ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Ava Stinnett tied a school record with four goals and Corrine Brown broke the school mark for assists with five as the College of Saint Benedict hockey team (4-4-2) defeated Dubuque (2-7), 8-0, in non-conference hockey on Friday (Dec. 8).

 

Saint Benedict scored a season-high eight goals in the non-conference victory. The two teams will play on Saturday at 5 p.m., again at Ritsche Arena in St. Cloud.

The Bennies scored eight goals in a game for the first time since an 8-4 home win over Stevenson (Md.) on Dec. 1, 2013, or more than 10 years ago.

Stinnett, who now has a team-high eight goals this year and 20 in her career, scored the most goals in a game by CSB player since 2005, a run of 18 seasons. A junior forward from North Oaks, Minn., Stinnett tied the record of four goals by Patty King on Nov. 20, 2005 vs. Concordia: Susan Engel vs. St. Olaf on Jan. 25, 2002, and Lindsay Meier vs. UW-River Falls on Feb. 7, 1998.

Corrine Brown, a senior from St. Paul, Minn., had five assists to break the record of four assists held by seven others including Ashley Davenport (Concordia, 11/20/05), Katie Ponsolle (Hamline, 2/11/05); Susan Engel (Hamline, 2/8/04); Anna Richardson (St. Olaf, 1/25/02; Bethel, 1/6/02; Bethel, 1/5/01); Breanna Berry (Bethel, 1/5/01); Kelly Wegwerth (Bethel, 1/6/01) and Paula Vogt (St. Catherine, 1/9/99).

CSB also had two goals from junior Aurora Opsahl, who now has six on the season and 23 in her career. Stinnett's sister, first-year Shae Stinnett also scored her first career goal and sophomore Presley Kraemer had her third of the season.

The Bennies also had a sterling performance from first-year goalie Delaney Norman, who recorded her first career shutout as she had 12 saves and moved to 1-1-0 on the season.

"I am really proud of the team for working hard and doing the little things that make goals happen," said CSB head coach Lindsay Macy. "Corrine Brown consistently works hard every day and there is no one more deserving of the assist record than her. Ava tying the goals scored record was well-deserved. She puts in the work and buys into the little things. I could not be happier for those two; Delaney, our first-year goalie with her first shutout; as well as the entire team for their extraordinary effort tonight," she said.

St. Ben's jumped to a 2-0 lead in the opening period with goals by Opsahl and A. Stinnett. Corrine Brown had assists on both goals while Abby Nelson assisted on Stinnett's goal. In the period CSB had a 22-to-5 margin in shots. After a scoreless second period, the Bennies broke the game open in the third period with six goals, the most in any game since scoring seven goals against New England College on Jan. 7, 2003.
 
CSB opened the scoring on an even strength tally from Opsahl at 13:50 of the opening period as Brown had her first assist. A. Stinnett's first goal came off assists from Brown and Abby Nelson with the even strength goal providing a 2-0 lead. Then, the Bennies did not score until the third period when CSB had six goals during a 10-minute stretch from 7:18 to 17:41. A. Stinnett scored her second goal at 7:18 on a shorthanded unassisted break-away tally. She scored her third goal of the night at 8:30. Brown and Opsahl assisted on the even strength goal. Shae Stinnett recorded her first-career goal on a power play at 11:19 as fellow first-year Emily Wendorf provided the assist.

Stinnett recorded her fourth and record-tying goal of the game at 14:10 of the third period as Brown had the assist. At the 17:06 mark of the third period, Kraemer gave the Bennies a 7-0 lead on an even-strength goal off assists from Wendorf, who had her sixth assist of the season, and Jamie Bimberg, who had her second assist. Opsahl had her second two-score game off her career as she concluded the scoring at 17:41 on an even-strength tally which included Brown's record-setting fifth assist and an assist from junior Sami Boerboom.

Overall, the Bennies won 46-of-63 face-offs, including 18-of-23 by A. Stinnett and 12-of-14 by Shauna Miller. The Bennies had a 65-to-12 shots on goal edge on the night. A. Stinnett had a career-high 10 shots while Wendorf had nine, and S. Stinnett six.