Marian University women’s ice hockey (13-12-0, 9-9-0 NCHA) earned the No. 5 seed for the NCHA Slaats Cup Playoffs after a 2-1 overtime defeat against No. 10/12 CUW.
 

• Concordia Wisconsin opened the scoring with 7:57 left in the opening period but the lead lasted just 1:56 before Marian knotted the score.
• Sophomore Zowie Hunter continued her strong campaign lighting the lamp with an assist from senior Logan Crawford.
• That proved to be the only scoring for regulation as the two squads headed to overtime.
• The two sides traded a pair of shots off the pipe in a span of 15 seconds.
• The Falcons were eventually able to take the extra point scoring with 1:24 left in overtime.

• Shots favored CUW by a margin of 46-28.
• Face-offs were also in favor of the Falcons by a clip of 40-24.
• Neither side had a power-play goal with Marian having four chances and CUW two.
• The Sabres earn the No. 5 seed for the NCHA Slaats Cup Playoffs by a total wins tiebreaker over MSOE.
• This is the first time Marian has earned points at CUW since 2021.

	Sophomore Jillian Traver (10-7-0) made a season-high 44 saves in goal.
	Sophomore Zowie Hunter scored a goal in each game of the series to give her 12 on the season.
	Senior Aubriella Westphal had four blocked shots.