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Game Recap: Women's Hockey |

Burgen, Mobley and the No. 6 Bulldogs Advance to the NCAA Regional Final After 6-1 Triumph Over Sacred Heart

For a fourth-straight year, the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team has earned a spot in an NCAA Regional Final game.

 

The No. 6 Bulldogs defeated Sacred Heart University 6-1 inside Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. Thursday night, setting up a showdown with Cornell University Saturday afternoon for a spot in the 2025 NCAA Frozen Four. 

 

Behind an NCAA First Round program record of six goals, including two from Danielle Burgen and Olivia Mobley, UMD ignited with three goals in the second period and two in the third to stay unbeaten in its four all-time first round games.

 

"It's amazing, we talked just about how much we love just getting this first game to get our feet under us, I think that's actually a huge benefit for us," said UMD captain Clara Van Wieren, who has now been a part of all four of the Bulldogs NCAA First Round wins. "I think we played amazing today. We've been talking all season about just peaking at the right moments and we're trending upwards right now. We were having so much fun on the bench, we were having so much fun in the locker room. We're having a great time with our lines. I think the vibes are really high right now and they're really high going into Saturday night."

 

Van Wieren got the scoring ball rolling 13:06 into the first period, fresh on to the ice after serving a penalty, the graduate forward swept into the top of the slot and was spotted by Olivia Wallin on the right wall. Wallin hit Van Wieren, who gathered the puck and beat Pioneer goaltender Carly Greene for the lone goal of the first period.

 


After outshooting SHU 19-6 in the opening frame, the dam started to crack on the Pioneers 6:43 in the second period. That crack came in the form of Burgen, who trailed into the zone and one-timed a blast from the top of the right circle to double the Bulldogs lead. 

 


UMD finally broke the game open with two goals 16 seconds apart late in the period, starting with a Olivia Mobley tip off a Wallin shot at 19:41 that was followed by another Kraemer to Burgen connection with three seconds to spare before the second intermission to go up 4-0.

 




Grace Sadura made it a program NCAA First Round five goals for the Bulldogs 8:37 into the third period, finishing off passing play with Jenna Lawry to run the score to 5-0. 

 


SHU's Kate Helgeson finally did something no player has done against UMD in four previous first round postseason games – she scored a goal at 10:09 to make it a 5-1 game. But Mobley iced the goal cake with 35.3 seconds left in the skate, tipping in her second goal of the game, this time from point shot a Devyn Millwater.

 


Eve Gascon earned the second NCAA Tournament win of her career, becoming the seventh UMD goaltender to record two or more NCAA postseason wins. The sophomore made 11 saves, while Pioneer netminder Carly Greene was stellar in her NCAA Tournament debut with 52 saves. The Bulldogs outshot SHU 58-12 and kept the Pioneers scoreless in four power play attempts.
 

UMD (22-14-2) will face off against the Big Red for the second time in NCAA Tournament program history Saturday. Third-seeded host Cornell, who the Bulldogs defeated in triple overtime in the NCAA title tilt back in 2010, will drop the puck with UMD at 3:00 p.m. CT Saturday.


BULLDOG NOTES: First-year bench boss Laura Schuler earned her first NCAA win Thursday night ... five players had two or points in the skate – Danielle Burgen (2g), Olivia Mobley (2g), Caitlin Kraemer (2a), Clara Van Wieren (1g,1a) and Olivia Wallin (2a) … Van Wieren tied UMD's all-time career games played record by skating in the game (173 games) ... the Bulldogs remain undefeated (4-0) in the NCAA First Round, which has been in existence since 2022 with the expanded field of 11 teams … UMD's six goals blows past its previous NCAA First Round record of four, set against Harvard in 2022 … the Bulldogs 58 shots is a NCAA First Round program high, surpassing the 49 UMD put up against UConn in 2024 … the Bulldogs are averaging 41 shots a game in the NCAA First Round … all-time, UMD improves to 22-10 in the NCAA postseason and 9-6 in 15 total NCAA Regional Final/Quarterfinal games.
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