PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With a pair of losses to Union and Rensselaer last weekend, Maybelline Beiring and her teammates are mired in a 14-game winless streak. While the Brown Bears are in the midst of a year of transition under new head coach Carisa Wahlig, Beiring is actually finding herself enjoying the experience.

“Every game is tough,” said Beiring. “We are kind of in the rebuilding years. We are a very young team, which is very tough as an upperclassman.

“It is an unreal opportunity. I am thankful for it every day. It is so awesome.”

The third-year player and Calumet native has solidified a spot for herself in the Bears lineup night in and night out. Not known for her offensive capabilities, Beiring, who has just two assists on the season and the last one was back on Nov. 3, contributes to the game defensively and is still learning what it means to be an upperclassman on a relatively young team that boasts just two seniors.

Beiring is the son of former Calumet star Damon Beiring, who played juniors in the United States Hockey League for the Wisconsin Capitals from 1992-94. To make matters worse, her brother Eddie played three seasons for the Copper Kings from 2014-17 and made one trip to the Michigan Division 3 state finals and another brother of hers, Lincoln, is currently a defenseman for the Copper Kings this season.

In short, there was a lot of influence around 5-foot-9 defenseman leading her to put on a pair of skates at a young age and play the same game the men in her family love and cherish.

“Yeah, I think so,” Beiring said when asked if she felt that hockey was a game she was destined to play.

She would not have it any other way.

Growing up, Beiring and her brother Eddie would spend one year in the same age group and the next in separate ones. In the years they shared the same level, they played together. In the years they were apart, she would join the Keweenaw Storm.

Bouncing between the two games might seem challenging to an outsider, but Beiring actually enjoyed the experience, embracing the chance to skate alongside her brother when she could and the chance to skate with girls as well.

With the growth of women’s hockey thanks to the success of Team USA at the Olympics and during the World Championships year after year, Beiring worked hard enough to get herself on the radar of the USA Hockey National Player Development Camps from 2012-15. Through the camps, she came in contact with the coaching staff of the Lansing Spartans hockey club.

When the Keweenaw Storm lost a large group of girls to graduation and college, she needed to find a new place to play. The Spartans were very excited to bring her in for a tryout.

While it has become the norm for local players like Alex Nordstrom or Dawson McKay make the jump to junior hockey, Beiring is one of a handful of girls to take a similar path.

It was not easy for her to convince her parents that Lansing was the right choice, but once Beiring made her decision, she was determined to see it through.

“I think that living with a billet family really helped me out,” she said. “I remember, growing up, telling my mom that, ‘I am going to do that. I am going to billet somewhere.’ I owe a lot to my parents. I cannot imagine how scary it was for them.”

Beiring enjoyed personal success with the Spartans, serving as team captain for two seasons and earning her team’s Best Defenseman award two straight years.

As a junior, Beiring admits that playing for a team that is 5-14-2 overall and 2-10-2 in ECAC play can be frustrating, especially when she sees her friend, Chelsea Jacques, a senior at Colgate, making a trip to the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament championship game.

However, she is doing the best she can to embrace the fact that she is getting to play the game she loves while also getting an education, something very near and dear to her heart.

“I am not only getting to play D(ivision) I hockey, but also go to an Ivy League school,” said Beiring. “That was just out of my dreams growing up. I am going to school with people who are so smart, so I am getting an opportunity to better myself by surrounding myself with people who push me to be better.”

With eight games left in her team’s regular season, Beiring is becoming aware of the fact that her career of playing hockey at a high level is nearing its summit. However, she is trying to make the most of it while she can now, soaking in every experience she can.

“It’s kind of hitting me as we are getting older that we only have a couple more months of games this season,” said Beiring. “Then, I will be a senior. That will be my last season… It’s kind of coming to the end now.

“I am just trying to enjoy everything.”