SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team opened a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) series against Post University with a 4-2 loss on Friday at Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-23, 0-17 NEWHA), Post (5-18, 5-12 NEWHA)

 
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 2 assists, 7-for-15 faceoffs
• Senior Jace Zapata (Brea, Calif./Gentry Academy), 1 goal
• Sophomore Lauren Fisher (Rothesay, New Brunswick/Rothesay Netherwood School), 1 goal
• Junior Gaby Tribelli (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College), 1 assist, 2 blocked shots
• Junior Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 1 assist
• Sophomore Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 37 saves
• Sophomore Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 7-for-15 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Tristan Currie, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Maddy Noonan, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Julia Wysocki, 1 goal, 8-for-12 faceoffs
• Sophomore Rylee Patfield, 1 goal
• Sophomore Hannah Saunders, 26 saves

GAME FACTS

• Only two penalties were whistled in the game, with Saint Michael's scoring on its lone power play
• Lavender now has 787 saves this season, only three short of Nicole Talcott '19 for fifth in program history.

THE ACTION

• Lavender made 16 stops in the first period, when Post potted the only goal. With 14:16 gone, Currie tipped home Noonan's pass from the left circle to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
• First-year Ella Oakes (Akwesasne, N.Y./Vermont Academy) nearly leveled the score 3:13 into the second period, but her point-blank shot from low in the left circle was denied by Saunders.
• Sophomore Tymmarie Grom got behind the Purple Knight defense before ringing the left post with 8:46 gone.
• At 10:30, Fisher redirected Tribelli's shot into the slot for the tying power-play marker.
• Post scored twice final five minutes, with Wysocki knocking home a rebound at the left post at 15:07 and Patfield slipping a shot over Lavender's far shoulder from the low right circle with four seconds to go.
• Noonan extended the lead to 4-1 45 seconds into the third period, tipping in junior Sajel Desai's shot.
• The Purple Knights responded only 1:10 later, with Zapata redirecting Jerylo's pass out front.
• Saint Michael's drew no closer while also sending no shots on goal with Lavender pulled for an extra skater for the final 1:26.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Post, 3 p.m.