SUPERIOR, Wis. – Five players registered multiple points and senior
Kaleigh Martinson (Dayton, Minn./Champlin Park) and junior
Amber Heidenreich (Phillips, Wis./Hayward) each scored two goals as the UW-Superior women's hockey team completed a weekend sweep of Finlandia, 9-1, on Saturday.
Heidenreich added an assist for a three-point day while sophomore
Jamie Davison (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna) and freshman
Ashley Schintz (Isanti, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) had three assists each. Junior
Kaylee Wood (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park) also had a goal and assist in the win, while UWS improved to 12-5-1 on the season.
The victory for the 'Jackets is their third consecutive and kept them undefeated in the all-time series with the Lions at 44-0-0.
Superior scored four goals in the first period, three in the second and two in the third.
UWS got five points on the day from its four-member senior class, which was honored prior to the game, for its contributions to the program. Aside from Martinson's pair of goals,
Molly Shelton (Pine Island, Minn./Pine Island) also tallied a second-period goal. Senior defender
Lauren Niska (Alexandria, Minn./Alexandria Area) – and even senior goaltender
Catherine Johnson (Lakeville, Minn./St. Paul Academy) – got on the scoresheet with assists.
Niska's helper came on Martinson's goal at 7:30 of the first period as she found Martinson streaking to the net. Martinson made her way through the defense and wired a shot top shelf, over the glove of goaltender Abby Edstrom to make it 3-0.
Wood opened the scoring just 1:55 into the game with Schintz earning an assist. Heidenreich scored on the power play unassisted at 6:57, doubling the lead. Junior
Agnese Apsite (Dreilini, Latvia/Riga Distance Secondary) made it 4-0 from
Myka Sutherland (Champlin, Minn./Home School) and
Rachel Garland (Windsor, Colo./Colorado Connections Academy) at 12:11 of the first.
Hannah Magnussen, Shelton and
Jenna Curtis (Webster, Wis./Webster) each lit the lamp in the second period. Shintz earned the primary assist on both the Magnussen and Shelton tallies.
Finlandia (0-18-0) got on the board with a goal from India Charles midway through the third period, making it 7-1. Heidenreich at 15:50 and Martinson shorthanded at 18:53 closed the scoring. On the eighth goal, Johnson played the puck up to center, finding the stick of Davison who fed Heidenreich for her third goal of the year.
The 'Jackets outshot Finlandia, 69-11, and went 1-for-3 on the power play. Johnson made 10 saves and improved to 7-4-1 with the win. Martinson's two goals moved her into a tie for second nationally in goal per game with 18 in 18 games played.
With the 'Jackets' 15 goals on the weekend, UWS now has seven players with at least 10 points on the season.
Superior next hosts St. Scholastica Tuesday at 7 p.m., at Wessman Arena.