The No. 4 University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team suffered its first defeat in program history to the University of St. Thomas on a rare Thursday night Western Collegiate Hockey Association game at the St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minn.

The 3-2 setback suffered by the Bulldogs is this first to the Tommies in 15 all-time meetings, and third-straight loss in WCHA play over the past six days. Sophomore

UMD, missing alternate captain and senior defenseman Hanna Baskin due to an injury suffered last Saturday, fell behind 1-0 midway through the first period despite outshooting the Tommies 14-9.

The Bulldogs offense got rolling in the second frame, however, and it began with Zoey Krock's third goal of the season just 1:38 into play for the equalizer. Sophomore forward Grace Sadure found Krock in the low slot, and the rookie forward buried it one time to draw UMD even at 1-1.

TIE GAME!

Zoey Krock puts @UMDWHockey on the board early in the second!

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— WCHA Hockey (@WCHA_WHockey) January 24, 2025

Shorthanded later in the period, the Bulldogs took the 2-1 lead on Olivia Mobley's third shorthanded goal this year. The fifth-year forward took the feed from Nina Jobst-Smith and popped the puck over UST goaltender Dan Strom's left shoulder at the 14:22 mark, a final bow on a period that UMD had outshot the Tommies 15-5 in. UMD did get a huge favor from Eve Gascon in net at 18:07, after the sophomore goaltender stopped the second penalty shot of her career.

Her THIRD shorthanded goal of the year, OLIVIA MOBLEY! 2-1 Dogs! pic.twitter.com/2o17Nk6Uq3

— UMD Women's Hockey (@UMDWHockey) January 24, 2025

UST found the goal twice in the third period, and made it a 2-2 game when Eve Gascon was screened 10:41. Then, with just 23 seconds left in the frame, Rylee Bartz put the puck off a UMD defenseman's stick, and the redirect beat Gascon for what would go down as the game-timing goal.

The Bulldogs outshot UST 35-21 in the game, while Gascon had 18 total saves. UMD didn't have a single power play on the evening, but held the Tommies scoreless in two attempts.

UMD (15-8-2, 10-7-2) and UST (6-17-2, 3-15-1) will do it all over again tomorrow afternoon. Puck drop is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

BULLDOG NOTES: Olivia Mobley now leads the NCAA with three shorthanded goals … Mobley is the first player since Caroline Ouellette scored three in 2004-05 to notch that many shorthanded tallies …  UMD now has five shorthanded goals on the season, the most since the Bulldogs rang up six over the 2010-11 season … Eve Gascon's penalty shot stop was the second of her career … the first came last season against St. Cloud State in Duluth on Feb. 17 … Thursday marked the second time this season that UMD hasn't been awarded a power play … the other time was against Bemidji State back on Nov. 22.