The University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team stretched its current unbeaten streak to four games after settling for a 1-1 tie with St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn. Wednesday night.

The Bulldogs are 2-0-2 in their last four games, but two of those ties have come on the road against the Huskies.  UMD did grab the mandatory Western Collegiate Hockey Association shootout point on senior defenseman Michelle Lowenhielm's lone backhand goal that opened the shootout.  UMD, now with 28 points, sits four points in front of Bemidji State University (who still has two games in hand) in the home playoff ice race.

For a third-straight game against SCSU, the Bulldogs fell behind Huskies.  This time, Alyssa Erickson gave St. Cloud a 1-0 at 15:14 of the second period, despite UMD having outshot SCSU 12-9 in that stanza.

UMD used its power play brilliance to even the score when rookie forward Naomi Rogge buried her fourth goal in her last five games to draw the Bulldogs and Huskies into a 1-1 tie.  The Bulldogs turned up the heat late in the period, but it was too little, too late for UMD, who has now outshot SCSU in four of five meetings this year, and did so again Friday night by a 34-26 margin.

Lowenhielm opened in the shootout and was the only player of six from the two teams that managed to beat the goaltender.  UMD again got strong goaltending from Jessica Convery, who turned away all three shootout shots she faced after making 25 saves in the skate.  Emma Polusny made 33 saves in the game for SCSU, who falls to 6-17-4 overall and 4-13-3.

The Bulldogs (12-13-3, 8-10-2-2) will take the weekend off from WCHA competition, but UMD will host the Minnesota Whitecaps Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in an exhibition game at AMSOIL Arena.