SHELTON, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team fell to New England Women's  Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) foe Sacred Heart University, 4-1, on Friday at the Sports Center of Connecticut in the first game of a weekend series.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-12-3, 2-8 NEWHA), Sacred Heart (9-10, 7-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 1 goal
• Senior Vika Simons (Essex Junction, Vt./Minnesota Duluth Club), 25 saves
• Sophomore Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 7-for-16 faceoffs, 5 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jayne Lewis, 2 goals
• Senior Maddie Bishop, 1 goal
• First-year Sophie Lupone, 1 goal
• Junior Kayla Walewski, 15 saves

GAME FACTS

• Simons' 25 saves puts her past Tina Frasca '17 (616) for seventh in program history for saves in a season with 617.
• The game had a score of 2-1 until 6:16 into the third period when Pioneers extended the lead.
• Saint Michael's played its first NEWHA game since Nov. 23.

THE ACTION

• The Pioneers scored first with 8:28 gone in the first period when Lupone found the back of the net off a pass by first-year Cassandra Nevers.
• Twenty-five seconds after the Pioneer goal, the Purple Knights went down the ice and tied the game after a shot by first-year Jordan Lettiere (Hull, Mass./Middlesex Islanders) went wide, and Kennard shot the puck past Walewski with 8:53 down.
• Sacred Heart took back the lead 17:11 into the period on a shot by Lewis that got past Simons.
• In a scoreless second period, Simons stopped all nine shots by the Pioneers, including shutting down a shot by Bishop and the rebound from sophomore Samantha Shoebottom four minutes into the period.
• With 6:16 gone in the third period, Bishop scored a shorthanded goal to put the Pioneers up two.
• Lewis scored the Pioneers' fourth goal 17:07 into the period with an assist coming from junior Jordan Sanislo.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Sacred Heart, 2:30 p.m.