Alexandria's Claire Illies scored her sixth goal this season on a backhand shot that got past Faribault goaltender Hannah Seitz's glove at 4:58 of the second period.
Seitz made several big stops later in the period, including a pad save on a one-timer from Alexandria's Allyson Nielsen.
David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.
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