The Lake Forest College women's hockey team defeated visiting UW-Stevens Point 6-1 on Saturday (December 5). The Foresters raised their overall record on the year to 8-0-1 and Northern Collegiate Hockey Association mark to 4-0-1. The team's 9-game unbeaten streak matches the 2005-06 squad for the longest in program history. The Pointers fell to 7-3-0 overall and 2-1-0 in the league.

Lake Forest scored the only goal of the opening period on freshman Rosy Fujimoto's (Wasilla, Alaska/Team Alaska) third goal of the season. She was assisted by junior Melissa Kravich (Wilmette, Ill./Gustavus Adolphus College) at 13:32. The Foresters out-shot their guests 11-4 in the period.

The home team broke the game open in the second. Sophomore Kim Herring (Dover, N.H./Groton School) started the scoring barrage at 1:33 with senior Jamie Sauer (Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines H.S.) and junior Lynn Switaj (Avon Lake, Ohio/Ohio Flames) each credited with an assist. Switaj then assisted Herring again at 11:20 and helped set up Kravich's sixth score of the year just 22 seconds later. Sophomore Molly Wallner (Chatham, Ill./Chicago Young Americans) also assisted on Kravich's power play goal. Herring completed her second hat trick of the season and third of her career at 15:08. The Foresters put 19 shots on goal against a pair of goaltenders in the period while facing 10 shots on goal from the Pointers.

Sauer and junior Sam Herron (Clinton Township, Mich./Victory Honda) each earned an assist on Herring's final goal of the second period and then assisted sophomore Jessica Dare (Whitmore Lake, Mich./Belle Tire) on the Foresters' only score of the third. Her seventh of the year was scored on the power play at 17:30. Stevens Point finally got on the scoreboard with just nine seconds left in the contest. The home team held a 14-10 advantage in shots on goal in the final period.

Junior goaltender Alyssa Wintermute (Belmont, Ontario/St. Thomas Panthers) turned away the first 23 shots she faced, raising her record on the year to 5-0-1 and save percentage to .931.

Switaj and Sauer each set career-highs with three assists in the game.

The same two teams will face off again at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon.