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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College women's hockey team (1-4-1, 1-3-1 ECAC East) suffered its third one-goal loss of the season as UMass Boston (2-3-0, 2-3-0 ECAC East) took a 2-1 win at Cairns Arena on Friday.

The Beacons scored a mere 16 seconds after the puck dropped, as senior Kristen Smith (Beavercreek, Ohio/The Culver Academies) scored on a breakaway, assisted by sophomore Alli Greenberg (Stoughton, Mass./Kents Hills School). Freshman Brittany Dawber (Southbridge, Mass./Proctor Academy) tallied the game-winner in the seventh minute of the second period on assists from seniors Katie Kirwan (Centerville, Mass./Barnstable) and Hannah Davis (Oakdale, Minn./North Saint Paul).

Saint Michael's junior Madelena Santore (Millington, N.J./New Jersey Rockets/Rutgers Univ.) cut the defecit in half early in the third period when she pounced on freshman Macey Thomas's (Amherst, Mass./Northfield Mt. Herman School) rebound and dumped it in the net. The Purple Knights pulled sophomore goalie Erin Stevens (Watertown, Conn./Conn. Polar Bears) with just over a minute remaining, but the Beacons held on to win.

Stevens made 21 saves for Saint Michael's, while junior Leah Hallett (Rocky Hill, Conn./Kingswood-Oxford) stopped 19 shots for UMass Boston.

The Purple Knights return to action on Saturday when they host Saint Anselm a 1 p.m. 

GAME SUMMARY

UMass Boston  1 1 0  -2

Saint Michael's 0 0 1  -1

First Period: 1. UMB, Smith (Greenberg), 0:16.

Second Period: 2. UMB, Dawber (Kirwan, Davis), 7:41.

Third Period: 3. STM, Santore (Thomas), 0:21.

Shots on Goal: UMB (9 – 8 – 6 – 23), STM (4 – 10 – 6 – 21)

Saves: UMB, Hallett, 19 saves; STM, Stevens, 21 saves.

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