SUPERIOR, Wis.: If the first weekend is any indication, the Yellowjacket women's hockey team is going to have some fun and win some games in 2019-20. After opening the season with a 3-1 victory Friday night, the Yellowjackets completed the weekend sweep of Concordia University Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, getting goals from five different scorers on the way to a 5-1 victory at Wessman Arena.
 
Saturday's victory marks the first time since 2014-15 the Yellowjackets opened the season 2-0-0.
 
The Yellowjackets did major damage early Saturday, putting their foot on the gas early and scoring not once, but twice before the game was two minutes old.
 
Freshman Cassie McClure (Duluth, Minn./Denfield) opened the scoring, letting shot go from between the faceoff circles that beat Concordia goaltender Breanna Thomson just 32 seconds into the period. Megan Dulong (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) picked up the only assist.

Before the public address announcer could finish announcing the goal the Yellowjackets potted another, and it was another rookie getting on the board. This time freshman Ashley Schintz (Isanti, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) scored her first collegiate goal, scoring on a rebound of a C.C. Hayes (Fort Frances, Ontario/Fort Frances) shot to make it 2-0. Myka Sutherland (Champlin, Minn./Home School) also picked up an assist.
 
It went to 3-0 at 14:37 of the opening period when Tessa Jorde (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln) took a pass in the right circle from Cassie McClure (Duluth, Minn./Denfield) and wristed a puck past Thomson for her first goal of the season. Jenna Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn./Roseau) earned an assist on the goal as well.
 
Concordia would get on the board at 13:16 of the second period when Emily Godwin scored on the power play to make it 3-1. The Yellowjackets had an answer less than two minutes later, though. Kaleigh Martinson (Dayton, Minn./Champlin Park) picked up a loose puck in the left wing corner and stickhandled her way to the front of the net, lifting a shot over the shoulder of Thomson for her second of the year to make it 4-1.
 
With each team skating one player down, the Yellowjackets closed out the scoring. A shot from the blue line went wide of the Concordia goal, but Hayes played the carom perfectly, getting the loose puck at the right post and putting a backhand past Thomson for her second goal of the year, making the final score 5-1.
 
Hayes and Schintz each had a goal and an assist in the game, while Byfuglien finished with a pair of assists.
 
Catherine Johnson (Lakeville, Minn./St. Paul Academy) made her second straight start in goal and picked up the win, improving to 2-0-0 on the year. Johnson finished the day with 22 saves.