WINONA, Minn. — It was a season-opening weekend to remember for Saint Mary's University's Reese Heitzman (Hermantown, Minn.).
 
Playing her first two collegiate games, Heitzman scored three goals and added two assists in the Cardinal women's hockey team's 7-0, 8-0 sweep Lake Forest last Friday and Saturday.
 
And her efforts did not go unnoticed, as the freshman forward was named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Week.
 
Heitzman collected her first two collegiate points, delivering a pair of assists in her collegiate debut in last Friday's 7-0 win, before adding goals No. 1, 2 & 3 of her career in SMU's 8-0 win the following afternoon.
 
Heitzman and the unbeaten Cardinals are back in action this weekend, hosting UW-Eau Claire in a 2 p.m. nonconference game at the SMU Ice Arena on Friday, before heading to Hunt Arena in River Falls, Wis., for a 7:05 p.m. matchup against nationally ranked UW-River Falls the following evening.