Just call it Goaltender State.

The Minnesota State women’s hockey team may have seen its string of great goalie play continue on Saturday afternoon in a 4-2 nonconference victory over Connecticut at All Seasons Arena.

Freshman Alli Altmann got the win in goal, stopping 30 shots in her first career start.

“I came in expecting to see a lot of shots and play with a hard-working team,” said Altmann, a four-year starter at Eagan High School and runner-up for Minnesota’s senior goalie of the year.

Altmann stopped 14 shots in the first period, as the Mavericks got off to a slow start and got outshot 15-7.

“It’s fun,” said Altmann, who is trying to fill the net once occupied by Britni Kehler and Shari Vogt. “I was kind of nervous before the game started. But once I got the first couple of saves, I settled down a little bit.”

Said coach Jeff Vizenor: “I’m proud of Alli. It’s her first college game, and she made some big saves.”

The rest of the team settled down in the second period. Trailing 1-0, the Mavericks scored three second-period goals, all on scrambles around the net.

Junior forward Kala Buganski tied the game 1:37 into the period when she fired the rebound of a Maggie Fisher shot behind goalie Brittany Wilson, who defeated the Mavericks (1-1-0) in Friday night’s series opener.

Freshman forward Emmi Leinonen gave the Mavericks a 2-1 lead midway through the period when she put back Lisa Edman’s shot during a power play.

Minnesota State went up 3-1 when Edman tapped a trickling puck over the goal line after a Liz Orke shot.

“It’s all because we worked hard and showed that we wanted to score,” said Edman, a sophomore from Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. “It’s a positive for us if we’re working hard and getting those goals.”

Vizenor said his team has gifted forwards, but they need to score those ugly goals, too, if they’re going to have success.

“I think (Edman’s) good down low,” he said. “She attacks the net and is very skilled offensively.”

In Friday’s 5-2 loss, Vizenor said, the Mavericks got in penalty trouble, and they appeared to be headed that way again at the start of the third period.