MANDAN, ND – A trio of goals late in the first period sparked the #7 University of Mary hockey team to an 8-2 victory over visiting Iowa State University to earn a Midwest College Hockey weekend split with the Cyclones.
The Marauders improve to 8-4-0-0-1-0 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) this season overall and 4-2-0 (W-L-OTL) for 11 points in Midwest College Hockey play. Iowa State is 3-11-0-0-0-1 and 1-5-0 for 3 points in the MCH.
One night after Cyclones goaltender Lennart Critzmann carried Iowa State to a 4-2 upset win after turning aside 50 of the 52 shots he faced, the Marauders solved the Critzmann riddle late in the first period.
Crae Dawson provided the Marauders their first lead of the weekend with a goal 16:48 into the game. Just 32 seconds later UMary tied its goal output from Friday's game when
Dain Sardelli scored his team-leading seventh goal.
Joe Gronholz kept the flurry of UMary goals coming when he found the net with 33 seconds left before the first intermission to push the Marauders lead to 3-0. It was the third UMary goal in a span of just 2:39.
Iowa State struck back with a goal by Matthew Mahoney at 5:59 of the second period to cut the difference to two goals.
The UMary onslaught soon continued as the Marauders scored three more times in the second.
Kaeden Krieg powered home a goal at 8:32 before
David Loahr found the net at 14:21.
Lyndon Orr followed with UMary's sixth goal of the night just 63 seconds later for a 6-1 lead after two periods.
The Marauders finished off the Cyclones with a pair of goals in the final 70 seconds of play as
Nick Bradshaw scored on the power play and followed with his second of the night.
Sardelli paced the Marauders with two goals. Loahr and Krieg had a goal and two assists each while Gronholz, Orr, Bradshaw and Dawson had both a goal and an assist.
John Lang delivered three assists and
Isaac Flatley provided two helpers.
Caleb Cross was strong in net for the Marauders, making 25 saves in the game.
Critzmann, pulled after Orr's goal, finished with 28 saves. Ty Tanton made 21 stops for the Cyclones.
UMary held a 57-26 edge in shots and was 1-for-4 on the power play. ISU was 0-for-3 with a man advantage.
The Marauders 4-game home stand concludes when UMary hosts #8 University of Jamestown on Friday, November 13, at 7 pm in game three of this season's The Jug series.
Iowa State University 1 at #7 University of Mary 8 - Status: Final
Saturday, November 7, 2026 - Starion Sports Complex (ND)
Iowa State University 0 1 0 - 1
#7 University of Mary 3 3 2 - 8
1st Period-1, MD1 University of Mary, Dawson 4 (Krieg, Orr), 16:48. 2, MD1 University of Mary, Sardelli 7 (Flatley, Lang), 17:20. 3, MD1 University of Mary, Gronholz 6 (Brubakken, Loahr), 19:27. Penalties-Stifter M1 Isu (tripping), 1:51; Flatley M1 Mary (checking from behind), 12:50.
2nd Period-4, MD1 Iowa State University, Mahoney 1 (Hubmer), 5:59. 5, MD1 University of Mary, Krieg 4 (Gronholz, Loahr), 8:31. 6, MD1 University of Mary, Loahr 5 (Lang), 14:21. 7, MD1 University of Mary, Orr 3 (Dawson, Bradshaw), 15:24. Penalties-Gronholz M1 Mary (hooking), 1:19; Kondiles M1 Isu (unsportsmanlike conduct/player to player minor), 15:24.
3rd Period-8, MD1 University of Mary, Bradshaw 2 (Johnson, Krieg), 18:50 (PP). 9, MD1 University of Mary, Sardelli 8 (Lang, Flatley), 19:33. Penalties-Nielsen M1 Isu (holding), 15:40; Scribner M1 Mary (unsportsmanlike conduct/player to player minor, 10-minute misconduct), 16:29; Kondiles M1 Isu (slashing), 18:26.
Shots on Goal-MD1 Iowa State University 6-15-5-26. MD1 University of Mary 17-22-18-57.
Power Play Opportunities-MD1 Iowa State University 0 / 3; MD1 University of Mary 1 / 4.
Goalies-MD1 Iowa State University, Critzmann 2-5-0-0 (34 shots-28 saves); Tanton 1-4-0-0 (23 shots-21 saves). MD1 University of Mary, Cross 5-3-0-0 (26 shots-25 saves).
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