SAUK RAPIDS -- After a quiet first period, Willmar erupted for four goals in the middle stanza to spill Sartell/Sauk Rapids 5-2
Tuesday in Central Lakes Conference girls hockey.
Willmar got only one shot on net in the first period and trailed 1-0. But Chelsey Wierschem, Erin Sheehan, Ali Sing and Chelsey Beilhartz each tallied in the second period to take a 4-1 lead.
Beilhartz iced the win with her second goal, 1:51 left in the third period, a powerplay with a helper to Ashley Hutton.
Abigail Schueller stopped 34 shots in superlative effort to help Willmar (3-8, 7-12) to its seventh win.
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Sing also assisted on Wierschem's goal while Hutton tallied two assists. Libby Flickinger, Kelsey Swenson, Carlie Freese and Nikki Serbus also had an assist for the Cardinals, who are at St. Cloud Tech on Thursday.
Willmar 5, Sartell/SR 2
Willmar (3-8, 7-12) 0 4 1 -- 5
Sartell/SR (3-9, 4-16) 1 1 0 -- 2
FIRST PERIOD - SRR: Kayla Hendrickson (unassisted) :08
SECOND PERIOD - Wil: Chelsey Wierschem (Libby Flickinger, Ali Sing) :39, pp ... Wil: Erin Sheehan (Kelsey Swanson) 1:09 .. Wil: Sing (Carlie Freese, Ashley Hutton) 4:37, pp ... Wil: Chelsey Beilhartz (Nikki Serbus) 12:28 ... SRR: Kristen Bell (Hendrickson, Rachael Stoebe) 14:26
THIRD PERIOD - Wil: Beilhartz (Hutton) 15:09, pp
Goalie saves - Willmar: Abigail Schueller 8-14-12-34; Sartell/Sauk Rapids: Shelby Gunderson 1-9-6-16
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Mississippi 8
Litchfield/DC 3, Princeton 1
Andrea Dean, Marthan Abramson and Dayna Sherman netted goals for Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato, which picked up its first conference win. Dean also had an assist, as did Kayla Salo and Makenzie Anderson.
Molly Piepenburg, normally a forward, made 17 saves for the Dragons.
Princeton 0 1 0 -- 1
Litchfield/DC (1-5, 4-14-2) 1 1 1 -- 3
FIRST PERIOD - LDC: Andrea Dean (unassisted) 11:27
SECOND PERIOD - Prin: Mackensie Miller (unassisted) 2:10, pp ... LDC: Martha Abramson (Dean, Kayla Salo) 4:09
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THIRD PERIOD - LDC: Dayna Sherman (Makenzie Anderson) 16:07, empty net
Goalie saves - Princeton: Stephanie Boemer 12-8-6-26; Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato: Molly Piepenburg 7-3-7-17
Non-Conference
Morris/Benson Area 3, Prairie Centre 1
Laura Berens scored twice and Hannah Horecka kicked out 23 shots as Morris/Benson Area (5-9-3) won its second straight game.
Berens scored in the first and second periods. Dani Schultz scored in the third period. Laura Horecka had two assists while Dani Staples and Schultz each had one.
Prairie Centre (8-7-1) 1 0 0 -- 1
MBA (5-9-3) 1 1 1 -- 3
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FIRST PERIOD - PC: Leah Dykhoff (unassisted), :09 ... MBA: Laura Berens (Laura Horecka, Dani Staples), pp, 14:25
SECOND PERIOD - MBA: Berens (Dani Schultz, Horecka), pp, 12:01
THIRD PERIOD - MBA: Schultz (unassited), 15:02
Goalie saves - Prairie Centre: Kayla Guck 10-11-5--26; Morris/Benson Area: Hannah Horecka 7-5-11--23
Minnetonka 4, River Lakes 4
Neither team scored consecutive goals as River Lakes forced overtime on Abbie Rhoda's goal with five minutes left in regulation. The Stars, which got 41 saves from Tracy Skluzacek, also got two goals from Jenn Paul and another one from Kenzie Novak.
River Lakes (8-8-1) 1 1 2 0 -- 4
Minnetonka 1 1 2 0 -- 4
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FIRST PERIOD - Min: Talia Raiola (Kelsey Stehlik) 9:30 ... RL: Jenn Paul (Kenzie Novak, Abbie Rhoda) 9:54, pp
SECOND PERIOD - Min: Raiola (Julia Holl) :33 ... RL: Paul (Rhoda, Novak) 5:50, pp
THIRD PERIOD - Min: Kristi Cleveland (Hannah Berry, Tess Baril) 2:12 ... RL: Novak (unassisted) 3:11 ... Min: Emily Meese (Gina DeNucci, Alison Tsuchiya) 7:13, pp ... RL: Rhoda (Blythe Sjoberg, Paul) 12:00
OVERTIME - no scoring
Goalie saves - River Lakes: Tracy Skluzacek 41; Minnetonka: Lauren O'Lugtlin 17
