MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A day after surrendering five goals to conference-leading and 10^th-ranked Augsburg in a 5-1 loss, the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's hockey team got down-right defensive Saturday afternoon in the team's rematch.
 
Ashley Corcoran (Red Wing, Minn.) made 32 saves—including 15 in the second period alone—and limited the high-powered Auggies to a single, second-period goal.
 
And while the sophomore goalie was doing her part on the defensive end, Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.) was doing hers on the offensive end, breaking a 1-1 tie with her fifth goal of the season four minutes into the third period, as the Cardinals avenged Friday's 5-1 loss with a 2-1 victory over the Auggies at Ed Saugestad Rink.
 
For the second straight game, the Cardinals and Auggies battled to a 0-0 tie after the game's opening 20 minutes.
 
Unlike Friday, however—when Augsburg scored back-to-back goals 27 seconds apart in the second—it was the Cardinals who got on the board first this time around, as Jamie Henderson (Madison, Wis.) took a feed from Lien and beat Auggie goalie Rebecca Sonek for her team-leading ninth goal of the season and a 1-0 Saint Mary's lead eight minutes into period No. 2.
 
Augsburg would answer three minutes later on a goal by Megan Johnson, and the game would remain deadlocked until Lien put one past Sonnek at 4:36 of the third period.
 
Corcoran made the one-goal lead stand up, stopping all nine third-period Augsburg shots to seal the win for the Cardinals, who snapped a four-game losing streak, and seven-game winless streak (0-6-1) with the victory.
 
The Cardinals (2-7-2 MIAC, 5-12-2 Overall) are back on the road to kick off their two-game series against Gustavus next Friday, traveling to Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter, Minn., for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Gusties. The two teams will head to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for the 2 p.m. rematch a day later.