Mankato, Minn. --- Third-ranked Minnesota State scored three goals in the initial 26 minutes as six different Mavericks scored in MSU's 7-2 victory over St. Cloud State in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action Friday afternoon at The Pitch.
 
The win is Minnesota State's ninth in a row and elevates it to 12-1-0 overall and 10-0-0 in the NSIC. St. Cloud State drops to 6-6-1 on the year and 3-6-1 within the league. The Purple and Gold also stretches its conference and home unbeaten streak to 30 matches. Those streaks are tied for 12th and 14th-best all-time, respectively, in NCAA Division II.
 
Senior Tori Meinhardt (Maple Grove, Minn.) opened the scoring for the Mavericks in the 13th minute when she buried a cross from sophomore Korey Kronforst (Cary, Ill.) into the right side for her third goal of the year. Just over a minute later, junior Bre Steele (Eagan, Minn.) drilled a free kick that junior Emily Moris (Woodbury, Minn.) headed past SCSU sophomore Brittany Plombon for her second marker of the season.
 
Minnesota State extended its cushion to three goals in the 26th minute off sophomore Emily Erickson's (Woodbury, Minn.) first career goal. Erickson took a pass from senior Courtney Vallarelli (Eagan, Minn.) and streaked down the left side before blasting a ball off the right post and into the net. At the break, MSU owned a 19-4 lead in shots.
 
Kronforst put the match away for the Mavericks in the beginning of the second half with her conference-leading 13th and 14th goals of the season. In the 48th minute, she had her initial shot blocked after a pass from Vallarelli but connected on the rebound. The duo struck again in the 59th minute when Vallarelli played a centering pass that Kronforst headed in for her second marker of the match.
 
St. Cloud State sophomore Michelle Cornell responded for the Huskies with a pair of headers in the 61st and 73rd minutes, respectively, to slice the lead to 5-2. However, the Mavericks answered with two goals of their own from freshmen Kiana Nickel (Wayzata, Minn.) and Maddy Smith (Highlands Ranch, Colo.). Nickel netted her fifth goal of the season in the 79th minute off an assist from Smith, before Smith found her sixth goal of the year in the 86th minute after a pass from freshman Karissa Prpich (Rapid City, S.D.) to complete the 7-2 final.
 
Vallarelli's third helpers in the contest were a personal career-high as MSU outshot St. Cloud State 34-10 in the affair. The Mavericks also owned an 18-4 lead in shots on goal and 5-2 edge in corner kicks.
 
Junior Molly McGough (Centennial, Colo.) registered a pair of saves in a winning effort, while Plombon stopped a match-high six shots for SCSU.
 
Minnesota State returns to action at The Pitch Sunday afternoon when it entertains Minnesota Duluth beginning at 1 p.m.