 Christmas came early for the BSU women's hockey team picking up a sweep against St. Cloud State in the last conference series before the holiday break. Now they'll look to take that momentum into a non-conference series this weekend against Mercyhurst. The Beavers dominated play throughout the weekend out shooting the Huskies 89 to 37 in the two game sweep and goalie Lauren Bench says she saw a new team on front of her on the ice. We were making smart plays, smart steps. We were trying to go after 50-50 pucks when we didn't need to. We were playing like we had a lead when we had a lead instead of just constantly pushing for goals. It's just confidence in knowing that when we have our leads we can we can hold them we just got to play good defense which we did. Continuing their strong play was the penalty killing unit. They haven't given up the goal in their past six games pitching a shutout over the opponent's last 16 power plays. They take a lot of pride in it you know they're going to sacrifice themselves they're going to get in front of shots they got great sticks and it's no question they've been a they've been a big a big plus force here the last six seven games. The Beavers and the Lakers split the match up last year both teams picking up a two to one victory. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.