By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — After their first game of the new year on Saturday, the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team is still searching for its first win of the new decade.
 
Then again, the Cardinals haven't lost in 2020, either.
 
Thanks to an Anya Hafiz (Woodbury, Minn.) goal late in the third period, the Cardinals collected their second overtime tie of the season, battling visiting UW-Stevens Point to a 2-2 draw at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
 
The Cardinals' Carson Sheridan (Waunakee, Wis.) snapped a scoreless deadlock midway through the second period, scoring her first goal of the season — off assists from Hafiz and Delaney Wolf (Bismarck, N.D.) — to give Saint Mary's a 1-0 advantage heading into the third period.
 
UW-Stevens Point's Mary Kremer pulled the Pointers even — and then ahead — with ba ck-to-back goals two minutes apart early in the third period, but it was Hafiz to the rescue, as she banged a Carolyn Chrastka (Franklin Park, Ill.) rebound past UW-SP goalie Olivia Schultz to pull the Cardinals even, 2-2.
 
Saint Mary's outshot UW-Stevens Point 3-1 in the five-minute overtime period, but neither team could net the game-winner.
 
Ary Ziakas (Palatine, Ill.) finished with 18 saves in goal for the Cardinals, while Schultz made 28 saves — including 13 in the third period.
 
The Cardinals (2-6-2 overall) are right back on their home ice at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena on Sunday, playing host to Marian in a 2 p.m. nonconference game. The Pointers (6-3-2 overall) hit the road again on Sunday, heading to Augsburg's Ed Saugestad Rink in Minneapolis, Minn., for a 2 p.m. nonconference showdown with the Auggies