Bemidji State rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie Minnesota Duluth 2-2 on Saturday at Malosky Stadium, preventing the Bulldogs from clinching an NSIC playoff berth.
Skye Finley celebrated Senior Day by scoring twice in the opening 15 minutes before the unbeaten Beavers (13-0-3 overall, 11-0-3 NSIC) crawled back to tie the Bulldogs (9-5-3, 6-5-3) on goals by Miranda Famestad and Allyson Smith in a 58-second span before halftime.
UMD junior goalkeeper Sisley Ng made a career-high 11 saves to keep the score deadlocked and give the Bulldogs a chance to earn a postseason berth by defeating Minnesota-Crookston on the road today.
UMD holds a tiebreaker edge over St. Cloud State for eighth place in the league.
• Becca Rancour scored her 21st goal of the season as St. Scholastica rolled past Bethany Lutheran College 5-0 on Saturday at Malosky Stadium in a UMAC regular-season finale.
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Taylor Olson, Rachel Dixon, Cali Marsaa (on a penalty kick) and Emily Olson also scored for the Saints (11-6-3 overall, 10-1-1 UMAC), who finished second behind Northwestern in the conference and will host third place Martin Luther College in a UMAC tournament semifinal this week.
CSS owned a 15-0 shots-on-goal advantage over the Vikings (7-11, 5-7).
• Molly Hancuh scored a pair of goals to lead Minnesota-Morris to a 3-1 UMAC victory over Wisconsin-Superior on Saturday in the regular-season finale at NBC Spartan Sports Complex. Megan Tschida stopped five shots for the Cougars (9-7-1 overall, 7-4-1 UMAC), while Bailey Henderson stopped eight shots for the Yellowjackets (4-12-1, 3-7-1), who didn't qualify for the conference tournament.
