NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's hockey team saw its four-game winning streak to start the season come to an end with a 4-0 loss to the College of St. Scholastica on Friday evening at St. Olaf Ice Arena.

In its first conference game as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), St. Scholastica (3-1-0, 1-0-0 MIAC) scored twice in the opening eight minutes on its way to its third-straight victory. St. Olaf (4-1-0, 0-1-0 MIAC) had opened the season with back-to-back sweeps for its longest winning streak since the 2012-13 season.

Taylor Thompson got the scoring started just 2:21 into the game for the Saints, outskating the Oles' defense on the right before firing the puck into the top-left corner of the net in the early stages. St. Scholastica doubled its lead to 2-0 before the period was up when Lauryn Hull set up Abby Pohlkamp for a blast from near the left dot.

Kayla Kasel scored once in each of the final two periods for the visitors, scoring on the power play at 16:04 of the second period and adding an empty-netter at 17:46 of the third period. After taking just one penalty in the last three games, St. Olaf committed five penalties on the night and went 0-for-2 on its power-play opportunities.

The Oles' best chance of the game came when senior Carolyn Carpenter hit the post with St. Olaf on the penalty kill with seven-and-a-half minutes remaining and the Saints up by three.

St. Scholastica outshot St. Olaf by a 29-13 margin in the game and got a 13-save shutout from Ashlea Arvidson in the win. Senior Ivy Shonka had 25 saves in the loss for the Oles.

The two teams wrap up their series on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.