Wisconsin Women's Hockey Sweeps Bemidji State

Badgers move to within one point of first place.

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Nov. 18, 2000

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Wisconsin women's hockey earned a sweep and moved within one point of first place with a 14-4 victory over Bemidji State at John S. GlasFieldhouse on Saturday.

Like she did last night, Karen Rickard (Bowmanville,Ont.) put the Badgers on the board first with a power-play goal. Rickard received a pass from Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ont.), who stood on the right side of the goal when she sent the puck behind the net to Rickard. The frosh then stuffed it just inside the left post at 13:29 for the score.

Hunter made it 2-0 by forcing a turnover at the blue line and going in for a breakaway and her 19th goal of the season. The unassisted goal came at 16:16.

Kelly Kegley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) added a third goal for the UW in the first when she took a pass from Natascha Sherman (Seattle, Wash.) at the 16:41mark. Sherman skated into the offensive zone along the boards and found Kegley in front from behind the goal line.

The UW exploded for seven goals in the second period. Sherman scored her first two goals of the season in the period, with Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska) adding two, and Sis Paulsen (Eau Claire, Wis.), Stephanie

Boeckmann (St. Cloud, Minn.) and Hunter each scoring. Sophomore Gretchen Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.) highlighted third-period action with her first career goal. Hunter and Anderson passed the puck back and forth inside the blue line a few times before Anderson fired a slapshot past the BSU goaltender. Also scoring in the period were Kelly Kegley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Kendra Antony (Yorkton, Sask.) and Hunter. Meghan Hunter finished the night with her fourth hat trick of the season and upped her goal total to 21. She also recorded a new team record eight points with five assists in the game. Sherman collected a career-high with two goals, two assists and four points, while Weiland, with two goals and an assist, and Antony, with a goal and two assists, helped pace the Badger attack. Wisconsin also set a school record with six power-play goals and finished six-for-eight with the player advantage.

The Beavers trailed 10-0 before recording their first goal. Amber Fryklund scored it before the second period expired. Fryklund would add a second, while Caesare Stimson and Lill Raynard. Jackie MacMillan (Buffalo, Minn.) stopped 15 shots and allowed one goal to improve to 8-2-1. Jen Neary (Dallas, Texas) replaced her for the third stanza made four stops on seven shots. For Bemidji, three goaltenders saw action, with Anik Cote getting the start and the loss to drop to 1-3-0. Cote made 17 saves, Katie Anderson, 10, and Bre Dedrickson stopped eight shots for the Beavers.

Ranked fourth in the latest USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll, the Badgers (9-2-1, 6-1-1 WCHA) return home for the first time after three weeks on the road to face No. 2 Minnesota (8-2-0, 7-1-0). The Badgers trail the Gophers by one point in league standings. The Nov. 24-25 series will be played Friday and Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. at Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, Wis.