CALGARY – Julia Duke scored twice on the power play, and the Mount Royal Cougars scored three times in the second period to rally past the University of Alberta Pandas 4-3 on Saturday night.

Alberta jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Jaylah Bottle at 3:37 and Hailey Carothers at 8:50. Duke got Mount Royal on the board with a power-play goal at 13:08, and the Cougars carried the momentum into the second period.

Allee Gerrard tied the game on the power play at 2:48, Lyvia Butz put Mount Royal in front at 5:48, and Duke scored her second power-play goal of the night at 8:27 to make it 4-2. Mount Royal out-shot Alberta 15-6 in the period.

Abby Soyko pulled the Pandas back within one at 3:48 of the third period, with Chayse Melnyk and Sarah McNabb setting her up. Alberta pulled goaltender Misty Rey for the extra attacker in the final two minutes, but could not find the equalizer.

Rey made 21 saves in the loss, while Mount Royal's Scout Anderson stopped 15 of 18 shots for the win. The Cougars converted on three of their four power plays, while the Pandas went 0-for-5 with the man advantage.

The loss drops Alberta to 1-4-1 on the season, while Mount Royal improves to 6-0-0.

The Pandas will return home to host the Calgary Dinos on Friday, Nov. 6, at Silent Ice Center. 

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