Gopher Women Shutout St. Cloud State

MINNEAPOLIS – Sophomore goaltender Amanda Leveille recorded her third-straight shutout and junior winger Meghan Lorence scored two goals to lead the top-ranked Minnesota women's hockey team to a 3-0 win over St. Cloud State at Ridder Arena Friday night.

Minnesota (23-1-1, 17-1-1-0 WCHA) is 10-0-1 in its last 11 games. In addition to Lorence's two-goal effort, freshman Kate Schipper recorded two assists and senior Sarah scored her 14th goal of the season.

Leveille is now riding 186:41 of shutout hockey, including 6:41 of the Gophers' 2-2 overtime tie with Ohio State and back-to-back shutout victories over Minnesota State last weekend, in addition to tonight's game. Leveille began her Gopher career by playing 281:34 without allowing a goal.

St. Cloud State (4-20-3, 3-16-2-1 WCHA) received 44 saves from junior goaltender Julie Friend.

The Gophers and Huskies meet Saturday night in the series finale as Minnesota looks to improve to 4-0-0 against SCSU this season. Puck drop is set for 7:07 p.m. at Ridder Arena.