Over Finlandia
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Freshman d'Andra Phillips
recorded her first career shutout and Jessie Suter notched a pair of goals
as the UW-Stevens Point women's hockey team earned a 3-0 win over Finlandia
on Friday in Hancock, Mich.
Phillips made 12 saves in the
victory in her third career start. She made six saves during a scoreless
first period when the Lions had two of their three power play opportunities.
Chris Hanson scored the game's
first goal off an assist from Nicole Grossmann at the 14:58 mark of the
second period. Suter added both of her goals in the third period. Her first
came at the 10:13 mark with assists from Katy Lankey and Jenna Daggit, while
the second came on the power play at 16:05 off passes from Daggit and Sarah
Phillips.
The Pointers outshot the Lions
44-12, but were just one-for-nine on the power play. UW-Stevens Point
improved to 15-6-2 overall and strengthened its league playoff seeding
potential with a 7-5-2 conference record. Finlandia is 4-18-2 overall and
0-13-1 in the league. The teams conclude the series and the regular season
on Saturday. |
