RIVER FALLS, Wis. - Chloe Kinsel scored a pair of goals for UW-River Falls as the host Falcons defeated No. 10 UW-Stevens Point 4-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) O'Brien Cup Championship game (presented by Culvers) on Saturday afternoon at Hunt Arena.
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Kinsel scored a power-play goal with 5:17 remaining in the third period to take a 3-1 lead on UW-Stevens Point (17-8-3).
The WIAC Player of the Year scored her second goal of the game off assists by Dani Sibley and Paige Johnson to lead UWRF (21-5-2) to its third consecutive O'Brien Cup Championship.
Kinsel scored her first goal of the afternoon, midway through the first period, to give the Falcons a 1-0 lead heading into the second period.
Just 5:39 into the second frame, Kinsel set up Sibley to take a 2-0 lead.
Just 3:09 later, Logan Harper (Gurnee, IL/Warren Township) got the Pointers on the board, cutting the lead in half heading into the final frame.
Just two minutes after Kinsel's second tally of the game, Carly Moran scored an insurance goal for UW-River Falls to go up 4-1.
Sydney Conley (South St. Paul, MN/South St. Paul) made 24 saves for UWSP, while Angie Hall recorded 23 for UW-River Falls.
The NCAA tournament field will be announced Monday, March 7, at 9 a.m.