Friday was a busy night for college teams with central Minnesota ties. The St. Cloud State hockey teams both lost one-goal games at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s opened their hockey seasons with wins, and the Gophers won in overtime at Duluth and rallied from two sets down at UCLA. Here are the results.
St. Cloud State
- Women’s hockey: No. 3 Wisconsin 2, St. Cloud State 1. After a scoreless first 30 minutes, Finley McCarthy put Wisconsin ahead in the second period. Julianne Labbé tied it 1-1 with 4:26 left in the third, but Charlotte Pieckenhagen scored the winner about a minute later. Huskies goalie Alexis Ehrman made a career-high 36 saves, and Wisconsin’s Rhyah Stewart stopped 26. It was St. Cloud State’s first WCHA loss of the season; the Huskies are 8-3-0 overall and 6-1-0 in the league. The teams meet again Saturday at 1 p.m. at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
- Men’s hockey: Arizona State 3, St. Cloud State 2. In the NCHC opener for both teams, Jack Beck scored the go-ahead goal 3:45 into the third period. The first period had four goals: Arizona State’s Kyle Smolen scored on the power play, Gavyn Thoreson and Noah Urness answered for the Huskies, and Arizona State’s Ben Muthersbaugh tied it 2-2 on another power play late in the period. The Sun Devils outshot St. Cloud State 34-30. Yan Shostak made 31 saves for the Huskies. St. Cloud State is 2-4-0 and hosts Arizona State again Saturday at 6 p.m.
- Volleyball: No. 2 Wayne State def. No. 13 St. Cloud State, 3-1. The Huskies took the first set 28-26 in Wayne, Neb., but Wayne State won the next three, 25-21, 25-16 and 25-21. St. Cloud State had more kills (64-62) and aces (6-5), while Wayne State had 12 blocks to the Huskies’ 5. The Huskies are 19-7 and 12-5 in the NSIC and have clinched a spot in the NSIC tournament. They play at Augustana on Saturday.
Saint John’s and Saint Benedict
- Men’s hockey: Saint John’s 4, Marian 2. The Johnnies opened their season in St. Cloud with a busy end to the first period: Jackson Borst scored, Marian’s Brendan Bottem answered on the power play, and Jordan Newpower put Saint John’s back ahead 2-1 with under a minute left. Seth Terhell made it 3-1 in the third, Bronson Babyak pulled Marian within one, and Cashen Naeve sealed it with an empty-net goal. Kyle Abrahamson made 23 saves. Saint John’s outshot Marian 36-25. The teams play again Saturday.
- Women’s hockey: Saint Benedict 3, No. 14 UW-Eau Claire 1. In their season opener, the Bennies scored twice in the second period, on goals by Pyper Andrews and Greer Hardacre about 30 seconds apart. After Eau Claire scored on the power play in the third, Shae Stinnett sealed it at 3-1. Eau Claire outshot Saint Benedict 40-23. The teams meet again Saturday.
Gophers
- Women’s hockey: No. 2 Minnesota 3, No. 12/13 Minnesota Duluth 2 (OT). The Gophers took a 2-0 lead in the first period at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth. Laini Gnetz scored on the power play for UMD in the second period, and Renée Lapointe tied it 2-2 with 34 seconds left in regulation with an extra attacker on the ice. Ava Lindsay won it with 36 seconds left in overtime. Minnesota outshot UMD 42-27; Hannah Clark made 25 saves for the Gophers, and UMD’s Marilou Grenier made 39. The Gophers are 8-1-0 and 4-1-0 in the WCHA. The rematch is Saturday at 3 p.m. in Duluth.
- Men’s hockey: Minnesota 1, Penn State 1 (Penn State wins shootout). Javon Moore scored for the Gophers in the first period at 3M Arena at Mariucci, and Justin Poirier tied it for Penn State in the third. Overtime was scoreless, and Penn State won the shootout 2-1 for the extra Big Ten point. Minnesota outshot Penn State 36-29. Penn State’s Josh Fleming made 35 saves, and Minnesota’s Luca Di Pasquo made 28. The teams play again Saturday at 6 p.m.
- Volleyball: No. 21 Minnesota def. UCLA, 3-2. The Gophers dropped the first two sets, 26-24 and 25-19, at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, then rallied to win the next three, 26-24, 25-19 and 15-8. Makenna Crosson had a career-high 18 kills, Jordan Taylor had 9 blocks and Zeynep Palabiyik had 18 digs. Minnesota is 13-6 and 7-4 in the Big Ten and plays at USC on Sunday.
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