DULUTH – Caitlin Reilly's goal, with 3 minutes, 36 seconds left, gave the No. 7 Gophers a 2-1 victory Saturday over Minnesota Duluth in WCHA women's hockey at Amsoil Arena.
Reilly, a senior forward and the sister of Wild defenseman Mike Reilly, also had two goals and one assist Friday as Minnesota (5-2-1, 4-1-1 WCHA) won the series opener 4-1.
"A really, really good win on the road," Gophers coach Brad Frost said.
In the second game of the series, No. 8 UMD (2-6, 0-4) took a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute of the opening period on Ashton Bell's power-play goal.
The Gophers tied the score 1-1 on Sophie Skarzynski's rebound goal at 4:45 of the third period. It was her third goal of the season. Jackie Pieper and Patti Marshall had assists on the play.
Marshall also helped set up Reilly's goal. She took a shot from the point that went wide but banked off the end wall to a wide-open Reilly on the weak side. She one-timed the puck past UMD goalie Jessica Convery.
"Big goal there by Sophie, getting us a little bit of momentum," Frost said, "and then the back-breaker there with Reilly's off the back wall.
"[I'm] really proud of our team — tough place to play, tough place to win and to come away with six points to put in the bank is really huge for our team."
