No. 11 Iowa Tops No. 5 Virginia, 2-1, in Stroke Off; Advances to Elite Eight

EVANSTON, Sick. – Sophomore Lieve Schalk’s golden purpose in a stroke off led the Eleventh-ranked College of Iowa discipline hockey crew to a 2-1 victory over the fifth-ranked Virginia on Friday night time at Lakeside Discipline, sending the Hawkeyes to Sunday’s Elite Eight.

The Candy 16 victory improves the Hawkeyes’ report at 12-7, advancing the crew to the twenty first Elite Eight in program historical past.

Senior Esme Gibson gave the Hawkeyes the 1-0 lead, scoring within the closing minute of the primary half. Gibson shot deflected off a Virginia defender’s stick into the purpose.

Virginia tied the sport at one within the opening seconds of the fourth quarter on a strike from Laura Janssen. The sport remained scoreless by two overtimes, concluding the matchup in a shootout.

Each goalkeepers had been stout because the shoot off was tied at three. After goalkeeper Mia Magnotta stopped a Cavalier try, Schalk scored the go-ahead purpose to ship Iowa to the victory. The strike was Schalk’s first profession purpose.

Redshirt freshman Mia Magnotta recorded the primary win of her profession – in her second profession begin and third collegiate sport. She recorded two saves in regulation and held Virginia to a few objectives within the shootout.

“My coach tells me to trust in myself,” mentioned Magnotta. “You follow every single day for this. I face nice pictures (from my teammates) every single day, so it’s nothing I’m not ready for.”

QUOTING HEAD COACH LISA CELLUCCI
“The month of October was a battle for us, however the crew by no means stopped believing and neither did we. The crew saved going to work every single day, and we knew ultimately it was going to fall. What we needed to do was keep on with a sport plan for 60 minutes and that’s what these guys did right now to a T. Virginia is an excellent crew, however we had been capable of keep on with the plan and use the shallow switch. That was big, and it opened up the sector for us and gave us some alternatives going ahead.

“I’m impressed at the beginning with the crew’s grit and resilience. We have now manner much less numbers than Virginia did, however they had been capable of cling by two overtimes and a few actually clutch performances below strain”

OF NOTE…
– Iowa out-shot Virginia, 7-5, and had a 3-2 benefit in penalty corners.
– Each Virginia and Iowa recorded two saves a bit.
– Iowa will face Northwestern for a second straight 12 months within the Elite Eight. The Wildcats received, 1-0, final season in Iowa Metropolis.
– The Hawkeyes have received at the very least one sport in 4 straight NCAA Tournaments.

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes will face Northwestern on Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) in Evanston, Illinois.