SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team held even until the final 10 minutes before losing to New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) leader Sacred Heart University, 4-1, on Saturday at Cairns Arena to cap its regular season on Senior Day.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-20-4, 4-14-1 NEWHA), Sacred Heart (20-10, 17-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Krista Ferrari (Dunstable, Mass./East Coast Wizards), 1 goal
• Senior Alissa Sullivan (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), 1 assist, 2 blocks
• Senior Jordan Monbouquette (Wayland, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 1 assist
• Senior Vika Simons (Essex Junction, Vt./Minnesota Duluth Club), 44 saves
• Sophomore Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 5 blocks
• Junior Courtney Kelly (Arlington, Mass./Boston Jr. Shamrocks), 4 blocks
• Junior Riley Nichols (Gilford, N.H./Tilton School), 7-for-11 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jayne Lewis, 1 goal
• Sophomore Nicole Guidi, 1 goal
• Sophomore Kelly Solak, 1 goal
• Sophomore Kennedy Spiering, 1 goal
• Sophomore Frankie Sanchez, 22 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights celebrated their six seniors before the game: Monbouquette, Simons, Sullivan, Arianna Boscia (Cranston, R.I./La Salle Academy), Torrie Gray (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North) and manager Regan Ugalde.
• Saint Michael's held even with the Pioneers until the visitors scored three goals in a 4:45 span beginning at 10:29 of the third period.
• Sullivan move into a tie with Emily Paquin '11 for sixth in program history in career assists with 26.
• This was Simons' 14th 40-save game this season.
• Simons finished the regular season with a school-record 999 saves, which also leads all NCAA Division I, II, and III men's and women's goaltenders.
• Monbouquette handed out her 11th assist of the season, coming within one of the program's all-time top 10.
• The Pioneers have now won 13 games in a row, the second-longest streak in NCAA Division I/II.

THE ACTION

• With one minute gone in the first period, Simons saved an early shot by Guidi, who found space in front of the net for a slap shot.
• The Purple Knights struck first 3:34 into the period when Monbouquette passed to Ferrari in the neutral zone, and Ferrari then shot the puck off a Pioneer defender into the back of the net.
• The Pioneers tied the game with 6:36 gone in the second period when first-year Alexa Ocel stole the puck in the Purple Knight zone and passed in front of the net for Lewis, whose shot went to the upper part of the net.
• Simons later made four saves during a Pioneer power play, including a glove save on a shot by Ocel from the right circle at 17:37.
• With 12 seconds remaining in the period, Ferrari had a breakaway toward the net and tried a backhanded shot, but Sanchez used her right leg to kick away the puck to keep the teams even.
• The Pioneers took the lead with 10:29 gone in the third period when Spiering brought the puck from her the defensive zone and shot from the blue line into the top right corner of the net, kicking off a run of three goals in a matter of 4:45.
• Sacred Heart scored a power-play goal 14:36 into the period on a shot by Solak that went bar-down.
• The Pioneers scored again 38 seconds later when senior Maddie Bishop shot from the point and Guidi tipped the puck in.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday or Wednesday at Long Island University in the first round of the NEWHA Tournament. Date and time will be determined in the coming days.