Saint Paul Pioneer Press February 8, 2004 Sunday Minnesota: SPORTS; BRIEF; Pg. 17C COLLEGE HOCKEY: Hagge lifts top-ranked Dartmouth Staff and news service reports "I think we had a couple of top-ranked North Dakota in a lucky bounces in the third pe- Western Collegiate Hockey Tiffany Hagge had a nice riod," Dartmouth coach Mark Association men's game in homecoming Saturday. Hudak said, "and our goalie Madison, Wis. played well." Hagge, a sophomore forward Earl, who tied the score with for the No. 1-ranked Dart- Most of Minnesota's chances 1:01 remaining, netted the mouth women's hockey team, came off shots by Stephens, winner after taking a behind- broke in on Gophers goal- Krissy Wendell or LaToya the-back pass from Jake tender and former Blaine High Clarke, but of 19 attempts in Dowell. School teammate Jody Horak the third period, one hit the midway through the second pipe, two went wide and The Badgers freshman roofed period and whipped a shot Dartmouth's defense got in a wrist shot past Sioux goal- into the far corner to lift the the way of five. tender Jake Brandt. Big Green to a 3-2 victory over No. 2-ranked Minnesota. "I had my chances," Stephens It was the first hat trick for a said. "It was one of those Wisconsin player since Dany "It was a huge win for us," things; I need to bury them. Heatley scored three goals at Hagge said, adding that she But as long as I'm getting Alaska Anchorage on Feb. had 20 or more friends and chances, I'm not going to 19, 2000. family in the crowd of 1,115 at complain." Ridder Arena. "It was exciting Zach Parise had a goal and an to play in front of the home- Clarke gave the Gophers a 1-0 assist as North Dakota took a town crowd. This is the first lead in a penalty-filled first pe- 3-0 first-period lead. time we've played here since riod, scoring on a power play I've been at Dartmouth." at 12:33, but the Big Green's But Earl scored in the second Gillian Apps tied the score just period, and Andrew Joudrey Hagge took a pass from 1:18 on another power play. added a short-handed score Cherie Piper and snapped a Piper's goal in the final minute with 6:25 remaining to cut the 2-2 tie at 11:17 of the second made it 2-1 after one period, Badgers' deficit to 3-2. period, and neither goal- but Stephens pulled the Go- tender allowed anything after phers even 33 seconds into Earl then tied it, poking loose that as Dartmouth raised its the second period. a rebound and backhanding a record to 17-1-2. shot past Brandt, who fin- "I thought it was a great col- ished with 23 saves. "Piper had the pass that set lege women's hockey game," me free," Hagge said. "I tried Gophers coach Laura Hall- Matt Jones and Chris Porter to snap off a shot far side and dorson said. "We certainly had also scored for the Sioux, who it went just inside the post." our chances." lost for only the second time in their last 18 games. The Gophers, who got a goal The teams play again at 2:05 and an assist from Kelly Ste- p.m. today at Ridder. LATE Bernd Bruckler made 25 phens but dropped to 19-3-1, FRIDAY saves for Wisconsin, which applied pressure after that won for only the second time and outshot the Big Green Robbie Earl scored his third in eight games. 34-28, but Dartmouth goalie goal of the game at 1:53 into Christine Capuano came up overtime as No. 9 Wisconsin St. Cloud State 4, Michigan with 32 saves. completed a rally from a 3-0 Tech 1:Dave Iannazzo scored deficit for a 4-3 victory over the go-ahead goal in the sec- CompetitivEdge 1-888-881-EDGE www.clipresearch.com Electronic Clipping ond period, and St. Cloud Eight players scored for Du- State netted two more in the luth. St. John's 3, St. Olaf 2:Ryan third period to beat Michigan Langenbrunner scored a Tech at Houghton, Mich. David Backes scored the only short-handed goal at 8:11 of goal of the game for Mankato the third period to give the Nate Raduns scored twice for at 12:39 in the third. Johnnies (14-3-1, 8-1-0) a St. Cloud State. His first goal victory over St. Olaf (6-8-4, 3- of the game tied the score at Duluth outshot the Mavericks 3-3) at Northfield, Minn. 1, and St. Cloud never trailed 38-16 and fired 17 shots in after that. the second period. Concordia 4, Hamline 3:Jon Rudnick and Andy Vix scored Michigan Tech got on the Chris Clark and Kyle Nixon third-period goals as the Cob- board first when Chris Conner split time in goal for Mankato bers (2-13-3, 1-6-2) held off scored a short-handed goal at with Clark making 17 saves host Hamline (0-18, 0-11) in a 11:24 of the opening period, and Nixon making 13. battle of the MIAC's two worst but Radun's equalizer came teams. WOMEN just eight seconds later. Jay Hardwick, Tyler Brosz, Evan Schwabe and Justin St. Thomas 4, St. Catherine St. Cloud State's special Williams each finished with 2:Tanaya Reitz scored a pair teams factored into the win. one goal and one assist for of first-period goals, and The team went 2 for 5 on the Duluth. Melanie Drake added a goal power play and killed all five and an assist to lead first-place Michigan Tech chances with Augsburg 3, Bethel 2:Tony St. Thomas (13-4-1, 11-0-0) the man advantage. Beaulieu scored with 12:29 to a 4-2 MIAC victory over St. left in the third period to give Catherine (6-10-1, 6-5-0) at Minnesota-Duluth 8, Minne- the Auggies (6-9-4, 4-4-3) a Mendota Heights. sota State (Mankato) 1:Tim Minnesota Intercollegiate Stapleton had one goal and Athletic Conference victory Gustavus Adolphus 4, St. three assists as Minnesota- over Bethel (4-12-1, 2-7-0). Mary's 1:Ann Katz scored two Duluth won at Minnesota goals, and Gustavus (13-5-0, State (Mankato). Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. 9-2-0) scored on two of three Mary's 3:Tim McNamara power plays to push its MIAC The Bulldogs took a 4-0 lead scored with 7:32 remaining in winning streak to nine games in the first period and then regulation to give Gustavus win a victory over St. Mary's (9- scored three more unan- (9-6-3, 6-1-2) a tie with St. 6-1, 6-5-0) at Winona, Minn. swered goals in the second. Mary's (10-8-2, 5-5-1) at St. Peter, Minn. --Bruce Brothers CompetitivEdge 1-888-881-EDGE www.clipresearch.com Electronic Clipping St. Cloud Times February 8, 2004 Sunday Minnesota: SPORTS; Pg. 5D Raduns has a road trip to remember Tom Fenton season, but this weekend Alaska Anchorage. Boron lost Staff they all fell for me." Coole suf- his bid for a shutout with 3 [email protected] fers concussion; Junior goal- minutes, 57 seconds remain- tender Adam Coole suffered ing in regulation when Tech's GRAPHIC: special to the what head coach Craig Dahl Jon Pittis skated in on Boron Times by Dave Strang; St. said was a slight concussion in off a faceoff and beat him with Cloud State's Matt Hendricks Friday night's 4-1 victory over. a low shot. The goal ended looks for a rebound after Coole was in uniform for Sat- Boron's scoreless streak at Michigan Tech's Cam urday and was available for 104:39. "I felt so comfortable. Ellsworth makes a save Satur- emergency backup duty, but It just rolled right through from day in Houghton, Mich. For- his return for next weekend's Friday and it went well again," mer Sauk Rapids star scores 3 non-conference series with said Boron, who faced nine goals in weekend sweep; By Bemidji State at National shots through the first two Tom Fenton; HOUGHTON, Hockey Center remains in periods but stopped 10 shots Mich. - In one two-game se- question. Dahl said before in the third. "It was the same ries, Nate Raduns went from Saturday's game Coole's as Friday. There were a lot of having a big goose egg in the status depends on how he shots from the point and on scoring column to a most responds to workouts this the power plays we kept them valuable player selection. week. Coole, a transfer from to the outside. I feel great Raduns scored three goals in Minnesota-Duluth who en- about the sweep." Role re- the series, and his goal 18 tered Friday's game with an versal; Jamie Russell, in his minutes, 44 seconds into the 11-4-2 record and a .915 save first year as head coach, is second period proved to be percentage, was knocked out admittedly having a difficult the game-winner in Saturday's of action five minutes into the time adjusting to Michigan 3-1 victory over Michigan first period when Tech's Brett Tech's losing ways. Russell Tech at MacInnes Student Ice Engelhardt barreled into him, was a defenseman at Tech Arena.