NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Senior MaKenna Beaver scored at 1:41 of overtime to give the St. Olaf College women's hockey team a 3-2 win and a non-conference sweep of Aurora University on Saturday afternoon at St. Olaf Ice Arena.

After Aurora (4-10-0) scored with 2:09 left in regulation to force overtime, St. Olaf (7-6-0) won it in the 3-on-3 extra session when Beaver drove to the net from the right side and flipped the puck in for her second goal of the season. The victory completed the Oles' sweep of the Spartans and came in St. Olaf's 11th one-goal game out of 13 this season.

Aurora opened the scoring with exactly six minutes remaining in the first period on a goal by Teagan Moffat, but St. Olaf needed just 17 seconds to get the goal back on an unassisted goal by senior Solvei Berg-Messerole. Less than one minute later, Berg-Messerole won a faceoff to classmate Molly Terebayza, who scored for the second day in a row to give the Oles a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

St. Olaf maintained its 2-1 lead until the closing minutes of the third period when Emiliana Cassillo tied it for Aurora with 2:09 to go. In the overtime, senior Emma Heath circled behind the net from left to right before leaving the puck for Beaver, who scored from close range after driving to the net.

Senior Hannah Fritz claimed her first victory of the season with an 11-save afternoon on a day where she played in her 55th collegiate game to break a tie with Cassie Alexander '17 for the most games played by a goaltender in program history. Macy Blooming kept the Spartans in the game with a 44-save performance that included 19 third-period saves.

St. Olaf will get back to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play against Hamline University next weekend, with puck drop set for 6 p.m. at St. Olaf Ice Arena in the series opener on Friday, Jan. 16.