ST. PAUL, Minn. – The College of Saint Benedict hockey team added one last contest to 2021, looking to end the year in the win column, and the Bennies did just that with a goal-filled win over Bethel Wednesday night.  
 
The Bennies scored a season-high six goals in their 6-1 nonconference win over Bethel – including three in the second half of the second period. With the win, Saint Benedict will head into the new year with a 5-6 overall record and 3-3 conference record.  
 
CSB would strike first early in the first period with a power play goal at the 6:29 mark from senior Zoe Culshaw-Klein with the assist from sophomore Corrine Brown. The Royals (3-8, 1-5) would tie it up at the end of the first with a power play goal of their own.  
 
The second period is when the scoring floodgates opened for the Bennie offense, beginning with a goal from first year Sami Boerboom at the 9:05 mark to make it 2-1, senior Annika Brodt assisted on the goal. CSB's special teams would be responsible for goal number three, coming from first year Jenna Timm unassisted at the 15:08 mark. Less than two minutes later, sophomore Isabelle Heim would score with help from Timm and sophomore Jamie Benzie at 16:53 to make it 4-1 to round out the second period.  
 
Brynn Sexauer kept the scoring streak alive just three minutes into the third period, Brown notching her second assist of the game to make it 5-1. At the 5:11 mark, Timm would score her second goal of the game with an assist from Brodt to complete the scoring barrage.  
 
First year goaltender Kate Moffat got the nod in net, getting her first collegiate win in her first start as a Bennie. Moffat stopped 18 of the 19 total shots she faced. The Bennies outshot the Royals 37-18 and Sexauer led the team with nine shots.  
 
Saint Benedict is now off until Friday, Jan. 7 and Saturday, Jan. 8 when it hosts UW-Superior for a two game home series at Ritsche Arena at the MAC in St. Cloud.