LITTLE FALLS -- The Willmar Cardinals survived a late challenge by the Little Falls Flyers to win a Central Lakes Conference girls hockey game on Friday night 5-3.
Willmar improved to 4-10 in the CLC and 9-12 overall. The Cardinals are at Brainerd on Tuesday.
Willmar led 3-0 after two periods before the Flyers lifted off the ground with two goals. But Taylor Sandberg and Chelsey Wierschem scored goals to rebuff the Flyers' attack.
Willmar 5, Little Falls 3
Willmar (4-10, 9-12)......... 1 2 2 -- 5
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Little Falls (0-11, 2-18-1)...0 0 3 -- 3
FIRST PERIOD - Wil: Taylor Sandberg (Kylee Hulscher, Carlie Freese) 3:10
SECOND PERIOD - Wil: Ashley Hutton (unassisted) time not available ... Wil: Chelsey Wierschem (unassisted) time not available.
THIRD PERIOD - LF: Ashley Wenner (Lisa Orth, Kaitlyn Gerads) 12:48 ... LF: Gerads (unassisted) 8:01 ... Wil: Sand berg (C. Freese) 9_11 .. LF: CJ Arndt (Gerads) 12:10 ... Wil: Wierschem (Ali Sing) 13:46
GOALIE SAVES - names not available.
Result Thursday Non-Conference
Marshall 6, MBA 0
Marshall (17-4) scored in every period en route to outshooting Morris/-Benson Area (14-4) 39-19.
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MBA (14-4).........................0 0 0 -- 0
Marshall (17-4)..................2 1 3 -- 6
FIRST PERIOD - Mar: Macy Lendt (Jill Jacobs) 2:05 ... Mar: Rachel Peters (Alyssa Isaacson, Heidi Schroepfer) 4:16
SECOND PERIOD - Mar: Sarah DeSaer (unassisted) 7:30, sh
THIRD PERIOD - Mar: DeSaer (Jacobs) 2:11, pp ... Mar: Isaacson (Peters) 8:37 ... Mar: DeSaer (Jacobs) 16:15
GOALIE SAVES - Morris/Benson Area: Hannah Horecka 14-13-6-33 ... Marshall: Sarah Schneekloth 7-7-5-19
