MEQUON, Wis. – The 14th-ranked Falcons took care of business on Saturday evening against Aurora. The Concordia Wisconsin women's hockey team brought out the brooms with a 5-2 victory to improve to 16-1-1 on the year and stay in second place in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association with 35 points at 11-0-1.
It was a historic start to the game for the Falcons on the power play. Senior Makayla Spejcher (Green Bay, Wis.) broke the program record for career points when she sniped a goal from the far circle to start the scoring. Her goal was her 108th career point, surpassing Brooke Gibson at 107 points. Spejcher scored off passes from junior Mackaylan McGown (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and freshman Abby Hansberger (Elk River, Minn.).
The Falcons added to the lead with 62 seconds left in the first period with Mackaylan McGown sneaking past her defender and getting the puck past the goalie off passes from Abby Hansberger and junior Brenna-Grace Dittmer (Chatham-Kent, Ontario).
Junior Chanler Taylor (Bloomington, Ill.) started the second-period scoring as her breakaway speed created a breakaway opportunity and her shot found the back of the net off assists from sophomore Taylor Heleniak (Mercer, Wis.) and senior Charlotte Toor (Hartland, Mich.).
The Spartans found their way onto the scoreboard with a loose puck in a scrum in front of the net.
Mackaylan McGown struck again to start the third-period scoring off a one-timer from Abby Hansberger and a secondary assist to junior Naomi Black (Ottawa, Ontario).
Aurora struck again with a two-on-one breakaway.
Abby Hansberger closed the scoring after the goalie bit a little too early off a pass from Mackaylan McGown from behind the net.
The Falcons held a 43-26 advantage in shots on Saturday.
Sophomore Gretchen Paaverud (Ramsey, Minn.) posted 24 saves in the victory.
Saturday marked the second weekend sweep for the Falcons over Aurora and the first since 2019.
Concordia Wisconsin clinched a home quarterfinal series in the NCHA Slaats Cup with today's results.
The Falcons return to action on Tuesday night for a non-conference contest at Lake Forest.
