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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team (1-6-1) surrendered the game-winning goal with just 9.9 seconds left in overtime in a 2-1 loss at NCAA Division I Sacred Heart University on Friday night.

For Sacred Heart (2-10-0), Caitlin Gottwald scored the overtime goal in the waning seconds, off of an assist from Lauren Fontaine. Tara Kent also scored for the Pioneers, while Alexius Schutt stopped 26 shots.

Junior Madelena Santore (Millington, N.J./New Jersey Rockets/Rutgers Univ.) netted her team-leading sixth goal of the season for the Purple Knights, off of an assist from junior Kiera Nelligan (Melrose, Mass./Arlington Catholic). Sophomore Erin Stevens (Watertown, Conn./Connecticut Polar Bears) recorded 39 saves in the loss.

Both teams scored in the first period, with Saint Michael's goal coming with just two seconds left in the frame. Neither team could light the lamp for the remaining 40 minutes of regulation, and it appeared that overtime would feature no scoring as well. However, Gottwald's even-strength score, her second goal of the season, helped the Pioneers snap a three-game losing skid and pick up their first home win of the season. Saint Michael's, meanwhile, has lost three straight, and five of the Purple Knights' six losses this season have been by one goal.

Saint Michael's completes a two-game series with the Pioneers on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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