STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's hockey team (1-1-0) earned its first win of the season with a 3-2 victory over St. Olaf (1-1-0) in the series finale on Sunday.
Claire Riestenberg (Plymouth, Minn./Armstrong) started the scoring at the 8:31 mark of the first period.
Avery Engbrecht (Winona, Minn./Winona) had an assist on the goal.
Molly Pohlkamp (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd) pushed the Pointers' advantage to 2-0 at the 10:39 mark of the second period.
Abby Skelly (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) had the helper on the goal.
Later in the second period, the teams traded power-play goals. The Oles tallied the first at 11:48. Pohlkamp responded with a UWSP power-play goal at 15:08 of the second period.
Dani Weiland (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville) and
Alyssa Yokom (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown) provided assists on the eventual game-winner.
St. Olaf got within a goal at 17:42 of the second period.
UWSP goaltender
Anne Beck (Grandville, Mich./Grandville) had 27 saves to earn the win. Oles' goaltender Kylie Jaksha had 23 saves.
The Pointers travel to Minnesota for a weekend series at St. Katherine beginning on Friday (Nov. 6) at 7:00 p.m.
