ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's hockey team recorded its first point in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) standings after a 1-1 tie at the College of Saint Benedict on Saturday afternoon at Dave Torrey Arena.

Senior Kalli McCullen scored her first goal of the season to give St. Olaf (0-5-1, 0-3-1 MIAC) a 1-0 lead after the first period, but Saint Benedict (2-3-1, 1-2-1 MIAC) answered with a late second-period goal from Julia Pias. Neither team was able to find a game-winning goal in the third period or the five-minute overtime.

At 13:43 of the opening period, McCullen scored the Oles' first power-play goal of the season off assists from Johanna Glaaser and Xandi Swedberg. Swedberg's assist was her team-high third of the season, while Glaaser earned her second.

St. Olaf held the 1-0 lead until Pias scored her second goal in as many nights for the Bennies at 17:48 of the second to tie the game at a goal apiece. Riley Schneider and Zoe Culshaw-Klein picked up assists on Pias' goal, with Schneider and Pias completing three-point weekends for CSB.

Kailee Medved made 26 saves on 27 shots faced for Saint Benedict on the afternoon, while Sam Klemann faced just 17 shots and stopped 16 of them for St. Olaf. Swedberg had a game-high seven shots for the Oles, while McCullen and Bridget Barnett each had four.

The Oles are back in action on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at nationally-ranked UW-River Falls at 7:05 p.m. The Falcons were ranked No. 7 in the country by D3hockey.com this week.