River Falls, Wis.  (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls women's hockey team hosted St. Norbert on Tuesday afternoon at Hunt Arena. The Falcons used a 5 goal first period to dominate the Green Knights 8-3. The Falcons got goals from 7 different players on the evening including 2 from Hailey Herdine. Angie Hall made 16 saves to get the win for the Falcons in net.
  
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score:  UW-River Falls 8, St. Norbert College 3
Location:  Hunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Records:  UW-River Falls (12-4-1, 2-1-0 WIAC), St. Norbert College (4-8-3, 4-2-2 NCHA)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST ST. NORBERT COLLEGE

• A high-scoring contest started early as the Knights cracked the scoreboard just 22 seconds into the contest as Jessica Schlaff pounced on a loose puck outside the crease to give St. Norbert's a quick 1-0 lead.
• That lead didn't last long as the Falcons would score the next 5 goals in the period. At the 2:01 mark of the period Callie Hoff evened the score at 1-1 as she skated into the slot, and wristed one past Brianna Kelly stick side.  It was her 12^th goal of the season.
• Shortly after the Hoff goal the Green Knights were called for their first penalty of the game. Hailey Herdine would find the back of the net on the power play when she shot from a tough angle and slid the puck under neath the Green Knight's goalie to give the Falcons the 2-1 lead.
• The Falcons would go up 3-1 just under 2 minutes later when Kathryn Larson scored her 9th goal of the season. She was assisted on the goal by Jessie Anderson and Payton Rudiger.
• 5 minutes later Herdine would add her second goal of the period to put the Falcons up 4-1. The goal was her third of the season.
• Just over 3 minutes later Sam Young would cap off the scoring for the Falcons in the period when she found the back of the net for her 6th goal of the season to put the Falcons up 5-1.
• Madi Nolan was called for a penalty late in the first period and St. Norbert would take advantage of the power play to make the score at the end of the period 5-2 in favor of the Falcons.
• The Falcons came out in the second period and dominated early, firing multiple shots at the Green Knights' net. The sustained offensive pressure finally paid off at the 6:53 mark of the period, when Payton Rudiger would score her 2nd goal of the season, to push the Falcon lead back to 4.
• Just over a minute later Kora Torkelson would score on a great re-direct in front to put the Falcons up 5 at 7-2. She was assisted on the goal by Haley Nielsen.
• The Green Knights would answer late in the 2nd period Emily Bondrager found the back of the net to pull the Knights back within 4.
• The second period ended with the Falcons up 7-3. The Falcons out shot the Knights 15-7 in the period.
• The Falcons came out in the third period just like they did in the second, dominating puck possession in the offensive end and firing shots on net. 
• Madi Nolan would score the final goal of the game at the 3:43 mark of the period when she picked up a re-directed pass from Carly Moran and fired it into the open net. 
• The Falcons killed off a late power play for the Green Knights to secure the 8-3 victory.
• The Falcons out shot the Knights 34-19. Angie Hall made 16 saves for the Falcons. 

THE OPPOSITION

• Jessica Schlaff, Lexi Pyykkonen, and Emily Bondrager scored goals for the Knights.
• Selena Stromer added 2 assists for the Knights.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
 The women's hockey team will travel to UW-Stevens Point this weekend to play a 2 game series against conference rival UW-Stevens Point. The game on Friday is at 7pm followed by an afternoon game on Saturday at 2:30pm.