St. Cloud, Minn. --- Minnesota State women's hockey suffered a 5-0 setback against St. Cloud State in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play on Friday evening inside Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
 
Minnesota State (3-17-1, 1-12-0-0 WCHA) and St. Cloud State (4-14-2, 2-11-2-0 WCHA) each tallied nine shots in the first period, but the Huskies scored the only two goals to put the Mavericks down 2-0 at the first intermission. The Huskies' goals were scored by Laura Kluge and Emma Bigham at 5:01 and 15:43, respectively.
 
After neither team scored in the second period, the Huskies added three more goals in the third period – making the final score 5-0. The goals were scored by Kayla Friesen at 14:11, Hallie Theodosopoulos at 18:30 and Hannah Potrykus at 19:24.   
 
Shots on goal were 34-23 in favor of St. Cloud State, including 16-8 in the third period.  
 
Junior goaltender Katie Bidulka (1-12-0) made 29 saves for the Mavericks, while Emma Polusny (3-5-1) stopped 23 shots for the Huskies.
 
Both teams went 0-of-2 on the power play. 
 
Minnesota State and St. Cloud State conclude their two-game WCHA series at 2:07 p.m., on Saturday at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. 

Listen to head coach John Harrington's postgame comments below.