CLINTON, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to nationally-regarded Hamilton College on Saturday in Sage Rink during its final contest of the semester. Sophomore Leah White (Hingham, Mass./The Winchendon School) made 60 saves, the most by a Purple Knight in nearly 16 years and tying the second-highest total this winter by goalies hailing from an NCAA Division I conference. The Continentals received a vote toward this week's U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Division III national poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-12), Hamilton (5-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• White, 60 saves
• Senior Courtney Kelly (Arlington, Mass./Boston Jr. Shamrocks), 2 blocks
• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 6-for-13 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Saint Paul United), 7 faceoff wins

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Nancy Loh, 3 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Maura Holden, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Gab Venne, 6 saves

GAME FACTS

• White's 60 stops tied her for the most by a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) netminder this year, and trailed only the 65 saves Rochester Institute of Technology's Taylor Liotta made on Nov. 13.
• White is the fourth Purple Knight with 60 saves in a single game, joining Kristen Salierno '09, who made 86 on Feb. 18, 2006; Marcy Ring '05, who had a pair of 62-stop outings in January 2004 and a 61-save performance on Nov. 23, 2002; and Annice Mason '06, who registered 60 saves on Dec. 12, 2004.

THE ACTION

• In an otherwise flawless opening period, when White made 20 saves, Hamilton scored at 8:26 when Loh put home a rebound at the left side of the net during a power play.
• First-year Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School) and sophomore defender Emma Kelly (Dorchester, Mass./Boston Latin School) both had tying attempts denied by Venne during the frame, including as Kelly was stopped in the final minute.
• First-year Lisa Ito-Bagshaw made it 2-0 at 6:45 of the second period on a shot from the left circle. Loh scored again just 1:26 later, wristing home a shot after making a nice move in the right circle. Loh completed her hat trick at 11:24, one-timing junior Hyla Mosher's cross-ice pass from the left circle.
• Holden tallied at 17:07, putting in a rebound after White deflected an initial shot off the post, and again at 3:29 of the third period, poking in a rebound to finish an odd-woman rush.
• Junior Maddie Hong potted a power-play marker with 17:04 gone, picking the corner on White's blocker side from the slot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Jan. 4 at Castleton University, 7 p.m.