The Austin girls hockey team couldn’t keep up with Sartell/Sauk Rapids in a 5-2 loss in the St. Cloud Tournament Friday.

The Packers (2-3-1 overall) allowed a goal off the opening toss, when Nina Jacobson scored a transition goal 14 seconds into the game. Jacobson scored another first period goal to put Sartell (3-1 overall) up 2-0 and Austin (2-3-1 overall) fell behind 4-0 before it scored.

“We started off slow and Sartell is a fast team,” Austin head coach Denny Bray said. “They were beating us to the puck early on.”

Kirsten Stanek scored in the second period to make it 4-1 and Carley Grunewald scored in the third period to make it 4-2.

Audrey DeVries had 25 saves for Austin, which had 33 shots on goal.

The Packers will play St. Cloud Tech Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in St. Cloud.

Austin 0 1 1 — 2

Sartell 2 2 1 — 5

First period

(S) :14 Nina Jacobson (Nikki Kothenbeutel, Kendra Rasmussen)

(S) 8:54 Jacobson (Carley Johnson, Kothenbeutel)

Second period

(S) 2:55 Kothenbeutel (Rasmussen, Johnson) (PP)

(S) 7:09 Rasmussen (Jacobson, Kothenbeutel)

(A) 16:31 Kirsten Stanek (Carley Grunewald, Ashley Arhart)

Third period

(A) 3:47 Grunewald (Abby Gallaher, Stanek)

(S) 13:48 Kothenbeutel (Jacobson)