SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team capped a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) weekend series against Sacred Heart University with a 4-0 loss on Saturday in Cairns Arena.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-12-1, 1-10-1 NEWHA), Sacred Heart (8-12-1, 8-6-1 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 42 saves
• Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 11-for-24 faceoffs
• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 10 faceoff wins, 2 blocks
• Junior Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Katie Keenan, 2 goals
• Graduate student Delani Mackay, 2 assists, 14-for-21 faceoffs
• Senior Rachel DeLong, 1 goal
• Senior Erika Lizotte, 1 goal
• Sophomore Carly Greene, 23 saves

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights had a pair of good chances early, with Leys firing from the right circle at the three-minute mark of the opening period but hitting Greene's blocker, and Harrison forcing the netminder into a left pad save on a shot from the slot at 4:40.
• Keenan put the Pioneers on the board with 6:49 gone, one-timing home senior Charlotte Huntington's pass from behind the net low to Lavender's glove side.
• Lavender rejected sophomore Sydney Antonakis' bid from the left circle with a nice blocker stop at 13:15.
• Lizotte doubled the lead 1:55 into the second period, sending in a shot from the point past a screened Lavender.
• DeLong made it 3-0 at 5:16, pushing a rebound under the prone netminder after her initial stop of first-year Julianna Koman's shot from the point.
• Lavender rejected Mackay's breakaway bid at 16:45 by deflecting a shot off of her helmet over the net.
• Keenan closed the scoring at 11:53 of the third period, cashing in a power-play goal on the rebound of Mackay's saved shot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Jan. 2 at Union (N.Y.) College, 1 p.m.