MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team forged a 1-1 tie at second-place Saint Anselm College to open a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) series on Friday in Sullivan Arena.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-20-3, 1-15-3 NEWHA), Saint Anselm (12-15-4, 11-6-4 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 1 goal, 7-for-17 faceoffs, 4 blocks
• Junior Carissa Mudrak (Duluth, Minn./Gentry Academy), 51 saves
• Junior Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride), 1 assist
• Junior Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 1 assist
• Junior Darby Rich (Melrose, Mass./Tilton School), 4 blocks
• Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), 11 faceoff wins
• First-year Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 7 faceoff wins

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Tyra Turner, 1 goal
• Graduate student Kelly Golini, 1 assist, 21-for-32 faceoffs
• Sophomore Annabella Lalande, 20 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights played their third close decision with the Hawks this season, having lost a pair of 4-2 contests in November.
• Each of the past seven meetings has been determined by two goals or less, with Saint Michael's forging its third tie - and the second at Sullivan Arena - since 2020.

THE ACTION

• Turner scored the only goal of the opening period, one-timing a slapshot directly off of Golini's faceoff win with 7:04 gone.
• Mudrak otherwise made 16 stops in the first frame before collecting another 18 in the second stanza, when both teams went scoreless on two power-play chances.
• The Purple Knights tied the game 2:13 into the third period. Junior defender Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy) retrieved a dumped puck from Mudrak before playing a pass off the wall for Leys, who gained the zone and crossed into the slot. The pass tipped off of Langbacka's stick, and Harrison one-timed a bid over Lalande's blocker and off the left post for the equalizer.
• With 90 seconds remaining in regulation, sophomore Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) saw her shot from the slot blocked by a Hawk skater over the net, and Mudrak made a blocker save at the other end soon thereafter.
• In the waning seconds, Mudrak denied Golini's bid from below the left circle with 30 ticks remaining before Turner forced a giveaway in the left circle, spun and shot just before the buzzer, pressuring the netminder into denying the surprise attempt.
• Ruiz's backhanded shot from below the right circle was turned away by Lalande at 1:14 of overtime before Harrison was denied from the slot by Lalande's glove save 16 seconds later.
• Mudrak secured the deadlock by stoning a pair of point-blank shots off the stick of Golini in the final 30 seconds.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Saint Anselm, 1 p.m.