Gophers Roll Over UMD 5-1, and SCSU Edges Miami-Ohio

The No. 6  ranks University of Minnesota Golden Gophers had no problems with the University of Minnesota-Duluth beating the Bulldogs 5-1.  The Gophers got up by two in the first period and never looked back. They were led by two goals from Bryce Brodzinski, including the 50^th of his career. They improve to 4-3 overall on the year and will take on UMD again Saturday night.

MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY:

--The Miettinen brothers both scored to help St. Cloud State beat Miami-Ohio Friday night. Senior Veeti Miettinen scored late in the second period to give the Huskies a 2-1 lead. After Miami would tie the game,  freshman Verner Miettinen scored his first career goal, and the game-winner, late in the third period to get SCSU the win. The two teams play again on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

--St. John’s lost to the No.10 ranked University of Wisconsin-Eau Clare 4-2. Eau Clare scored three unanswered goals in the third period to steal the win from the Johnnies who were up 2-1 at the time. Spencer Rudrud and Cooper Anderson had a goal each for St. John’s.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY:

-- The Gophers were able to overcome an early deficit and come back to defeat Minnesota State-Mankato 3-1. Abbey Murphy, Nelli Laitinen, and Ava Lindsay scored for the U of M. Lucy Morgan made 33 saves in the win.

--No. 11 St. Cloud State could not topple the top-ranked University of Wisconsin and lost 4-2 to the Badgers. SCSU got goals from Alice Sauriol and Svenja Voigt in the loss. The two teams play again at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.

VOLLEYBALL

--The College of St. Benedict fell to St. Olaf 3-0 Friday night (22-25, 21-25, 19-25). Paige Andries led the Bennies with 11 kills, and Emma Guest had 8.  St. Ben’s record fell to 17-8 overall, and 9-2 in the conference. They will take on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

--In their final home weekend of games St. Cloud State beat the University of Mary 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-17). The Huskies were led again by Kenzie Foley with 24 kills, and Sam Zimmerman had 7 kills and 2 blocks. The Huskies are now 18-16 overall and an impressive 11-4 in conference play.

JUNIOR HOCKEY

--The St. Cloud Norsemen beat the Minnesota Wilderness 4-0 Friday night. They got goals from Hudson Blue, Andrew Cummings, and Tyler Dysart, who scored twice. The two teams will play again at 7:15 p.m. Saturday.

--The Granite City Lumberjacks lost a hard-fought game with the Mason City Toros Friday 5-4 in a shootout. The Lumberjacks were down 4-2 entering the third period but got goals from Caleb Alderson, and Sam Brennan to even it up and force overtime. Mason City however was able to win the shootout 2-0 to get the 5-4 win.