Game Summary

ST. PETER, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team's offensive woes took a turn Saturday afternoon in the team's rematch with Gustavus.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, those offensive woes took a turn for the worse.

The Cardinals, who had scored just 10 goals in their last six games — five of which came in a 5-2 win over Augsburg on Jan. 23 — were shut out for the first time this season, as Gustavus completed its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep of SMU with a 3-0 victory.

Ingrid Neve gave GAC (10-2-0 MIAC, 14-5-0 overall) all the offensive punch the Gusties would need with her first-period, powerplay goal at 8:12. Josefin Pettersson and Annie Katz each chipped in third-period tallies for the Gusties, who have now won 10 straight conference games.

Amanda Gage (Lino Lakes, Minn.) did her part to keep the Cardinals in the game, stopping 37 shots — including all 14 she faced in the second period when SMU was outshot 14-0.

Scoring goals wasn't the only problem for the Cardinals vs. Gustavus on Saturday — just generating any offense at all proved to be a Herculean task against the Gusties' smothering defense. The Cardinals — who were outshot 32-12 in Friday's 4-1 loss to GAC — managed just eight shots on goal (five in the first and three in the third) in dropping their third straight for the second time in their last seven games.