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Bailey Lane
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Yellowjacket split with Blugolds on the weekend

Bailey Lane
Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

UW-Eau Claire 5, Yellowjackets 4
Box Score
 
The Yellowjackets start the conference season on a sour note, coming up short against UW-Eau Claire 5-4.
 
The Blugolds took a 1-0 lead at 10:29 of the first period when Stephanie Hatcher put home a wrist shot from the slot.  The Yellowjackets came up big while on the penalty kill later in the first period.  Lynne Larson (Blumenort, Manitoba/) blocked a shot and took possession of the puck and went the distance, beating Blugold goaltender Paige Turner on her right to tie the game at a goal a piece at 18:14.  Chelsey Wierschem (Willmar, Minn./Willmar) would build on that momentum at 11:07 of the second period, putting a slap shot home to give the Yellowjackets a 2-1 lead.  Bailey Lane (Armada, Mich./Armada) extended the lead at 14:56 of the second period when she took a pass from Ashley Birdsall (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East) back deep.  She would take a slap shot that beat Turner to extend the lead to 3-1. 
 
Tory Heller answered for the Blugolds at 16:45 of the second period on an unassisted goal to make the score 3-2.  The Yellowjackets responded on the power play at 2:13 of the third period when Sheryl Kaskiw (Souris, Manitoba/Souris Collegiate) took a shot from the top of the left circle to extend the Yellowjacket lead to 4-2.  However, the penalty kill doomed the Yellowjackets for the rest of the game as the Blugolds capitalized on three power play goals en route to a 5-4 win.  Emily Larson, Dani Kerr, and Sam Knutson each scored the three power play goals for the Blugolds.
 
Shanley Peters (Gnadenthal, Manitoba/Garden Valley Collegiate) made 25 saves for the Yellowjackets while Turner stopped 31 shots for the Blugolds.
 
Yellowjackets 6, Blugolds 1
Box Score
 
The Yellowjackets rebound from a heartbreaking loss as they take game two from UW-Eau Claire 6-1.
 
The Yellowjackets got things rolling at 8:51 of the first period when Wierschem took a wrist shot that beat Turner glove side to make the score 1-0.  The penalty kill woes were solved at 2:50 of the second period when Lane put home a shorthanded goal to extend the Yellowjacket lead to 2-0.  Casey McMullen would respond for the Blugolds with an unassisted goal 7:57 of the third period to make the score 3-1.  After that it was all Yellowjackets as they scored three even strength goals to close out the contest.  Haley Olmstead (Fargo, N.D./Fargo North) notched a goal at 10:10 of the third period to make the score 4-1. 
 
Hayley Epema (Crookston, Minn./Crookston) notched her first collegiate goal at 16:40 of the third period with Olmstead being credited with the assist to make the score 5-1.  Olmstead went on to add her second goal of the game with 0:07 left to extend the lead to 6-1.
 
Megan Leikkari (Thunder Bay, Ontario/Westgate CV&I) came up with 14 saves for the Yellowjackets while Turner stopped 21 shots for the Blugolds.
 
The Yellowjackets (4-1, 1-1 NCHA) will return to action on Friday (Nov. 9th) at Wessman Arena to take on UW-River Falls.  Game time is at 4:00 p.m.
 
 
  
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