The Windom Area girls hockey team went 1-0-1 in a pair of low-scoring games at the Morris/Benson Area tournament at Benson Civic Center.
In the first round on Wednesday the Eagles tied Prairie Centre in regulation and lost a shootout with the Blue Devils. The game will officially be listed as a 1-1 tie as the Minnesota State High School League does not recognize shootouts.
The Prairie Centre co-op consists of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Browerville, Sauk Centre and Royalton.
Windom Area then won the third-place game 2-1 over Morris/Benson.
Lyvia McManigle scored the Eagles’ goal vs. Prairie Centre. Ashlyn Koch was credited with an assist.
Fiona Robillard made six saves for Windom Area, which had 56 shots on goal on Prairie Centre goalie Kennedy Lemke.
Lemke made 85 saves in the first game between the teams on Dec. 16 in Windom. That’s the sixth most ever for a goalie in state history.
In the third-place game, Marissa Becker scored the game-winning goal at 14:17 of the third period, with McManigle and Ella Dockter recording assists.
Windom’s Madyson Fredin had scored the game’s first goal at 3:24 of the opening period. The Storm tied the game at 1:21 of the third.
Lily McNea made eight saves for the Eagles, who had 29 shots on goal.
Windom Area is now 6-8-1 overall.
Mankato West won the tournament title, beating Prairie Centre 5-2 in the championship game.
The Eagles are off until Friday, Jan. 5 when they host Minnesota River. The Bulldogs won the first game between the teams 5-1 in Le Sueur on Nov. 27.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Girls hockey standings
Team W L T Pts
Luverne 5 1 0 10
Minnesota River 5 2 0 10
Marshall 4 2 1 9
Waseca 4 2 1 9
New Ulm 4 2 0 8
Windom Area 3 4 0 6
Fairmont 1 7 0 2
Worthington 0 6 0 0
Conference games only
WINDOM AREA GIRLS HOCKEY SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Sat., Nov. 11: Rochester Century/John Marshall, L 6-3
Mon., Nov. 13: Marshall, L 4-0
Thurs., Nov. 16: Luverne, L 10-1
Sat., Nov. 18: Austin, W 6-1
Tues., Nov. 21: at Waseca, W 4-3 (OT)
Mon., Nov. 27: at Minnesota River, L 5-1
Tues., Dec. 5: at Marshall, L 3-1
Thurs., Dec. 7: at Worthington, W 5-2
Sat., Dec. 9: Hutchinson, L 5-1
Tues., Dec. 12: at Mankato West, L 5-1
Sat., Dec. 16: Prairie Centre, L 1-0
Tues., Dec. 19: at Austin, W 6-1
Thurs., Dec. 21: Fairmont, W 4-1
Wed., Dec. 27: Prairie Centre at Benson, T 1-1
Thurs., Dec. 28: Morris/Benson at Benson, W 2-1
Fri., Jan. 5: Minnesota River, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 12: at Morris/Benson (Benson), 6 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 16: at Fairmont, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 18: Worthington, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: New Ulm, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: Morris/Benson, 5 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 27: Mankato West, 1 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 29: Waseca, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Feb 1: at Luverne, 5:30 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 6: at New Ulm, 7 p.m.