MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Minnesota Duluth’s Reece Hunt was all her Bulldogs team needed on Friday night.
The graduate transfer scored all UMD’s goals in a 4-1 WCHA victory over St. Thomas at the St. Thomas Ice Rink. The standout performance is Hunt’s second hat trick of the season (
) and UMD’s second four-goal game of the year (
Mannon McMahon vs. Long Island on Oct. 6
).
Hunt got it started by poking in a centering pass from behind the goal line by Clara Van Wieren late in the first period. Van Wieren played a major part in the evening, assisting Hunt’s second goal by hitting her with a pass as she cut to the net, then scored on her own rebound. The third goal was a one-timer Hunt banked in off the inside of the goalie’s leg, again from Van Wieren, and the fourth came on a 2-on-1 with Olivia Wallin.
UMD carried a 4-1 lead into the third period, which was scoreless.
UMD goaltender Hailey MacLeod had just one blemish on her record, which included 23 saves.
UMD (16-11-2, 13-10-0 WCHA) extended its lead to five points over fifth-place St. Cloud State (which lost 1-0 to Minnesota) for the last home ice spot for the first round of the WCHA playoffs.
The Bulldogs and Tommies meet again Saturday night at 6.
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