DE PERE – St. Norbert College defeated Aurora University 7-2 to secure their second Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series sweep of the season at Resch Olympic Pavilion. With this victory, head coach A.J. Aitken earned his 100th career win.

The Green Knights (6-2, 5-1 NCHA) came into the contest ranked No. 8 in the USCHO.com Division III poll. St. Norbert jumped out to a 2-0 lead just under five minutes into the game, when Hannah Grabianowski (pictured) and Taylor Lesnar scored back-to-back goals at 4:44 and 4:55, respectively. Aurora responded with a goal from Samira Schmidt at 15:23.

The Green Knights wasted no time grabbing its third goal of the game with Grace Wittkopf's effort at 15:45. The offensive dominance continued when Ava Anick netted a goal at 17:14 from Claire Healy and Grabianowski to end the first period with a convincing 4-1 lead.

The second period started with a back-and-forth battle until Jo Mahlum buried a shot at 12:54. Allison Jacobsen also found the net at 16:13 to extend St. Norbert's lead to 6-1 going into the third period.

Samira Schmidt scored her second goal for the Spartans at 14:56, but the Green Knights would convert on one more attempt from Claire Healy at 18:32 to seal the 7-2 victory.

The Green Knights outshot the Spartans 40-25 and converted on both power play attempts. Aurora went 1-5 on the power play. Tanith Plachetka recorded 23 saves for St. Norbert, while Zoie Campbell and Macy Blooming split time in goal for Aurora, totaling 33 saves.

Grabianowski, Emma Stebbeds, and Abby Pieper each ended the game with three points, while Healy and Annalee Holzer each chipped in two points.