Box Score BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Stonehill College, 6-5 in overtime, to finish a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) weekend set on Saturday at the Bridgewater Ice Arena. Three Purple Knights scored their first career goals during the game.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-8, 0-6 NEWHA), Stonehill (6-6, 6-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Emma Kelly (Dorchester, Mass./Boston Latin School), 1 goal (1st career), 1 assist, +2
• Junior Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 2 assists
• Senior Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 1 goal
• Sophomore Lauren Fisher (Rothesay, New Brunswick/Rothesay Netherwood School), 1 goal
• First-year Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 1 goal (1st career)
• First-year Naomi Tink (Birmingham, Mich./Bishop Kearney Selects 19U AAA), 1 goal (1st career)
• Sophomore Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 37 saves
• First-year Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 4 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Maddison Achtyl, 2 goals, 2 assists
• Junior Josie Mendeszoon, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Lily Geist, 1 goal
• Sophomore Kathryn Karo, 1 goal
• Sophomore Lucie Turcotte, 1 goal
• Sophomore Hannah Squires, 13 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple and Gold had five different goal scorers on the day.
• The Purple Knights were 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Skyhawks were 0-for-2.
• Lavender recorded her third game with 30 or more saves on the year.
• The Purple Knights scored four game-tying goals on the day.

THE ACTION

• The Skyhawks struck first in the first period when Geist found space in the neutral zone on a pass from Achtyl and took a wrist shot that found the upper corner of the net at 4:12.
• The Purple Knights responded at 11:07 when Leys took a backhanded wrist shot in front of the net that was placed perfectly in the upper left corner to even the score at one.
• Stonehill quickly broke the stalemate in the second, scoring just 1:16 into the period as Achtyl found the back of the net on a pass from the point from sophomore Lily Barrett that led her to a backhander in front of the crease.
• The Purple and Gold power-play unit tied the game at two when Canterbury found a cutting LeBlanc, who slotted the puck through the five-hole of the Stonehill goalie for her first college goal.
• The Skyhawks responded with 13:28 gone in the period when Lavender saved a shot attempt from Achtyl, but Mendeszoon was able to capitalize on the rebound, tapping the puck into the net to make the score 3-2.
• Tink blocked a Skyhawk shot attempt before the puck was tipped forward by Kelly, and Tink was able to take a shot from the Stonehill blue line 17:48 into the period to score her first career goal.
• Stonehill scored two unanswered goals in the final 1:13 of the second period beginning with Turcotte scoring from the left faceoff circle to make the score 4-3 in favor of Stonehill. Karo then scored with 20 seconds remaining, taking a wrist shot in front of the crease to make the score 5-3.
• The Purple and Gold came back within one goal 10:16 into the third period when first-year Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy) sent a breakout pass for Fisher, who beat the Squires over the right shoulder to make the score 5-4.
• Kelly scored the fourth equalizer of the day on a pass from junior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) into the middle of the attacking zone in front of the crease 11:25 into the final period.
• Achtyl netted the short-handed overtime game-winner on a 2-on-1 breakaway when sophomore Gracie Sacca fed a pass to her strong hand and Achtyl was able to take a wrist shot into the upper right-hand corner of the net to seal the victory 2:11 into overtime.                             

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Assumption University, 6:50 p.m.