SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team opened a two-game New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) weekend series with Saint Anselm College on Friday evening by falling 6-1 in Cairns Arena. The Purple Knights played for the first time since Dec. 11.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-13, 0-9 NEWHA), Saint Anselm (8-10-2, 5-4-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 1 goal
• Sophomore Leah White (Hingham, Mass./The Winchendon School), 58 saves
• Junior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 3 blocks, 7 faceoff wins
• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Saint Paul United), 10-for-19 faceoffs
• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 9-for-19 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Tyra Turner, 3 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Erin Meyers, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Margaret Sullivan, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Abigail Blair, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Allie Kelley, 21 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights played not only their first game since Dec. 11, but returned home for the first time since Dec. 4 and competed their first NEWHA contest since Nov. 20.
• White registered one of the top 10 save totals in program history for the second straight outing, having made 60 stops at Hamilton College on Dec. 11.

THE ACTION

• Meyers broke the deadlock just 27 into the game, scoring from just inside the blue line.
• White finished with 16 saves in the first period, as the Purple Knights had a trio of good opportunities to knot the game. First-year Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) was stopped on a breakaway with 11 minutes gone before sophomore Mikaela Langbacka's (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride) slapper from the slot hit Kelley in the mask at 15:29. Sophomore Mary Leys' (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School) one-timer out front off of Hoops' feed was denied by Kelley's glove save with 18:16 gone.
• Late in the frame, Turner made it 2-0, stuffing in a shot at the left post with one minute remaining.
• She scored again 2:18 into the second frame, beating her defender to get in alone on White before deking to her backhand. Just 44 seconds later, Sullivan batted Blair's crossing pass out of the air and past the netminder.
• Canterbury cut into the Saint Anselm lead at 4:41, taking a failed clear attempt in front of Kelley and scoring from in close. That goal capped a stretch of three goals in just 2:23.
• Turner completed her hat trick at 9:03 of the period by scoring out front, and Blair one-timed home Sullivan's pass from the left circle 1:37 into the third.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Saint Anselm, 4 p.m.