Written by Tyler Kuehl
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – After another week off, the women's hockey team prepped for another top-10 opponent, as they welcomed the Miami RedHawks to two. Through last season, the RedHawks had won all 16 meetings between the two teams.
They would make it 17 on Saturday. The Panthers never seemed to get any momentum going their way in the game, as the RedHawks dominated from the onset, en route to their seventh win in Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA) action.
QUICK STATS
Final Score: Davenport 0 – Miami (OH) 10
Shots: DU 9 | MU 50
Power Play: DU (0/1) | MU (1/4)
Records: DU (4-10-1, 1-6) | MU (8-9, 7-4-1)
The RedHawks wasted little time placing themselves in front, as Sara Gargasz would score less than a minute into the contest with her 10
th goal of the season. Gargasz would add her second of the game just passed the halfway mark of the period, before Christy VonAulock sent Miami into the intermission with 3-0 lead with her third of the season.
In period two, it would be Gargasz completing the hat trick right before the halfway mark of the frame, and RedHawks' leading scorer Amanda Pugliese would pot her seventh of the season to put the RedHawks up by five.
The third period saw Maizy Crandall fourth of the year just minutes into the period, followed by Pugliese's second of the game a few minutes later. Gargasz would find her fourth of the game in the middle of the frame, before Pugliese would complete her hat trick minutes later. Emily Sloan would cap the night off with her ninth of the year, and the RedHawks would win the first game of the weekend set by a final score of 10-0.
WHO'S NEXT?
The two teams will meet on Sunday to wrap up the weekend set. Puck drop at Patterson is set for 3 p.m.