January 15, 2006                                                                            
Contact: Daniel O'Reilly
Phone: (802) 654-2929

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team (3-11, 2-7 ECAC East) lost to Manhattanville College (11-2, 9-1 ECAC East), 11-2, on Sunday in ECAC East action at Cairns Arena.

For the Purple Knights, senior Michelle Miaskiewicz (Salem, Mass./North Shore Vipers) scored a pair of goals, while classmate and fellow assistant captain Annice Mason (Berlin, Vt./U-32) made 30 saves.


For the Valiants, sophomore Amanda Nonis (Brampton, Ontario/Etobicoke Dolphins) and freshman Danielle Nagymarosi (Uxbridge, Ontario/Durham) each scored a pair of goals and assisted on two more, while sophomore Liane Ortis (Mississauga, Ontario/Missassauga Chiefs) stopped three shots.


Manhattanville, ranked fourth nationally in the most recent uscho.com Division III Women's Poll, controlled play throughout the game, but it was Saint Michael's that drew first blood, when Miaskiewicz scored on the team's first and only shot on goal in the opening period. Thanks to assists from sophomore Gabrielle Bourgeois (New Haven, Vt./ Middlebury Union) and junior Melissa Gagne (Eliot, Maine/Berwick Academy), the goal was the first ever for the Purple Knights against their opponent, having been shutout in each of their eight previous contests against the Valiants, dating back to the integration of the program during the 2000-01 season.


At the 17:27 mark of the first period, just under a minute into sophomore Tracy MacGregor's (Danvers, Mass./Proctor Academy) checking penalty, junior Darcie Jarvis (Newmarket, Ontario/Aurora Panthers) took a shot on goal that was deflected by senior Ashley Trimble (Carleton Place, Ontario/Brewster Academy). Upon the puck's redirection, it seemed as though it had gotten itself wedged between Mason's pads, but before it drew a whistle, it became dislodged and fell across the line to even the score at one.


Senior Jesse Garner's (Idaho Falls, Idaho/Aspen) wrap around goal 5:02 into the second period, followed up by Nonis' eventual game winner less than three minutes later woke up Manhattanville's potent offense, who went on to score five goals in each of the final two periods, outshooting the host Purple Knights by a total of 41-5.


Saint Michael's returns to action on Friday when they travel to the College of the Holy Cross for a 7 p.m. match-up, while Manhattanville will host Saint Anslem College on Saturday at 3 p.m.

For a complete boxscore, click here.