Late Barrage Leads to 5-2 Defeat for No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Against No. 1 Wisconsin

Saturday, November 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

1:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

9-4-0, 4-3-0

Wisconsin

12-0-0, 8-0-0

Wisconsin

St. Cloud St.

Late Barrage Leads to 5-2 Defeat for No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Against No. 1 Wisconsin

11/5/2023 1:06:00 AM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Gentry and Sauriol score in series finale

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – After going toe-to-toe with the No. 1-ranked team in the nation for 55+ minutes, No. 11 St. Cloud State (9-4-0, 4-3-0 WCHA) fell to No. 1 Wisconsin (12-0-0, 8-0-0 WCHA), 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Senior goaltender Jojo Chobak (Chicago, Ill.) stopped 21 of 24 shots faced and helped the Huskies kill off two of the three Badger powerplays they would face.

Senior forward Emma Gentry (Alpena, Mich.) was incredible in the faceoff circle for the second game in a row, going 11-9, for a winning percent of 55 percent. Forward turned defender for the weekend, Klára Hymlárová (Opava, Czech Republic), blocked a team-leading six shots while also tallying four shots of her own.

Freshman forward Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, Quebec) and graduate forward Katie Kaufman (Lake Elmo, Minn.) would be the only Huskies to find the back of the net. Kaufman's came on the man-advantage, helping the Huskies go 1-of-3 on the power play. Sauriol's came late in the middle frame for her third goal of the season and the second of the series against the Badgers.

The Huskies and Badgers were tied at 2-2 late in the third period before the Badgers scored on a power play and added two empty net goals to close the score at 5-2.

NOTABLES

The Huskies held the Badgers to a 41.5 percent in the faceoff circle.
Gentry led the team in shots with eight and scored her fourth goal of the season.
Three Huskies had 3+ shots on goal.
Alice Sauriol had two goals in the series, upping her point total to eight on the season.
Katie Kaufman had one goal and one assist in the series, upping her point total to 10 with the Huskies.

UP NEXT

The Huskies have next weekend off before taking part in a home-and-home series against WCHA competitor, St. Thomas on Nov. 17-18. The team will travel to Mendota Heights, Minn. on Friday with puck drop set for 6:00 p.m. CT. St. Cloud State will be back in action at the Brooks Center on Saturday with the start time being 1:00 p.m. CT.

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