MSU women hit ice for season-openers
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The two-time defending runner-up national champions were ready to hit the ice as the Beaver women's hockey team started the 2024-25 season on the road last weekend against a familiar foe in the Midland Warriors.
Minot State University (MSU) played in Nebraska on Friday, September 27, and Saturday, September 28, and will be returning to the friendly confines of the Maysa Arena to host Arizona this weekend at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night, October 4, and Saturday afternoon, October 5, at 3:45 p.m.
No. 4 Midland 3, No. 3 Minot State 0
FREMONT, Neb. - For the second straight game, the host Midland Warriors got the best of their rivals in the Beavers, shutting out Minot State for a 3-0 win in women's hockey Saturday afternoon.
The second straight close game of the weekend between the rivals, neither team scored until the second period when Darbi Poole netted what proved to be the game-winner with 2 minutes, 25 seconds gone in the session.
Callie Maguire added two more insurance goals for Midland (4-0-0 overall), which opened its season a week earlier while Minot State was making its season debut.
Haylie Biever finished with 25 saves in Saturday's game at Midland.
With the first action of the season on the road for the Beavers (0-2-0) in the books, Minot State now returns home to the Maysa Arena where they host first-year ACHA Division I program Arizona in a pair of games.
Puck-drop for the Beavers' home debut is 7:30 p.m. on Friday night, then at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday.
No. 4 Midland 2, No. 3 Minot State 0
FREMONT, Neb. - The season opener didn't quite go the way the Beavers wanted Friday night, September 27, in Nebraska.
Playing a tough rival in No. 4-ranked Midland, which already had two games under its belt, the 3rd-ranked Minot State women's hockey team battled but came up short, 2-0 in its season debut.
Jaicee Huberdeau had both goals in the game for the Warriors, scoring the game-winner midway through the first period and adding an insurance goal late in the second.
Haylie Biever made 34 saves in goal for Minot State.