RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- Tyler Czuba and Mitch Kearns each had a goal and an assist Friday night as fourth-ranked Wisconsin-River Falls defeated Wisconsin-Superior 4-1 in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association men's game.
It was the sixth straight victory for the Falcons (14-2-3,6-1-1 NCHA). UWS fell to 9-5-5, 3-4-1.
The Yellowjackets' Brian Bina tied the game late in the first period before River Falls scored the final three goals and outshot the Yellowjackets 32-23.
Wisconsin-Stout 3,St. Scholastica 1
Trevor Gelger's first period power-play goal gave the Saints an early lead, but the host Blue Devils scored three unanswered goals to claim the NCHA game in Menomonie, Wis.
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Steve Bounds made21 saves for St. Scholastica(7-10-2, 2-5-1 NCHA), and Mike Stone stopped 19 shots forWisconsin-Stout (13-5-1, 5-3).
NCHA women
Wisconsin-Superior 4,Wisconsin-River Falls 0
Gina Baranzelli scored two goals to lead the visiting Yellowjackets to the NCHA victory against the Falcons in River Falls.
Baranzelli notched her goals in the first and third periods, bookends to scores from Stacy Anderson and Lindsey LeGree in the second and third periods, respectively.
Melissa Kunzelman earned the shutout for UWS (11-4-1,6-2-1 NCHA) with 32 saves, while Cassi Campbell stopped 31 shots for River Falls (10-6-1, 6-4-0).
WCHA Men
Wisconsin 3, Minnesota 1
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Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist, and Shane Connelly made 22 saves as No. 16 Wisconsin beat No. 17 Minnesota in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association win in Madison.
Ryan McDonagh and Ben Street also scored forWisconsin (11-10-4, 7-8-2).
Alex Kangas stopped 27 shots for Minnesota (12-11-4, 6-9-2) and Blake Wheeler scored the lone goal for the Gophers.
Minnesota St.-Mankato 5,St. Cloud StATE 3
Minnesota State, Mankato, scored five goals in the game's final 8:15, including Mick Berge's game-winner with73 seconds to play, as the Mavericks beat St. Cloud State in Mankato, Minn.
Jason Wiley and Trevor Bruess each had a goal and an assist during the rally, which started with defenseman R.J. Linder's goal at 11:45. Thirty-five seconds later, Bruess made it 3-2. Wiley scored at 15:11, and Brian Kilburg added an empty-netter 21 seconds after Berge's goal.
The Mavericks (10-10-4,4-9-4 WCHA) trailed 3-0 after two periods and snapped a four-game winless streak.
Tony Mosey had a goal and an assist for the Huskies(11-11-3, 6-9-2). The Huskies grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first period as Nate Dey and Matt Hartman scored 24 seconds apart. Mosey assisted on Dey's goal and made it 3-0 at 13:13 of the second period.
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Minnesota State's Mike Zacharias made 25 saves while St. Cloud State's Jase Weslosky stopped 22 shots.
Michigan Tech 2,Colorado College 2
Mike Testwuide's power-play goal with 7:58 remaining in the third period helped the Tigers earn the tie in Houghton, Mich.
Richard Bachman had31 saves for Colorado College and Michael-Lee Teslak had28 saves for Michigan Tech.
North Dakota 3,Alaska-Anchorage 1
Freshman Evan Trupp's third game-winning goal of the season sparked theFighting Sioux to the win in Grand Forks, N.D.
Trupp, a native of Anchorage, scored on a power play at 16:22 of the second period to snap a 1-1 tie.
His goal came against Seawolf freshman goalie Bryce Christianson, also an Anchorage native who was making his first college start since recently joining the team. Christianson stopped 31 shots.
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The victory was the sixth in a row for North Dakota(15-8-1, 12-7 WCHA), their longest winning streak of the season.
Shane Lovdahl scored for Anchorage (6-11-6, 2-11-4).
T.J. Oshie and Andrew Kozek also scored for North Dakota, and goaltenderJean-Philippe Lamoureux made 18 saves.
