Game Summary

WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team couldn't shake out of its scoring slump, managing just one goal for the third straight game Saturday afternoon.

To make matters worse, that streak kept another streak alive as well, as SMU dropped its third straight game, falling to St. Thomas 4-1 at the SMU Ice Arena.

The Tommies broke open a 1-1 game with three unanswered goals, including a pair in the third period en route to their eighth straight MIAC win.

UST opened the scoring at the 9:14 mark of the first period, as Allison O'Hara took a pass from Maggie Toft and beat SMU goalie Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.). SMU tied the game five minutes into the second period, as Emily Kearns (Hopkins, Minn.) netted her team-leading 11th goal of the season. The goal also extended Kearns' point-scoring streak to eight games.

From there, however, it was all St. Thomas, as the Tommies got the eventual game-winner at 9:57 of the second period on a goal by Jenny Sorensen, then put it out of reach with Andrea Schilling's tally at 9:34 of the third period and Jordan Benson's empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining.

Jung finished with 32 saves for the Cardinals, who have not scored more than one goal since a 5-2 win over St. Benedict on Jan. 9. Becky Kilpatrick stopped 38 SMU shots in posting the win for the Tommies (8-0-0, 10-4-1).