WINONA, Minn. — Senior Presley Kraemer (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) scored the game-winning goal with 1:40 remaining as the (RV) College of Saint Benedict hockey team edged Saint Mary's, 5-4, on Friday night in Winona.

The victory was the sixth straight for the Bennies, who improved to 11-2-3 overall and 6-1-2 in MIAC play. CSB has scored at least four goals in four of its last five games and currently sits second in the conference standings with 21 points. The win also marked the fourth consecutive season that Saint Benedict has reached at least 11 victories. Saint Benedict and Saint Mary's (6-7-2, 2-5-2 MIAC) will wrap up the two-game series Saturday at 3 p.m., in Winona.

Junior Emily Wendorf (Minnetrista, Minn.) paced the offense with a career-high four assists, while first-year Helena Siska (Naperville, Ill.) had two goals and an assist and sophomore Camryn Hargreaves (Minnetrista, Minn.) recorded a goal and an assist. Senior Chloe Lewis (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) added the remaining goal for CSB.

Wendorf now has two goals and five assists on the season, increasing her career totals to nine goals and 23 assists. Siska leads the team with 10 assists and 18 points, to go along with eight goals. Lewis tallied her third goal of the season and 14th of her career, while Hargreaves scored her fifth goal of the year and now owns 12 career goals.

The contest featured several momentum shifts, highlighted by a Bennies' surge in the second period and a Saint Mary's rally in the third period. CSB built a 4-1 advantage midway through the second period before the Cardinals answered with three straight goals to knot the score at 4-4 early in the final period.

Lewis opened the scoring with a power-play goal at the 6:03 mark of the first period, assisted by Wendorf and junior Ella Tuccitto (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), who recorded her fourth assist of the season.

CSB extended its lead early in the second period, scoring twice in the opening 1:40. Siska found the net at :39 off assists from Wendorf and Hargreaves, and moments later Siska added a short-handed goal with help from Bailey Vesper (South Saint Paul, Minn.) and Wendorf. The tally marked the Bennies' MIAC-leading fourth short-handed goal of the season.

Saint Mary's cut into the deficit with a power-play goal by Sophia Paduano at 2:56 of the second period. Hargreaves answered at 6:36, restoring a three-goal cushion with a goal assisted by sophomore Jorja Jusczak (Moose Lake, Minn.) and Wendorf to make it 4-1.

The Cardinals mounted a comeback late in the second and early in the third. Paduano scored her second power-play goal of the night at the 16:00 mark of the second period to trim the lead to 4-2. Reese Heitzman followed with a power-play goal at 4:10 of the third period and then tied the game at 5:55, with Celia Midbø assisting on both scores.

With the game deadlocked late, Kraemer delivered the decisive strike, scoring her team-leading ninth goal of the season — tied for second in the MIAC — off an assist from senior Jamie Bimberg (Chanhassen, Minn.) and first-year Tana Carlson (Anchorage, Alaska). The goal extended Kraemer's point streak to seven games and gave her 14 points on the season, second-most on the team, and 21 career goals.

Overall, SMU had a 31-24 edge in shots and a 3-1 margin in power play goals but CSB won 52.9 percent of the face-offs (27-24) with Lewis recording 12 wins in 20 total face-offs.