WINONA, Minn. — For the second time in as many nights, the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team spotted Hamline a two-goal lead when the teams squared off Saturday in the second game of their two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series.
 
And, for the second time in as many nights, the Cardinals found themselves trailing by two heading into the game's final 20-minute period.
 
Unlike Friday's dramatic, come-from-behind 3-2 win, however — in which the Cardinals scored three times in the third period — this time around, there would be no third-period heroic, as Hamline dealt Saint Mary's a 4-1 setback at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
 
Hamline did not waste any time seizing control of the teams' rematch, getting goals from Amanda Nylander and Cheyenne in the game's first six minutes to take a quick, 2-0 advantage.
 
The Cardinals managed to cut the deficit in half 2:34 into the second period on a power-play goal Ellie Hegdahl (Brookings, S.D.) — off assists from Delaney Wolf (Bismarck, N.D.) and Carson Sheridan (Waunakee, Wis.) — only to have the Pipers answer five minutes later when Jordan Hansen beat Cardinal goalie Ary Ziakas (Palatine, Ill.) for a 3-1 cushion.
 
The Pipers' offense remained in high gear in the third period, getting a goal from Sophie Rausch — her 10th of the season — to seal the win for HU.
 
Ziakas finished with 23 saves in goal for the Cardinals, while Mckenna Hulslander kicked out 32 of the Cardinals' 33 shots in goal for Hamline
 
The Cardinals (6-2-0 MIAC, 9-6-0 overall) are back in action next weekend with a pair of games against league-leading and nationally ranked Gustavus. SMU and GAC will square off at 7 p.m. at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena on Friday, before heading to the Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter, Minn., for Saturday's 2 p.m. rematch.
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