SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Junior Carissa Mudrak (Duluth, Minn./Gentry Academy) tied her career high 57 saves in the Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team's 2-0 loss to Franklin Pierce University during a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) contest on Friday at Cairns Arena.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-17-2, 1-12-2 NEWHA), Franklin Pierce (9-12-2, 6-7-2 NEWHA)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Mudrak, career-high-tying 57 saves
- Junior Darby Rich (Melrose, Mass./Tilton School), 4 blocks
- First-year Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3 blocks
- Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 11 faceoff wins
- Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 10 faceoff wins
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Emilie Prive, 1 goal
- First-year Avery Farrell, 1 goal
- First-year Jill Hertl, 9 saves
GAME FACTS
- With 598 saves this season, Mudrak is 10th in program history.
THE ACTION
- Mudrak denied sophomore Mikayla Kelley's one-timer out front 36 seconds into the second period to keep the game scoreless.
- Franklin Pierce got on the board with 2:29 gone, as Farrell put home a second effort on the doorstep.
- Mudrak kept it 1-0 by absorbing first-year McKenzie Rich's big slapshot from the right circle.
- The Ravens added to the lead at 7:59, with Prive tallying on her team's third chance out front following a pair of Mudrak saves.
- Mudrak made another standout save 11:37 into the third frame, moving from post to post into a split and denying senior Cassidy Jones' one-timer.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Franklin Pierce, 4 p.m.
