ANGOLA, Ind. – For the second day in a row, a late goal by junior
Mary Kate Eiden helped the St. Olaf College women's hockey team to a tie against Trine University, as Eiden's goal at 18:33 of the third forced a 2-2 tie on Saturday at Thunder Ice Arena.
After a scoreless first two periods, St. Olaf (0-11-2) and Trine (3-4-3) each scored twice in the third period. The Thunder twice held a one-goal lead in the third, but the Oles fought back to tie it both times on goals by junior
Carolyn Carpenter and Eiden.
Sophomore
Grace Boswell-Healey made a career-high 51 saves for St. Olaf to complete a weekend that saw her save 90 of the 93 shots she faced. Trine held a 53-35 advantage in shots in the game, with Emily Nettesheim making 33 saves between the pipes for the Thunder.
With the game scoreless after two periods, Jade Pandres broke the deadlock for Trine at 6:25 of the third, firing the puck inside the left post from the middle of the right circle. Two and a half minutes later, however, the Oles responded as Carpenter drove to the net and scored on the backhand for her second goal of the season, with sophomore
Maddie Anderson earning an assist on the goal.
The Thunder reclaimed the lead just 1:29 later on a goal by Makena Thompson and held the 2-1 advantage until Eiden's tying goal with 1:27 remaining. Eiden's goal was set up by senior
Johanna Glaaser and sophomore
Annika Patterson, who connected to set up Eiden in front of the net for her team-leading third goal of the season.
Both teams managed two shots on goal in overtime but neither was able to find a winning goal. Patterson had St. Olaf's best chance of the extra session but saw her shot saved on a 2-on-1 break with a minute and a half remaining. Inside the final minute of the overtime, Glaaser nearly found Patterson breaking towards the net out of a timeout, but the puck was just out of her reach.
The Oles return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play with a series opener against nationally-ranked Gustavus on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in St. Peter.
