Box Score STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The sixth-ranked UW-Stevens Point women's hockey team jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period and made the two-goal lead stand up in a 2-1 win over ninth-ranked UW-Superior in the first game of a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) semifinal series on Friday night at Ice Hawks Arena.

Box Score

Cassandra Salmen (Stillwater, MN/Stillwater) and Emily Lester (Eau Claire, WI/Memorial) scored to give UW-Stevens Point (18-4-4) a two-goal advantage after the first period. Dani Schultz's goal on the power play brought UW-Superior (14-6-6) within a goal early in the second period but Janna Beilke Skoug made 33 saves in the game to give the Pointers the victory.

Salmen's goal at 7:50 of the opening period was her WIAC-leading 17th goal of the season and was assisted by Katherine Nejedlo (Fond du Lac, WI/Fond du Lac) and Emily Lester (Eau Claire, WI/Memorial). Lester then scored on the power play at the 13:28 mark of the first period off another assist by Nejedlo.

After the Pointers outshot the Yellowjackets 13-12 in the first period, UW-Superior 22-11 in the final two periods but only beat Beilke-Skoug once. Schultz scored her 12th goal of the season 2:15 into the second period on the power play.

After Schultz's goal, the Yellowjackets had three power-play opportunities but the Pointers kept UW-Superior off the scoreboard the rest of the way. UW-Superior was 1-for-5 on the power play in the game, while UW-Stevens Point was 1-for-3.

The Pointers and Yellowjackets wrap up their semifinal series on Saturday, March 1 at 7 p.m. at Ice Hawks Arena.