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February 15
Trio of Pipers score in defeat of AugsburgGood things come in threes, as three different Pipers scored goals, with two of them scoring their third goal of the season, as the Hamline University women’s hockey team skated to a 3-0 shut-out against the visiting Augsburg College Auggies on Friday night.
Emily Dusold (Sr., Shoreview, Minn.) doubled the Piper lead with her third goal of the season on a Piper power play at 4:39 in the opening period. Amanda Finstad (So., Waupun, Wis.) earned the assist on the score. The third and final Piper goal came less than three minutes into the third period, as Melanie Leveille (So., Appleton, Wis.), tallied her 10th goal of the year at 2:32. Dusold and Kate Raasch (Jr., St. Paul, Minn.) had the assists. Crystal Testolin (Jr., Richardson, Texas) earned the shut-out in goal, making 21 saves in the game. The shut-out was the second of the season for the Pipers and the first of the year for Testolin. Hamline improved to 11-9-2, 6-7-2 MIAC with the win, while the Auggies fell to 3-16-1, 3-11-1 MIAC. The Pipers remain in The same two teams play tomorrow night, Saturday, February 16, at 7:05 p.m. at Augsburg. Hamline University belongs to the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, one of the most competitive conferences in the nation. Hamline supports 19 intercollegiate athletic teams for men and women. Find out more about Hamline athletics at www.hamline.edu/hamline_info/athletics. Creative and innovative teaching and learning attract a diverse student body of nearly 4,600 undergraduate and graduate students to Hamline University. Challenged to create and apply knowledge in local and global contexts, Hamline students develop an individual and community ethic of social justice, civic responsibility, and inclusive leadership and service. Ranked first in Minnesota among comprehensive master’s universities by U.S.News & World Report, Hamline is also Minnesota’s first university, founded in 1854, and among the first co-educational institutions in the nation. |
Jenny Novakovich (Fy., Shakopee, Minn.) erased the zero from the scoreboard on the Hamline side just two minutes into the game, scoring on assists from Kesia Madryga (Fy., Burnsville, Minn.) and Cortney Hansen (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska) at 2:08. The goal was Novakovich’s third of the season.