St. Catherine University Athletics

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Wildcats soared past the Eagles in a 3-0 non-conference victory on the campus of the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. St. Kate's outshot the Eagles 23-7 with 12 shots on goal. 

Rookie Nora McLoone scored her first collegiate goal in the 20th minute of play assisted by sophomore Taylor Johnson. 

After holding the one-goal lead for 13-minutes senior Allie Bird scored her second goal of the season assisted by rookie Amanda Elton with less than 7 minutes remaining in the half. Bird led St. Kate's with a team-best 6 shots, four of which were on goal. The Wildcats final goal was scored by T. Johnson unassisted near the 65th minute. 

Senior Taylor Koop started in net for the Wildcats getting 2 saves before rookie Molly Rudolph finished the game tallying 3 saves. 

St. Catherine travels to Winona on Tuesday to open the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) season with a 7 p.m. game against Saint Mary's University in honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness.