Injuries caught up to the Austin girls hockey team as it lost 3-1 to Faribault (2-15 overall, 1-9 Big Nine) in Riverside Arena Thursday.

The Packers (7-9 overall, 4-5 Big Nine) played the game without senior defenseman Vanessa Talamantes, who suffered a cut to her chin in the loss to Dodge County, and two of the Packers’ forwards were also out with injuries.

The Falcons jumped out to a 2-0 lead when Taylor Salmonsen and Lexus Tatge each scored in a one minute and 10 second spurt.

Eighth grader Mara Overby had 27 saves for the Packers.

“Mara played a good game,” Austin head coach Denny Bray said. “She made a fantastic save in the third period, but when the defense cleared it out, the puck hit another defenseman and bounced in the net to make it 3-0.”

SCORING SUMMARY

Faribault 2 0 1 — 3

Austin 0 0 1 — 1

First period

(F) Taylor Salmonsen (Cady Walker, Niki Reineke) 12:22

(F) Lexus Tatge 13:31

Second period

No scoring

Third period

(F) Brittany Olson 8:00

(A) Kennedy Thompson (Abby Gallaher) 10:01

Shots: Austin — 30; Faribault — 30