ASHWAUBENON, Wis.--The nationally No. 5-ranked Adrian College women's hockey team opened its 10th season of competition on Friday in style, earning a 3-1 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association win at St. Norbert College in a rematch of the 2016 Slaats Cup championship which the Bulldogs hoisted the trophy.

THE BASICS

Final Score: Adrian Bulldogs 3, St. Norbert Green Knights 1

Location: Outside De Pere, Wis.; Resch Olympic Pavilion at Cornerstone Community Center

Records: Adrian (1-0 overall, 1-0 NCHA), SNC (0-3 overall, 0-2 NCHA)

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Period: Adrian 2, St. Norbert 1

• Adrian jumped out quickly to a 2-0 lead just 6 minutes after the opening face-off. Brooke Lupi and Kristin Lewicki scored just 2:14 apart and the Bulldogs never looked back.

• Reaghan Chadwick cut the lead in half at the 13:34 mark.

• The Bulldogs outshot the hosts 17-5.

Second Period: Adrian 3, St. Norbert 1

• Sarah Shureb provided Adrian with another early goal into a period at 3:28 in for the only marker in the stanza, restoring the visitors' two-goal cushion. 

Third Period: No scoring

• Adrian peppered the SNC goal with 22 shots while allowing just one.

TOP DOGS

• Lewicki added an assist on Shureb's insurance goal for a two-point night.

• In their Adrian debuts, Maggie Mitter and Olivia Fox registered assists on Lupi's goal.

• Goalie Brooke Gibson stopped 11 of 12 shots she faced.

• Adrian outshot SNC 51 to 12 for the contest.

THE OPPOSITION

• Besides Chadwick, Jillian Kosteck and Kylie Gazzolo also found the scoresheet with assists on the Green Knights' lone goal.

• Goalie Leigh Grall made 48 saves.

UP NEXT

• Adrian stays in the state of Wisconsin to play fellow NCHA member Concordia University at 4 p.m. Saturday.  Video | Live stats provided by CUW Athletics.

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