BREEZY POINT - Bella Abear and Hannah Zimmerman each logged two goals and an assist for the No. 4-seeded Northern Lakes Lightning as they beat the No. 5 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Wadena-Deer Creek Blue Devils 7-1 in the opening round of the Section 6-1A tournament Saturday.
McKayla Woods found the net for the Wolverines, scoring their last goal of the season, assisted by Abigail Ecker.
LPGEWDC 0 0 1 - 1
Northern Lakes 2 2 3 - 7
First period: NL-Sydney Tietz (Sam Gutzman, Brittney Knox) 3:49, NL-Mackenzie Rickard (Chloe Deutsch, Alexa Holm) 16:41
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Second period: NL-Hannah Zimmerman (Sam Gutzman) 6:55, NL-Bella Abear (Carly Fyle, Mariah Reed) 16:28
Third period: NL-Mariah Reed (Hannah Zimmerman) 10:54, LPGEWDC-McKayla Woods ( Abigail Ecker) 12:13, NL-Bella Abear (Mariah Reed) 13:37, NL-Hannah Zimmerman (Bella Abear) 13:12
Shots on goal: NL 13 7 10 - 30, LPGEWDC 5 9 3 - 17
Goalies: NL- Madison Galligan (16 saves); LPGEWDC- Angela Hanson (23 saves)
Overall: NL 8-17-0, LPGEWDC finishes 10-16-0. Next: Northern Lakes at No. 1 Alexandria in Section 6-1A semifinals 7 p.m. Tuesday.
