Written by Tyler Kuehl
 
BYRON CENTER, Mich. – For the second game in a row, the Women's Hockey team made their way down US-131 for another meeting with Aquinas College on their Senior Night.
 
Aquinas was feeling it early, and often, and despite a solid effort from the DU netminder, the Saints would win their third straight against the Panthers, and stay undefeated.
 
QUICK STATS
 
Final Score: Davenport 1 – Aquinas 8
Shots: DU 29 | AQ 52
Power Play: DU (0/3) | AQ (2/4)
Records: #10 DU (1-4-0) | #7 AQ (8-0-1)
 
The Saints came out guns-a-blazing in the opening period, as just over two minutes into the contest, leading-scorer Mikayla Oppermann scored her eighth goal of the season to put Aquinas out in front. A couple of minutes, Jenna Blackwell made it 2-0 with her second of the season. Just passed the halfway mark of the frame, Natalie Vaitas put the Saints up by three with her third of the season. Aquinas capped off an impressive period with goals from Breanna Domrase and Lauren Tulloch and took 5-0 lead into the first intermission.
 
In period two, Aquinas continued to press, as Oppermann tipped in her second of the game less than five minutes into the middle stanza. That was followed up by Alysaa Buzar's second of the season shortly thereafter.
 
In the third period, Blackwell scored on the power play, with Avery Anderson scoring her second of the season for DU, breaking the shutout. However, Aquinas would take home the 8-1 win.
 
WHO'S NEXT?
 
The Panthers and Saints will meet one more time on Sunday night, this time at Patterson Ice Center. Aquinas will have one game in between, as they are scheduled to take on Concordia Ann-Arbor, on the road, Saturday afternoon.
 
The Sunday contest is scheduled for a 5 p.m. puck drop.