Marian women's ice hockey opens season with shutout at SMU

1	2	3	F
Marian (WI)	0	1	0	1
Saint Mary’s (MN)	0	0	0	0

Marian University women’s ice hockey (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHA) opened its season with a 1-0 victory at Saint Mary’s (Minn.).

Offense was at a premium all night long with neither side scoring in the opening period.
The Cardinals nearly opened the scoring with 8:13 left in the second but a shot rang off the pipe.
Marian then capitalized on its first power play of the night scoring with 6:55 left in the period to open the scoring.
Olivia Church-Sowinski was the goal scorer for the Sabres and she had help from Zowie Hunter.
The third period was the busiest stanza for shots in the game but the Sabre defense held strong to finish the shutout.

Marian was outshot 27-16 for the game with 13 of the Cardinal shots coming in the third period.
The Sabres were 1-for-3 on the power play and held the Cardinals scoreless on five attempts.
The Cardinals held a slim 28-24 edge on face-offs.
This is the first victory for Marian against the Cardinals in nine games.
Marian opens its season with a victory for the second straight season with this being the first season-opening shutout in program history.

	Jillian Traver (1-0-0) stopped all 27 shots she saw for the sixth shutout of her career.
	Olivia Church-Sowinski scored the lone goal in the win.
	Zowie Hunter had an assist and won 10 face-offs.