River Falls, Wis.  (uwrfsports.com) – Kathryn Larson scored 2 goals and assisted on another as the UW-River Falls Women's Hockey team shut out Northland College 5-0 at Hunt Arena. Angie Hall made only 8 saves in the game to get her first shutout of the season.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls 5, Northland College 0
Location:  River Falls, Wis.
Records:  UW-River Falls (10-4-1, 2-1-0 WIAC), Northland College (4-9-1, 2-5-1 NCHA)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST NORTHLAND COLLEGE

• The Falcons controlled the play for a majority of the 1^st period peppering Lumber Jills goalie Maggie Cusey with 19 shots. Cusey stopped them all to help preserve a 0-0 tie after one.
• UW-River Falls finally broke the tie just 17 seconds into the 2^nd period as Jessica Bird tapped home a loose puck in the crease for a 1-0.  Callie Hoff and Amy Auran were credited with assists.
• Just over a minute later the Falcons scored again as a wrist shot from Julia Stelljes found its way through traffic, and into the net for a 2-0 River Falls lead.
• Kathryn Larson scored her first goal of the game at 6:46 as she skated into the zone, and wristed one high over Cusey shoulder. It was her 5^th goal of the season.
• At the 11:57 mark of the period Jessie Anderson skated behind the Lumber Jills net, and passed out front to Payton Rudiger who shot it into a wide open net for a 4-0 lead.  It was Payton's first goal of the season.
• The Falcons scored their final goal of the game 3:55 into the 3^rd period when Kathryn Larson wristed a shot in on the short side for her 2^nd of the game and 6^th of the season.
• Angie Hall made 8 saves to get her first shutout of the season and the 14th of her career.

 
THE OPPOSITION

• Maggie Cusey finished the game with 45 saves.
• Kylie Fahmer led the offensive attack with 3 shots on goal.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The UW-River Falls Falcons women's hockey team finishes their weekend set against Northland College tomorrow, January 13^th at Hunt Arena. The puck drops at 2:05 PM.