MANCHESTER, N.H. - The seventh-seeded Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to No. 2 Saint Anselm College, 8-0, on Saturday at Sullivan Arena, as their best-of-three New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Tournament first-round series is now tied, 1-1. The teams will play the third and deciding contest on Sunday at 1 p.m.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (2-25-4), Saint Anselm (16-16-4)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Junior Carissa Mudrak (Duluth, Minn./Gentry Academy), 26 saves in 27:46, loss
- First-year Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 16 saves in 32:14 of relief
- Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 4 blocks, 14-for-34 faceoffs
- Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 10-for-20 faceoffs
- Senior Sophia Burns (Syracuse, N.Y./Syracuse Nationals), 6-for-13 faceoffs
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Claire Weber, 2 goals, 2 assists
- Junior Maddy McCaffery, 1 goal, 3 assists
- First-year Brooklyn Pancoast, 2 goals
- Senior Margaret Sullivan, 1 goal, 1 assist
- Junior Abigail Blair, 1 goal, 1 assist
- Junior Natalie Tulchinsky, 1 goal, 1 assist
- Senior Allie Kelley, 26 saves
GAME FACTS
- Harrison played in her program-record 109th career game, breaking a tie with Courtney Kelly '22 for first place.
THE ACTION
- Mudrak made 20 saves in the first period alone, keeping Saint Michael's within striking distance. Pancoast broke the deadlock 6:40 into the contest, being denied by Mudrak on an initial bid before collecting her own rebound and roofing a shot from in close.
- The Purple Knights nearly exited the period down 1-0, but Pancoast scored again with 11 seconds left, powering past a Purple Knight defender before beating Mudrak to her glove side from the right circle.
- A pair of goals 1:46 apart in the second frame pushed the Hawk lead to 4-0, as Tulchinsky redirected a pass into the slot at 6:00 before McCaffery put home the rebound of a blocked shot.
- Sullivan (9:38) and Weber (11:51) later scored 2:13 apart before Saint Anselm tallied twice more in the third period, with Blair (2:04) and Weber (7:03) finding the net. The final goal was a shorthanded marker.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Sunday at Saint Anselm, 1 p.m. in NEWHA Tournament first round.
