Box Score St. Cloud, Minn. --- The Minnesota State women’s hockey team used two goals in the final ten minutes of regulation to pull out a 2-1 victory over St. Cloud State Friday afternoon in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association collision at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
 
The Mavericks now hold a 27-26-5 all-time advantage over St. Cloud State.
 
Back-to-back trips to the penalty box proved troublesome for the Mavericks at 18:48 of the first period when Molli Mott put a rebound away for a five-on-three power-play goal giving the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
 
Minnesota State responded by outshooting SCSU 8-7 in the second stanza but was unable to capitalize on a bevy of rebounds given up by Huskie goaltender Julie Friend.  MSU netminder junior Danielle Butters kept the Mavericks within a goal with a fantastic glove save to deny St. Cloud State’s Sydney Burghardt halfway through the period.
 
Sophomore Shelby Moteyunas helped MSU break through at 10:20 of the third period when her slap shot from the point hit the crossbar and banked in for her first career goal. Just over three minutes later, senior Lauren Smith put the Mavericks on top with her team-high 12th goal of the season, which proved to be the game-winner.
 
Junior Kelsie Scott added two assists for Minnesota State in the victory.
 
Butters stopped 30 of the 31 SCSU shots she faced en route to her sixth win of the season.
 
The Mavericks failed to the find the net in their two power-play opportunities, but limited the Huskies to one-of-three in power play chances.
 
Minnesota State (6-10-3 overall, 4-8-3-1 WCHA) goes for its second series sweep of the year tomorrow afternoon with game time set for 2:07 p.m.