Minnesota State hosts Long Island University for Season Opener - Minnesota State University

Minnesota State hosts Long Island University for Season Opener – Minnesota State University

MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota State girls’s hockey hosts its dwelling opener on the Mayo Clinic Well being System Occasions Heart to face off with the Lengthy Island College Sharks, marking the beginning of the common season. Recreation occasions are Friday at 6 p.m. CT and Saturday at 3 p.m. CT 

LIU (0-0-0,0-0-0 NEWHA) is a member of the New England Girls’s Hockey Alliance. The Sharks completed their season final yr with (28-9-0) total file and a (26-2-0) convention file ending first within the NEWHA.  

Final Time Out:  

Minnesota State completed final season 13-25-0 total file and a 6-22-0 convention file. The 2023-24 season led to Minneapolis, Minnesota with back-to-back defeats within the WCHA Quarterfinals. The Mavericks did win recreation one of many collection 5-4. 

The Mavericks head into the season picked seventh within the WCHA preseason coaches’ ballot with 15 factors.  

MSU seems to lean on returning level leaders, together with graduate college students Sydney Langseth and Jamie Nelson. Nelson and Langseth led the Mavericks offensively. Nelson completed the 2023-24 season with 20 targets and 10 assists whereas Langseth completed with 15 targets and 17 assists.  

In objective, senior Suzette Faucher, sophomore Hailey Hansen, and switch graduate scholar Jessie McPherson all performed in Saturday’s exhibition towards Manitoba in Richmond, Minnesota. Faucher held a 3.34 targets towards common and a .891 save proportion. Hansen had a 3.20 targets towards common and an .885 save proportion. McPherson is a switch from Vermont. She gained 5 straight begins from Oct. 20- Nov. 21 with a 1.98 targets towards common.  

Taking up LIU:
The Sharks have been slated first within the New England Girls’s Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Preseason Coaches’ Ballot and added 4 new gamers to its squad, together with three forwards and one defender.  

LIU completed its 2023-24 marketing campaign by shedding in time beyond regulation to Franklin Pierce within the NEWHA Championship recreation with the ultimate rating being 3-4. The offense is led by junior Jeannie Wallner (Kings Park, N.Y.) who final season registered 20 targets and 14 assists. In objective, junior Tindra Holm completed final season with a 1.94 targets towards common and a .940 save proportion.  

The final time the Mavericks confronted the Sharks was two years in the past, whereas the Mavericks gained each video games with a remaining rating of 5-1 and 8-1.  

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