Mankato, Minn.  --- #8 Minnesota State received goals from four different players and senior forward Cade Borchardt had three assists en route to a 4-2 win over Bowling Green Saturday at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.
 
The Mavericks, who now stand 5-3-0 for the season with tonight's result, are 2-0-0 in CCHA games.
 
The score stood tied 1-1 at the end of the first period of action.
 
Junior center David Silye's shot from the top of the slot leaked through for the first goal of the game at 4:15 of the opening period.  The Falcons responded at 10:30 when forward Chase Gresock deflected Max Coyle's shot from the point past Maverick netminder Keenan Rancier and after 20 minutes of action the two teams headed to the dressing rooms tied at 1-1.
 
BGSU took a 2-1 lead at 2:36 of the second when Quinn Emerson scored on a shorthanded breakaway.  The Mavericks, however, responded at 18:13 after Brendan Furry collected a rebound off of a shot from Cade Borchardt to score his second goal of the weekend and at the end of two, the score stood 2-2.
 
Minnesota State scored twice in the third to put the win away.
 
Just seven seconds into the third period, senior center Sam Morton's shot along the ice beat Christian Stoever with the Lafayette, Colo., native's sixth goal of the season, this one coming on a power play, making it a 3-2 Minnesota State lead. Freshman forward Adam Eisele got his first goal as a Mavericks, putting the puck into the net at 10:12 on a rebound chance to close out the scoring.
 
The Mavericks outshot the Falcons 34-11 in the contest and have now won the last 11 meetings with Bowling Green.  Senior forward Cade Borchardt had a three-assist night marking the second time in his MSU career he's accomplished that feat (he also had three assists vs. Lake Superior State Jan. 15, 2021.  Morton's goal is his second game-winning tally of the season.
 
Freshman netminder Keenan Rancier had nine saves in the game and evens his record at 2-2-0 on the season.
 
Next up for Minnesota State is a home-and-home CCHA series with in-state foe St. Thomas. The Mavericks square-off in St. Paul Friday before a rematch in Mankato Saturday.

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