DE PERE, Wis. — The #14 Blugolds defeated #RV St. Norbert 3-1 Saturday at Resch Olympic Pavilion, completing the weekend sweep of the Green Knights. After a scoreless first period, the Blugolds scored once in the second and twice in the third. UW-Eau Claire finished with a 33-20 shot advantage, went 2-for-4 on the power play and killed all five St. Norbert power-play opportunities.
UWEC put the first puck on net through
Harper Poehling, then spent much of the opening stretch defending a St. Norbert power play after
Tori Schmidt was called for tripping, with
Addison Moudry making two saves and
Ashley Wagenbach blocking a shot before the penalty expired. The Blugolds generated chances after returning to even strength, including shots by
Josie Grossman, Wagenbach and
Aruba Skiston, but Keira Markell kept the period scoreless, and Moudry answered during a second St. Norbert power play midway through the period. The Blugolds' own power play did not produce a goal, and Moudry stopped several late St. Norbert attempts before
Jana Lesch put a shot on goal at :24 in a scoreless first period.
The Blugolds came through an early St. Norbert power play after
Adrienne Hansen blocked Ava Anick's shot and St. Norbert missed two attempts before Skiston returned at 16:55. The teams traded chances through the middle of the second period, with Keira Markell stopping several Blugolds looks while Moudry turned away attempts from Ava McDonald, Tristan Wicklund and Addison Dahl. After Sydney Zurawik was called for holding at 1:36, UWEC generated three power-play looks before
Madisyn Krumholz scored with
Maddie Hulter assisting at :44, giving the Blugolds a 1-0 lead that held to the end of the period.
UW-Eau Claire turned its first power play of the third period into a 2-0 lead when
Kylie Wiltse scored at 13:47 off assists from
Lauren Ballinger and Hulter. St. Norbert answered at 10:26 on a Hannah Grabianowski goal assisted by Tristan Wicklund, cutting the margin to 2-1 before the Blugolds came up empty on their next power play. Lesch restored a two-goal cushion at 3:48 with an even-strength goal assisted by Wagenbach, giving UWEC a 3-1 lead. The Green Knights pulled its goalie at 2:53 and went on a late power play after a Hansen penalty, but Moudry stopped back-to-back Mia Kozak shots and the Blugolds killed the penalty to close out a 3-1 win.
Wiltse scored the game-winning goal on the power play and finished with four shots on goal. Krumholz added a power-play goal and put eight shots on goal. Hulter recorded two assists and three shots. Moudry finished with 19 saves and allowed one goal.
The Blugolds advance to 3-1-0 overall while St. Norbert falls to 1-3-0 overall.
Up next, the Blugolds travel to #5 Hamline University on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 at Tria Rink.
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