SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team built an early two-goal lead before losing to Franklin Pierce University, 9-3, during New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) action on Friday evening in Cairns Arena.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-14-1, 0-10-1 NEWHA), Franklin Pierce (13-8-1, 9-3 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Ella Saracco (Melrose, Mass./Middlesex Islanders), 2 goals
• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Saint Paul United), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 16-for-32 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy), 1 assist, 2 blocks
• Junior Sophia Burns (Syracuse, N.Y./Syracuse Nationals), 1 assist
• Sophomore Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride), 1 assist
• Sophomore Leah White (Hingham, Mass./The Winchendon School), 45 saves in 40 minutes
• Senior Gabriella Dicomitis (Warwick, R.I./Williston Northampton School), 13 saves in 20 minutes of relief
• Senior Courtney Kelly (Arlington, Mass./Boston Jr. Shamrocks), 3 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Marissa Massaro, 3 goals
• Junior Cassidy Jones, 1 goal, 2 assists
• Junior Ava Kison, 3 assists
• Senior Emme Ostrander, 7 saves in 20 minutes
• Sophomore Suzette Faucher, 4 saves in 31:53 of relief, win
• First-year Nettie Kimble, 1 save in 8 minutes of relief

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's scored a pair of early goals for the first of two two-goal leads in the opening period. Langbacka's stretch pass found Saracco, who made a nice move in the right circle before going over Ostrander's left shoulder 3:31 into the game. Just 39 seconds later, Zapata poked a loose puck to Hoops, who carried the length of the ice before firing from the left hash mark just inside the left post to make it 2-0.
• First-year Mikayla Kelley cut the lead in half at 14:58, knocking in a rebound, but Saracco cashed in a power-play goal with 16:18 gone, pushing in a loose puck at the left post after Burns' one-timer from the slot off of Hoops' entry pass had been stopped.
• The Ravens scored the first of three straight power-play goals with 18 seconds remaining, as Massaro's third effort out front made it 3-2 heading into the first intermission.
• Massaro's second attempt near the right post tied the game 1:33 into the second frame, and graduate student Katerina Dajia scored from the point at 6:43.
• Franklin Pierce added three more goals in the stanza before scoring twice in the third period, as two of its final three goals came shorthanded.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Franklin Pierce, 4 p.m.