Seniors last home game
Leadership brings team to strong game against Pointers
Andy Weise
Issue date: 2/15/06 Section: Sports
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The four seniors, Jessie Boyles, Laura Brackey, Amanda Schultz and Crystal Wasem will all be missed by the team women's hockey coach Mike Collins said.
"They have tremendous character with their leadership … you don't replace people like that," he said. "You just hope the ones coming up are as committed. All four are great people."
The 'Golds played back to back games last weekend against UW-Stevens Point, the sixth-ranked team in Division III hockey. The two-game series started Friday night in Stevens Point with a tough 2-0 loss.
The score remained tied throughout the first two periods.
The Pointers were able to score three minutes into the final period and again around the 10-minute mark.
Both goals were scored on the power-play for the Pointers who capitalized and kept Blugold sophomore goalie Jill Arendt busy the whole game. Arendt was able save 27 shots during the course of the game.
Saturday night was a different story for the Blugolds. Still searching for their first conference victory, the team was determined to get the puck in the net.
Brackey did exactly that when she scored with just under two minutes left in the first period, on assists from freshman Lauren Havard and junior Karen Hebert.
Havard, who leads the team in scoring, has had great success in her first season as a Blugold. Boyles said it was cool to see what Havard has done this year.
"It proves the fact that women's hockey is getting better," she said. "Players are getting better every year."
The Blugold lead continued until the Pointers were able to tie it up six minutes into the third and final period when they scored on the power-play.