St. Cloud State University scored three times in the final ten minutes of play, but it was not enough to catch the University of Minnesota-Duluth as the visiting Bulldogs emerged with a 6-4 Western Collegiate Hockey Association win Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs' first goal came on its first shot of the game at 1:18 from Allison Lehrke. Juliane Jubinville fed Lehrke behind the net and she walked out and scored on her backhand. UMD found the net again 13:20 when Julianne Vasichek teed up from the blue line and fired a shot that skimmed the post before heading in.

Twenty-nine seconds into the second period, Jessica Koizumi redirected a pass from Caroline Ouellette that slowly trickled past Husky goalie Laurie St. Jacques. At 7:58 Jenny Potter buried a lose puck to put UMD up by four. The Bulldogs added another goal in the second periodon the power play. Krista Simonson was serving a minor for body checking when UMD goalie slid the puck to Nora Tallus. Tallus then launched a long pass to Koizumi who finally ripped a wrist shot top corner. Schaublin’s assist marks her first point as a Bulldog. Four goals proved too many for St. Jacques as she was pulled and replaced by last night’s starter Ellen Brinkman. The change in net sparked the Huskies and at 11:35 St. Cloud captain Kobi Kawamoto got the Huskies on the board when she slid a low shot past Schaublin.

St. Cloud State netted their second at 13:38 on a wrap around from Calise Johnson. With six minutes remaining, Shannon Kasparek relieved Schaublin and within seconds she was challenged. Kobi Kawamoto picked up a UMD turnover and walked in alone and roofed a backhand past Kasparek. A minute later the Bulldogs responded when Potter redirected a pass from Ouellette to regain a three-goal lead. The Huskies refused to give up though and notched their fourth and final at 19:28 by Katie Hauge. St. Cloud pulled Brinkman for the extra attacker, but UMD held on for the win.

UMD are now 17-9-2 overall and 12-6-1 in the WCHA. The Bulldogs hit the road for the third consecutive weekend when they travel south to face the league leading Minnesota Gophers, February 28-29.

Three Stars:

1. Jessica Koizumi

2. Julianne Vasichek

3. Kobi Kawamoto