Adrian, MI – The Adrian College NCAA women’s hockey team earned a weekend split against No.1 UW-River Falls Sunday afternoon at the Arrington Ice Arena, following a 4-2 loss Saturday night. The Bulldogs scored three unanswered goals in the third period to grab the 3-1 victory. Sunday’s game marked the first loss in 40 games for UW-River Falls.
Late in the first period, the Falcons snuck a goal to take a 1-0 lead. The second period was controlled by UWRF, but nobody found the back of the net. After an Adrian College timeout halfway through a power play in the middle stages of the third period, the Bulldogs tied the game on Maya Roy shot from the point. The tally was her second goal of the weekend, both on the power play. Here is what it sounded like with Ian Wendt on the call for 96.5fm The Cave…
Three minutes later, Riley Johnson sent a wrister through the short side of the UW-River Falls goalie to give Adrian a 2-1 lead…
UW-River Falls pulled its goaltender with 1:31 to go in the game allowing Zoe Lohrei to score an empty net goal to lock up the victory…
Johnson finished the game with two points adding an assist to her goal while Kathryn Truban picked up a pair of assists. Annie Gilbert secured the win in net for Adrian where she finished with 27 saves, including 11 in the third period. Here is what the end of the game sounded like…
The Bulldogs will return to action at home on Friday, December 13th when they host Milwaukee School of Engineering in a two-game NCHA conference series. Puck drop for Friday night is scheduled for 7:00 PM.