SHELTON, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team fell to Sacred Heart University, 3-0, on Saturday at the Sports Center of Connecticut to finish a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) weekend series.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-13-3, 2-9 NEWHA), Sacred Heart (10-10, 8-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Vika Simons (Essex Junction, Vt./Minnesota Duluth Club), 44 saves
• First-year Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 8-for-13 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jayne Lewis, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Anna Klein, 1 goal, 2 assists
• First-year Alexa Ocel, 2 assists
• Junior Kayla Walewski, 13 saves

GAME FACTS

• This was Simons' 10th game of the year with at least 40 saves.
• The Purple Knights finished with seven blocked shots, with six different players accounting for at least one.

THE ACTION

• Sacred Heart took the lead 11:26 into the first period on a shot by Lewis with assists coming from Klein and Ocel.
• With 18:30 gone, junior Courtney Kelly (Arlington, Mass./Boston Jr. Shamrocks) had a shot saved by Walewski, who was also able to stop the rebound shot by Kennard to keep the Purple Knights off the board.
• The Pioneers had a power-play opportunity begin 2:06 into the second period that saw Simons save four shots to keep the Pioneer lead at one.
• Sacred Heart extended the lead with 18:59 gone on a goal by Klein on a pass from Lewis.
• The Pioneers scored again with 16:21 down in the third period when a shot by Ocel was saved by Simons, but Lewis was there to tap in the rebound.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Saint Anselm College, 7 p.m.