Easy sweep for the Bulldogs
Kjestine Steinbring
Issue date: 2/18/09 Section: Sports
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In Friday night's game against the Buckeyes, senior Sara O'Toole scored the first goal of the night. Ohio used a power play to their advantage later in the period to leave the game tied at intermission.
In the second, a pair of goals by fellow forwards junior Elin Holmlov and sophomore Haley Irwin gave UMD the 3-1 lead. The final tally of the night was added by junior Jaime Rasmussen to clinch the 4-1 victory over OSU.
Saturday's night game started a little differently, with OSU scoring right away in the first, but the Bulldogs knew what to do.
"I thought we played an overall much better first period tonight [Saturday]," head coach Shannon Miller said.
She also added that even though they didn't score first, they were able to do more of what they wanted on both ends.
Just 25 seconds into the second period, sophomore Laura Fridfinnson scored the first goal of the night for UMD and made it a tie game.
In the third, the Bulldogs literally took charge, scoring six goals in the lone period.
"Once we got the momentum going in our favor we just worked hard and tried to keep it going," senior Erin Olson said.
Fellow senior Sara O'Tool started off the storm of goals, which gave O'Tool her 100th-career point as a Bulldog. Following behind her were two goals by Holmlov; junior Saara Tuominen scored her own goal and gave UMD the 5-2 lead.
Two more goals were scored in the game, one by Olson (her fourth goal of the season) and sophomore Haley Irwin.
"I've learned that if you don't score so often, the times you do actually score, it becomes a bigger deal," Olson said.
With this win, the Dogs only have one series left before the big WCHA showdown. The last series of the season for the women will be at North Dakota on Feb. 20 and 21.
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