NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Top-ranked UW-River Falls broke open a 2-0 game after one period with a four-goal flurry early in the second period to defeat the St. Olaf College women's hockey team by an 11-2 margin on Tuesday night at St. Olaf Ice Arena.

UW-River Falls (6-0-2) scored twice in the final five minutes of the first period before netting four goals in the first six-plus minutes of the second to grab a 6-0 lead. Junior Molly Terebayza and first year Bella LaMere tallied goals in the loss for St. Olaf (2-6-1), which was playing its fifth game against a nationally-ranked opponent in nine games this season.

Goals from Megan Goodreau and Katherine Bell late in the opening period gave the reigning national champions a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes after the Oles kept the Falcons at bay for most of the period. Bell scored two of UW-River Falls' four goals in the first 6:13 of the second to complete her hat trick before Terebayza got St. Olaf on the boat at 8:06 of the second with her second goal of the season off assists from senior Grace Lankas and junior Solvei Berg-Messerole.

Leading 6-1 after two, the Falcons registered a power-play goal early in the second before LaMere scored from Lankas and first year Nora McConnell at the 4:20 mark of the third. The goal was LaMere's second of the season, while Lankas secured her second multi-point game of the season with another assist. UW-River Falls tacked on four goals the rest of the way to cap an 11-goal performance.

The Falcons held a 54-8 advantage in shots on goal in the game, as all three St. Olaf goaltenders to dress saw time between the pipes. Junior Carley Tuman and first year Olivia Last made 17 saves apiece, while senior Devon Cole had nine for the Oles.

St. Olaf will face another nationally-ranked opponent when it heads to Boston, Mass. to face fourth-ranked Amherst College to open the Codfish Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. CT.