Foresters Chop Falcons in Slaats Cup Quarterfinals

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Concordia Wisconsin women's hockey team had its journey end on Saturday night in the Slaats Cup Quarterfinals. The Foresters ended the Falcons' season with a 6-3 victory to take the series, 1-0-1.

A block setup up a breakaway for Natalie Mackrell (Stuttgart, Germany) and she found the back of the get the scoring started.

The Foresters were able to capitalize on the power play to start the scoring early in the second period. Three minutes later the Red and White scored a short-handed breakaway goal.

The Falcons stopped the skid with a goal from freshman Makayla Spejcher (Green Bay, Wis.) over the shoulder of the netminder off a tip from Jillian Tabaka and a pass from junior Natalia Etter (Boveresse, Switzerland).

The Red and White took the lead again with a rebound into the net 15 minutes into the period. Four minutes later, they added to the lead with a loose puck in front of the net.

Lake Forest scored two power-play goals to open the third period.

A goal from sophomore Brooke Gibson (LaSalle, Ont.) ended the scoring with assists to Natalie Mackrell and sophomore Amanda Bauer (Waunakee, Wis.).

The Foresters held a 49-33 advantage in shots on Saturday.

Senior Annalina Van Hercke (Castle Rock, Colo.) posted 43 saves against the Foresters.

The Falcons end the year at 14-11-2.