Girls hockey: Jaguars down Packers
Published 8:52 pm Monday, January 4, 2016
Austin’s Myia Houim handles the puck in Riverside Arena Monday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
The Austin girls hockey team fell out of reach early on as they lost 7-1 to Bloomington-Jefferson in Riverside Arena Monday.
The Jaguars (6-11 overall) scored five straight goals to start the first period and Austin wasn’t able to get back in it.
“Against these kind of teams, we have to come out and skate all three periods,” Austin head coach Brett Vesel said. “We’re a good team, we’ve just got to skate the whole game.”
Austin’s Madison Overby controls the puck against Bloomington-Jefferson’s Rachel Graff in Riverside Arena Monday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
Mara Overby had 51 saves for the Packers (8-7 overall) and Myia Houim scored the lone goal in the first period.
Austin had to play the game without its top scorer Chloe Summerfield, so the Packers had to rely on some of their younger players to play big minutes.
“It doesn’t help to have Chloe out of the game, but some younger girls are stepping up,” Vesel said. “They’ve gotten some experience.”
SCORING SUMMARY
Bloomington 5 1 1 — 7
Austin 1 0 0 — 1
First period
(B) Bailey Burton (Nicole Nightengale, Kristin Sako) :20
(B) Burton (Nightengale, Chloe LaFond) 4:52
(B) Burton (Rachel Graff, LaFond) 6:54
(B) Alyson Plaman (Kendal Fasching) 7:57
(B) Plaman (Anderson Schroeder, Fasching) 13:03
(A) Myia Hoium (power play) (Brandi Myers) 15:19
Second period
(B) Nightengale (Burton) 4:58
Third period
(B) Plaman (Fasching, Lucienne Bianchi) 6:48
Shots: Austin — 13; Bloomington-Jefferson — 58
