Ella Huber scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the second period, to help the third-ranked Gophers women’s hockey team to a 4-1 victory over No. 4 Minnesota Duluth on Friday night in Duluth , Minnesota.

This is Minnesota’s fifth straight victory.

The Gophers (9-3-1) and Bulldogs (6-4-1) traded goals in the first period, with Sydney Morrow’s power play goal giving the U the lead at 16:48 of the period and Hannah Baskins’ goal for Minnesota. Duluth tied the game up at 17:43.

The 1-1 tie continued into the second period when Abbey Murphy scored 10 minutes, 17 seconds into the period, the first of three unanswered goals by the Gophers. Huber scored the shorthanded goal with just 1 minute, 18 seconds left in the second period, and she scored into an empty net with five seconds left in the third period.

Gophers goalkeeper Hannah Clark made 27 saves on 28 Bulldogs shots, while Bulldogs goalie Eve Gascon had an admirable effort on a barrage of 51 Gophers shots, stopping 48 of those shots on goal.

The Gophers and Bulldogs meet for the second of their series Saturday at 3 p.m. in Duluth.