SHELTON, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team completed its two-game New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) weekend series at Post University with a 3-1 loss on Saturday at the Sports Center of Connecticut.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-3, 0-2 NEWHA), Post (2-1, 2-0 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), 1 goal
• First-year Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 1 assist
• Senior Gabriella Dicomitis (Warwick, R.I./Williston Northampton School), 26 saves
• First-year Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy), 3 blocks
• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 10-for-17 faceoffs
• First-year Tessa Mucha (Tully, N.Y./Syracuse Valley Eagles), 8-for-16 faceoffs
• Junior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 7-for-10 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Kiersten Browning, 2 goals
• Junior Madison Turley, 1 goal, 3 blocks
• Sophomore Grace Glasrud, 31 saves

GAME FACTS

• Ruiz netted her first college goal, while Canterbury's assist was her initial point.
• The Purple Knights held advantages in shots (32-29) and faceoffs (26-21), putting together a 27-18 lead in shots over the final two stanzas.

THE ACTION

• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Saint Paul United) nearly broke the scoreless deadlock early on but rung the post at 4:16 of the opening period during a power play.
• Turley put the Eagles in front with 8:15 gone, going to Dicomitis' blocker side after taking sophomore Holly Kubichek's pass into the low slot.
• Browning doubled the lead at 2:21 of the second frame, taking a giveaway at the blue line and skating in alone on Dicomitis.
• Saint Michael's responded with seven attempts at net during an ensuing two-minute stretch, with first-years Lucy Drougas (Superior, Wis./Madison Capitols) and Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride) both having shots stopped. Two other bids were blocked, and three drifted wide.
• The Purple Knights broke through near the midway point of the period. After Ruiz slipped a shot just wide of the net, Canterbury jostled with an Eagle to retain possession behind the net and passed from the boards toward Ruiz, whose one-timer beat Glasrud from below the right circle at 9:24.
• Saint Michael's put three more shots on goal within the next minute, but Glasrud stopped each.
• Five more Purple and Gold bids were sent toward net in an early 35-second span of the third period, when Canterbury, Ruiz and sophomore Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School) all saw shots saved.
• Post iced the game when Browning scored from the low slot at 16:48, putting back a rebound of Wysocki's initial shot, which Dicomitis saved.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 7 p.m.
• The contest is an exhibition game.
• The Cardinals won five of the last six NCAA Division III Tournaments.