River Falls, Wis.  (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls women's hockey team dominated UW-Stevens Point from start to finish in Game 1 of their WIAC Semi-Final, winning 9-0. Carly Moran scored 2 goals to help lead the Falcons, as she became the all-time goal scoring leader in Falcon history with 84 goals. Sam Young added 2 goals of her own in the 3^rd period to push the game out of reach.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls 9, UW-Stevens Point 0
Location:  River Falls, Wis.
Records:  UW-River Falls (18-5-3, 5-2-2 WIAC), UW-Stevens Point (13-10-3, 2-5-2 WIAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST UW-STEVENS POINT

• Play early in the first period was very controlled by both sides.
• The Pointers went on the power play as Payton Rudiger was called for tripping at the 4:45 mark. UW-Stevens Point would only manage one shot on goal for the power play, and it was their last shot on goal for the period.
• The Falcons would outshoot the Pointers 15-0 the rest of the period. UW-River Falls would capitalize on one of those shots as Bella Wagner would score her first of the season on the power play.
• The Falcons out shot the Pointers 17-2 for the period.
• UW-River Falls would strike early, and often, in the 2^nd period to pull away from UW-Stevens Point. The first Falcon goal of the period was scored by Kathryn Larson off a designed face-off play. She skated in alone from the red alone, and deked the goaltender for her 11^th of the season.
• A 1:38 later Carly Moran skated in 2 on 1 with Callie Hoff, and beat Conley bar down for a 3-0 Falcon lead.
• A little bit later, with the Pointers on the Power Play, Carly Moran would out race the Pointer defense to a loose puck at center ice.  She skated in, and put the shot five-hole on Conley for a 4-0 lead.
• Sydney Conley was pulled for Marit Larson at this point.
• The Falcons outshot the Pointers 13-6 for the period.
• In the 3^rd period the Falcons pulled away with five goals in the period.
• With a delayed penalty call on the Pointers coming.  Sam Young poked home a loose puck in the crease for a 5-0 lead.
• Just over four minutes later a loose puck in the neutral zone made its way through a couple of Pointer players, and Sam Young skated in on a partial breakaway.  She scored her 2^nd of the game, and her 9^th of the season. The Falcons now lead 6-0.
• Less than a minute later Amy Auran skated in on Marit Larson on a breakaway from the red-line in.  She wristed a shot past Larson glove side for 7-0 lead.
• Callie Hoff would push the lead to 8-0 as she wristed a shot past Larson off of a face-off.
• Jessie Andersen finished the scoring for the Falcons, as she poked home the puck off a scramble in the crease for a 9-0 lead.
• UW-River Falls out shot Stevens Point 13-3 in the 3^rd period.
• Tatyana Delaittre finished the game with 11 saves.
• Hailey Nielsen finished with 3 assists.
• Carly Moran had an assist to go along with her 2 goals.

 THE OPPOSITION

• Sydney Conley finished with 16 saves.
• Marit Larson had 18 saves.
• Lexi Englund led the offensive attack with 3 shots on goal.

 LOOKING AHEAD
The UW-River Falls Falcons women's hockey team returns to the ice tomorrow for the second game against UW-Stevens Point. The puck drops at Hunt Arena at 2:05 PM.