Card girls' hockey: Road trip brings home pair of victories

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Game four of Alexandria’s six-game road trip found the Cardinals in Bemidji, and saw the girls trail at the half 23-21 before making a second half rally to defeat the Lumberjacks 56-45.

“The Cards seemed out of sync the entire first half and went into the locker room trailing for only the third time this season,” said head coach Wendy Kohler.

“Sometimes, you just have to find a way to get things done,” she added. “Some nice adjustments by the Cards and we went on a nice 10-0 run to stretch the lead and get out of Bemidji with our 17th victory on the season.”

A big part of that victory was once again Lauren Trumm, who poured in 27 points and added nine steals and three assists in the game.

Three of those steals came during that run as Trumm turned three consecutive Lumberjack turnovers into fast break points.

Whitney Gesell also reached double figures with 12 points, and Kalli Bowser led the rebounding with nine.

Next on the agenda for the Cardinals will be a contest at Detroit Lakes tomorrow, Thursday, before the girls come home to host Rocori on Friday. They played at St. Cloud Apollo last night, Tuesday.

GAME STATISTICS

ALEXANDRIA 21 35 — 56

BEMIDJI 23 22 —45

ALEXANDRIA – Lauren Trumm 27, Whitney Gesell 12, Amanda Christianson 7, Kalli Bowser 6, Cara Wood 3, Jess Syvrud 1. Field goals 22, Free throws 8-16, Steals – Trumm 9, Christianson 3, Whitney 3, Assists – Christianson 4, Wood 3, Trumm 3, Rebounds – Bowser 9, Trumm 7.

BEMIDJI – Lusby 9, Yost 20, Woods 2, Gronhovd 9, Steever 5. Field goals 17, Free throws 9-15.

ALEXANDRIA 54, WILLMAR 23

The Cardinal girls’ basketball team put together what head coach Wendy Kohler called her team’s best defensive effort of the season in a 54-23 win over Willmar last Thursday night.

The stats certainly back that up. Alexandria held Willmar to 14 percent shooting (8-57) and just nine points in the opening half. Willmar’s leading scorer, Lindsey Atchison, had just five points.

The Cardinals countered by putting three players in double figures. Lauren Trumm had 18 points to go along with seven rebounds and six steals. Amanda Christianson added 12 points, five rebounds and four steals and Whitney Gesell finished with 10 points.

The win moved Alexandria to 11-2 in the Central Lakes Conference with three games left in league play.

GAME STATISTICS

ALEXANDRIA 28 26 – 54

WILLMAR 9 14 – 23

ALEXANDRIA – Trumm – 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals; Christianson – 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals; Gesell – 10 points; Kalli Bowser – 8 points, 9 rebounds; Emily Thul – 2 points; Jaylen Olson-Rodel – 2 points; Karly Betterman – 1 point; Cara Wood – 1 point, 8 rebounds, 4 assists; Jess Syvrud – 3 assists

WILLMAR – Lindsey Atchison – 5; Casey Marcus – 2; Jordan Martins – 3; Heather Horning – 3; Kalley Fosso – 2; Megan Skalla – 4; Katie Lippert – 2; Sara Roehl – 2

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