BLAINE, Minn. – An overtime goal by Hamline in the series opener handed the Bethel University women's hockey team an overtime loss on senior night, 2-1.
Prior to the game the Royals honored three seniors in
Ally Halverson,
Emily Roder and
Lexi DeBace for their time and dedication to the program.
The loss officially drops Bethel out of the MIAC playoff race falling to 8-15-1 on the year and 5-12 in MIAC play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Hamline opened the scoring 2:47 into the game while also holding the shots on goal battle 11-9 after one period.
• The Royals evened it up as Lindsay Muntifering tallied her fifth goal of the season while BU was on the power play. Taking a pass from
Julia McAlpin and
Kallie Abrahamson, Muntifering fired a slap shot from just inside the blue line that made it through traffic.
• A scoreless third where BU only got four shots off and netminder
Anna Hanson stopped all eight Piper shots forced a 3-on-3 overtime.
• HU gained the extra MIAC point scoring with 1:28 left in OT.
UP NEXT
The Royals concluded their season Saturday afternoon in St. Paul taking on the Pipers. Puck drop inside TRIA Rink is scheduled for 2 p.m.
