Box Score Grand Forks, N.D. --- The Minnesota State women’s hockey could not hold off seventh-rated North Dakota as it fell, 6-1, in the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs Friday afternoon at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
 
UND struck 1:46 into the opening period on a goal by Becca Kohler, who tucked the puck under the stick of sprawling MSU netminder Danielle Butters, and Jocelyne Lamoureux made it a two-goal cushion when she put back her own rebound at the 8:01 mark. Josefine Jakobsen connected on a back-door pass from Michelle Karvinen at 12:33 before Monique Lamoureux beat a screened Butters - above the blocker - at 18:53 to give the home team a 4-0 advantage heading to the first intermission.
 
North Dakota added an additional marker at the 5:53 mark of the second period when Ashley Furia slipped a shot past the left pad of goaltender Erin Krichiver after a scramble in front of the crease.
 
Junior Tracy McCann got the Mavericks on the board with her sixth power-play goal of the year by beating UND’s Shelby Amsley-Benzie on the right side 1:06 into the third period as sophomore Kathleen Rogan and senior Emilia Andersson tallied assists on the play. However, Karvinen would convert on the power-play for North Dakota at the 11:40 mark to close out the contest’s scoring.
 
Krichiver stopped a game-high 18 shots for MSU who finished one-of-three on the man advantage, while Amsley-Benzie registered 10 saves for UND. North Dakota ended one-of-three on the power-play and outshot the Mavericks by a margin of 35-11.
 
With the loss, Minnesota State drops to 10-20-5 overall. The best-of-three series continues tomorrow afternoon will game time set for 2:07 p.m. at Ralph Engelstad Arena.