NORTHFIELD, Minn. – First year Taylor Smith made 62 saves - the second-highest total in recorded program history, but No. 9 Hamline University scored three times in the third period to pull away and defeat the St. Olaf College women's hockey team, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon at St. Olaf Ice Arena.

Hamline (4-2-1, 3-1-0 MIAC) led 2-0 after the opening period before St. Olaf (0-8-0, 0-4-0 MIAC) got on the board on junior Emma Boyer's first-career goal at 6:29 of the third. The Pipers pulled away in the third period, however, with three goals in the period to complete a weekend sweep.

Smith recorded at least 20 saves in each of the three periods on her way to the 62-save performance, leaving her four shy of the record of 66 established by Amanda Chumbley '03 at Gustavus on Feb. 18, 2001. Smith's total was one more than Erin McNamara '11 recorded against the Gusties on Nov. 21, 2008.

Michaela Arnold opened the scoring for Hamline at 7:03 of the first period, sneaking a shot through traffic and inside the near post from the right circle. The Pipers doubled their lead 10 minutes later when Molly Garin netted a power-play goal from a sharp angle on the right side after collecting passes from Rae Robert and Zoey Lobejko.

St. Olaf got within a goal at 6:29 of the second period, as Boyer re-directed a shot by junior Bridget Barnett for her first collegiate goal. First year Madeline Gag earned her first-career point with an assist on the goal after getting the puck to Barnett at the left point.

A little over six minutes after Boyer's goal, Smith denied reigning NCAA Division III Player of the Year Bre Simon on a breakaway to keep it a one-goal game headed to the third. In the third, Taylor Stefan provided an insurance goal for the Pipers at 4:47 before Madison Kolbow and Sophia Rausch scored a minute and a half apart later in the period.

McKenna Hulslander picked up the win with one save in each of the first and third periods for Hamline, which outshot St. Olaf by a 67-4 margin in the game. Maddie Nickell had one save in the second period for the Pipers.

St. Olaf visits the College of Saint Benedict for a 7 p.m. non-conference contest on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Dave Torrey Arena in St. Cloud.