SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Junior Maeghan Kennard's (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) goal 39 seconds into the game was the difference on Saturday as the Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team downed Post University, 1-0, on Saturday at Cairns Arena. Sophomore Leah White (Hingham, Mass./The Winchendon School) registered a 36-save shutout as the New England Women's Hockey Alliance foes split the two-game non-conference weekend series.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-11), Post (3-14)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kennard, 1 goal, +1, 11-for-14 faceoffs
• White, 36 saves
• Sophomore Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride), 1 assist, +1
• First-year Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), 1 assist, +1
• Sophomore Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy), 4 blocks, +1
• Junior Callie Wiley (Andover, Mass./Andover), 3 blocks
• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Saint Paul United), 3 blocks, 10-for-19 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Kaitlyn Daly, 29 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's held a 27-19 lead in faceoff wins, while Post gained a 36-30 lead in shots.
• The last five meetings between the teams have now been decided by a total of eight goals.
• With a pair of blocks in the game, fifth-year senior defender Courtney Kelly (Arlington, Mass./Boston Jr. Shamrocks) reached the 100-block plateau for her career.

THE ACTION

• Just 39 seconds into the game, Kennard put home a rebound near the left post of an initial shot from Langbacka. Ruiz added the secondary assist.
• The Purple Knights killed a penalty that began at 8:26 thanks to a pair of blocks by Wiley during the Eagle woman advantage.
• At 17:22, Daly moved quickly across her crease to stop Ruiz's one-timer from the slot after receiving first-year Grace Canterbury's (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School) feed during a power play.
• During a Post power play, junior Sadie Storm rung the crossbar with five seconds left.
• Early in the second frame, first-year Sheridan Terrazzano's one-timer from the slot hit the left post and rebounded out under White at 2:36.
• Hoops came up with a big defensive play at the eight-minute mark, deflecting a Post pass toward an open player at the left post during a power play to deny a bid on a vacated net.
• White extended with her right toe to deny junior Jenna Abeyta's shot out front with 46 seconds left.
• Zapata was denied on a power-play shot from the slot by Daly's blocker at 13:36 of the third period to keep it a one-goal game.
• With Daly out of her net for the final 1:06, White made a handful of key stops to maintain the one-goal advantage, including a blocker stop of first-year Elle McKenna with 23 seconds to go and denying a pair of close-range bids around 13.6 seconds. Abeyta's final bid with eight seconds left was blocked by Canterbury into the right corner.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday at Hamilton College, 3 p.m.