On Wednesday afternoon, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association crowned University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey sophomore goaltender Ève Gascon WCHA Goaltender of the Month and freshman center Caitlin Kraemer WCHA Rookie of the Month, confirming their performances against then top-ranked Ohio State University and the subsequent sweep a week ago as the most impressive of the past two weeks. 

Gascon faced 79 shots on the weekend and responded with 75 saves including 39 Saturday in a game UMD was outshot 40-14. In addition to making the most saves in a series in her career, the Mascouche, Quebec native added an assist on Kraemer's game-tying goal on Sunday for her first collegiate assist. With a series average of 37.5 saves a game, the two triumphs were the first for Gascon against a top-3 team, and the first series sweep of her career.

Kraemer scored two goals in third period in game two against the top-ranked Buckeyes to equalize and give UMD the 4-3 lead to help secure the series sweep. Kraemer's end to end goals included one unassisted effort on the game-winner with less than five minutes left in regulation. A product of Waterloo, Ontario, Kraemer also added an assist on UMD's first goal of the game -- that helper doubled as her first collegiate point. It also marked the first goal of her career and first multiple point game.

This is the first monthly league honor for either player -- both we named WCHA Players of the Week two weeks ago.

Gascon, Kraemer and the rest of the 2-0-0 Bulldogs will travel to Hamilton, NY this weekend to face No. 7 Colgate University for a Friday-Saturday non-conference series. Friday's skate will get underway at 5:00 p.m. CT.