Box Score

Katie Batters scored two third period goals to lead UW-River Falls to a 3-0 victory at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Coming off of a 2-2 tie Wednesday night both teams continued the tight battle in the first two periods of play. Neither team scored a goal in the first or second period. Ashley Kuechle started goalie for UWRF and recorded the shutout with 25 saves. Lindsey Hibbard played goalie for GAC and finished with 23 saves.

Only thirteen seconds into the third period Batters snuck one past Hibbard to score a shorthanded goal.
Chloe Kinsel, coming off winning WIAC player of the week extended the Falcon lead at 12:05 off of a Paige Johnson assist. Kinsel now has six goals on the season and Johnson has six assists.

GAC pulled Hibbard out of net at 19:46 and Batters sealed the victory by netting an empty netter at 19:54 of the third period. Batters now has six goals on the season.

Both teams came into this week nationally ranked and competed strong in both battles this week. UWRF improves to 7-3-2 on the season and GAC drops to 7-2-2 on the season. Both teams played a clean game with the Falcons having 26 shots and just three penalties and GAC had 25 shots on goal with only two penalties.

UWRF will have a long break before returning to action on January 8 at St. Olaf College with the puck set to drop at 7:30 p.m.
 
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