MANCHESTER, N.H. - Four players scored, and the seventh-seeded Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team upset No. 2 Saint Anselm College, 4-3, in game one of a best-of-three New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Tournament first-round series on Friday afternoon in Sullivan Arena.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-24-4), Saint Anselm (15-16-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 1 goal, 1 assist, 12-for-19 faceoffs
• Senior Jordan Lettiere (Belmont, Mass./Belmont), 1 goal
• Junior Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride), 1 goal
• Sophomore Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), 1 goal
• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 1 assist, 8-for-16 faceoffs
• Junior Carissa Mudrak (Duluth, Minn./Gentry Academy), 29 saves
• Senior Sophia Burns (Syracuse, N.Y./Syracuse Nationals), 4 faceoff wins

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Kelly Golini, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Tyra Turner, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Natalie Tulchinsky, 2 assists
• Senior Margaret Sullivan, 1 goal
• Senior Allie Kelley, 18 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's won for the first time against Saint Anselm in a series that dates back to Dec. 3, 2004.
• The Purple Knights downed the Hawks for the first time in 11 postseason meetings, picking up the fourth postseason win in program history.
• Six of the Purple Knights' past seven games were decided by two goals or less, including five being determined by one or fewer, with three extending to overtime. In all, Saint Michael's has played 18 games decided by two goals or less this season.
• Harrison tied Courtney Kelly '22 for first in program history by playing her 108th career game.
• Saint Anselm held advantages in shots (32-22) and faceoff wins (29-24).

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights outshot the Hawks, 10-8, during the first period, and entered the intermission with the only goal on the scoreboard. A little less than halfway through the frame, Lettiere picked off a Saint Anselm pass in her own zone before skating up the left boards to net. After she and Harrison both had closed-range shots turned away, Lettiere lifted a third-effort attempt past Kelley from near the left post at 8:49.
• Turner struck for the tying power-play goal with 4:28 gone in the second period, going glove side on Mudrak from below the dot in the right circle.
• Kennard put Saint Michael's back in front at 10:29, picking up a loose puck in neutral ice before beating Kelley to her five-hole from the right circle.
• Toward the end of a five-minute power play, Ruiz pushed the lead to 3-1 by tapping home sophomore Grace Canterbury's (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School) pass from the left corner at 16:45.
• Sullivan cut the deficit to one goal 6:05 into the third period, as a Saint Michael's defender tapped the puck to her stick out front before she roofed a shot past Mudrak.
• The Purple Knights regained their two-goal lead at 14:36, as Kennard backhanded a pass from below the goal line to Langbacka at the doorstep for another power-play strike.
• Golini made it 4-3 only 35 seconds later, tapping in sophomore Audrey Jackson's cross during a 2-on-1 break. A penalty was called on the play against the Purple Knights, but Mudrak stopped the only shot sent her way during the woman advantage.
• During a late Saint Michael's power play, Turner had a tying chance from the right circle padded away by Mudrak with 13 seconds to go for what proved to be the final shot of the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Saint Anselm, Game 2 of NEWHA Tournament first-round series, 1 p.m.