ST. CLOUD, Minn. — For the second Saturday in a row, the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team had to put in a little extra work – finding themselves deadlocked after regulation.
 
Unlike last Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over Bethel, however, OT was not kind to the Cardinals this time around, as Saint Benedict's Ava Stinnett scored with 1:35 remaining in the extra session to deal Saint Mary's a 3-2 setback at Ritsche Arena.
 
As was the case against the Bennies in Friday's first meeting — in which SMU held a 37-22 edge in shots on goal, only to manage just a single first-period tally — the Cardinals once again controlled the play early in the rematch.
 
And this time, that domination paid off to the tune of two first-period goals — the first by Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta) at 3:40 and the second by Ellie Hegdahl (Brookings, S.D.) with 18 seconds to play — giving Saint Mary's a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.
 
Unfortunately, that would be the extent of the Cardinals' offensive output, and CSB would take advantage, scoring once in the second period and added the game-tying goal midway through the third.
 
In the overtime, Saint Mary's out-shot the Bennies 4-2, but it was that second CSB shot — off the stick of Stinnett — that gave Saint Benedict the win, and the sweep of the teams' two-game series.
 
The Cardinals (3-10-1 MIAC, 6-14-1 overall) return home to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for a pair of conference games against St. Scholastica next weekend. The two teams will play at 7 p.m.on Friday, and will square off again at 2 p.m. the following afternoon.
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