MANDAN, ND – Scoring the final three goals of the game, #17 University of Mary rallied past #19 Midland University 3-1 to complete a weekend sweep of the Midwest College Hockey series. The Marauders tallied twice in the second and tacked on another goal in the third to beat the Warriors for a fifth straight time.
The Marauders improve to 11-4-0-0-0-0 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) overall, 10-4-0-0-0-0 in ACHA MD1 play and 6-2-0-0-0-0 against Midwest College Hockey competition. The Warriors slip to 8-8-0-0-0-1 overall and 5-5-0-0-0-0 in the MCH.
Midland claimed their first lead of the weekend with a power play goal 10:52 into the game. UMary had opportunities to pull even in the first period but just missed. The Marauders had a shot glance off the post before
Jake Murray just missed on a breakaway opportunity with four minutes left before intermission.
The Marauders pulled even in the second period on a
Luke Schleusner goal at the 6:06 mark. Skating rapidly down the left boards, Schleusner fired a low angle shot from the bottom of the left circle that Warriors goalkeeper Liam Tereposky was unable to control. The puck bounced right back to Schleusner in front of the net for an easy tap-in for the native of Mountain Lake Terrace, WA.
Crae Dawson gave the Marauders their first lead of the night. UMary won a faceoff in the right circle. With the puck sitting on the dot, Dawson swooped in and fired a shot past Tereposky for a 2-1 Marauders advantage at 12:04 of the second.
Derek Dropik scored a goal for the second straight game with a nifty goal midway through the third period. Taking a feed from
Joe Gronholz at the bottom of the right circle, Dropik cut across the goal mouth before delivering a backhander into the open right side of the net.
Marino Ramirez kept the UMary lead at two goals with a spectacular save with 7:31 to play on a Warriors breakaway. The Marauders just missed a goal of their own seconds later when a shot bounced off the post and was covered by Tereposky.
Ramirez added another big save with 5:30 to play to preserve the UMary advantage.
Dawson finished with two points in the game as he also assisted on the opening goal.
Ramirez finished with 24 saves in the game. Tereposky posted 24.
The Marauders penalty kill unit had a busy night, allowing the Warriors to score on just one of seven opportunities with a man advantage. UMary was 1-for-3 on the power play.
UMary next plays at the ACHA-JOG Chicago Classic November 22-24 in Romeoville, IL. The first game is against the University of Michigan-Dearborn before playing the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the University of Rhode Island.
MD1 Midland University 1 at MD1 University of Mary 3 - Status: Final
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - Starion Sports Complex (ND)
#19 Midland University 1 0 0 - 1
#17 University of Mary 0 2 1 - 3
1st Period-1, MD1 Midland University, Kochanowski 8 10:52 (PP). Penalties-Justice M1mid (slashing), 6:43; Dawson M1umy (hooking), 9:20; Babb M1mid (high sticking), 12:02; Senf M1umy (elbowing), 19:01.
2nd Period-2, MD1 University of Mary, Schleusner 2 (Dawson, Cunningham), 6:06. 3, MD1 University of Mary, Dawson 8 (Mangan), 12:04 (PP). Penalties-Mangan M1umy (holding), 7:11; Grafelman M1mid (cross checking), 10:05; Schleusner M1umy (cross checking), 13:20.
3rd Period-4, MD1 University of Mary, Dropik 4 (Gronholz, Senf), 7:33. Penalties-Gronholz M1umy (tripping), 4:55; Gronholz M1umy (interference), 7:50; Medeiros M1umy (interference), 10:21.
Shots on Goal-MD1 Midland University 9-10-6-25. MD1 University of Mary 7-15-5-27.
Power Play Opportunities-MD1 Midland University 1 / 7; MD1 University of Mary 1 / 3.
Goalies-MD1 Midland University, Tereposky 4-7-0-0 (27 shots-24 saves). MD1 University of Mary, Ramirez 5-3-0-0 (25 shots-24 saves).
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