Women’s Hockey Moves To 15-1-3 With 3-1 Win At St. Kate’s

The Gustavus women’s hockey extended its unbeaten string to 15 games with a 3-1 win over the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul on Friday night. The Gusties scored a single goal in each period and held a 3-0 lead until the Wildcats scored with :40 left in the contest. Jenny Pusch, Allie Schwab,…

Melissa Mackley recorded a career best three assists in a single game.
Melissa Mackley recorded a career best three assists in a single game.

Jessie Doig scored a goal and picked up an assist.
Jessie Doig scored a goal and picked up an assist.

Danielle Justice registered her seventh win in the nets.
Danielle Justice registered her seventh win in the nets.

The Gustavus women’s hockey extended its unbeaten string to 15 games with a 3-1 win over the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul on Friday night. The Gusties scored a single goal in each period and held a 3-0 lead until the Wildcats scored with :40 left in the contest. Jenny Pusch, Allie Schwab, and Jessie Doig scored for Gustavus. Danielle Justice picked up the win in the nets.

Gustavus took a 1-0 lead at 11:21 of the first period when Jenny Pusch scored a power play goal with assists from Jessie Doig and Melissa Mackley.

The Gusties extended the lead to 2-0 when Allie Schwab scored an even strength goal at 5:19 of the second period with an assist from Melissa Mackley.

Gustavus closed out its scoring at 17:01 of the third period when Jessie Doig scored a power play goal with assists from Melissa Mackley and Allie Schwab. Mackley’s three assists in a game is a career best for the forward who leads the team in scoring with 5 goals and 15 assists for 20 points.

St. Kate’s cut the lead to 3-1 in the final minute of play when Jess Kniefel scored an even strength goal at the 19:20 mark. Aryn Ball was credited with the assist.

Danielle Justice improved her season record to 7-1-3 in the nets as she recorded 23 saves in picking up the victory.

The two teams will play tomorrow at 2:00 pm in St. Peter at Don Roberts Ice Rink.

Box Score