SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team opened New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) play by losing to Post University, 4-0, on Friday in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-5, 0-1 NEWHA), Post (1-2, 1-0 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 11-for-11 faceoffs
• Junior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 38 saves
• Sophomore Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 7-for-13 faceoffs
• Graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 4-for-7 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Rylee Patfield, 2 assists
• First-year Rowyn Ringor, 2 assists
• Junior Julia Wysocki, 1 goal
• First-year Celena Mickevicius, 1 goal
• First-year Macy Peterson, 1 goal
• First-year Jodie Rose, 1 goal
• Sophomore Hannah Saunders, 25 saves

GAME FACTS

• Both teams won 26 faceoffs.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights had the best chance during the opening 17 minutes of the contest, when first-year Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) drilled a one-timer from the left circle during a power play with 7:23 gone that Saunders denied.
• Late in the stanza, Lavender stopped Ringor during a rush through the zone, but Wysocki sent home the rebound at 18:02.
• Lavender turned away a pair of Eagle breakaway bids in the early portion of the second stanza, denying Rose at 4:32 and Ringor's shorthanded bid with 6:45 gone.
• Senior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) nearly put her team on the board at 10:26, but her one-timer from the slot was saved, and Saunders made a glove save of first-year Jodie Gratton's (Saint Albans, Vt./Proctor Academy) power-play one-timer from the low left circle at 17:05.
• Post pulled away with two goals in a 3:17 span of the third period. Rose took a giveaway in neutral ice before splitting two defenders, making a move up close and finishing at 4:24, and Peterson made it 3-0 after getting a step on the defense and roofing a shot from the low left circle with 7:41 gone.
• Lavender made a pair of stellar stops later in the frame, sprawling to reject junior Caisey Van Den Oetelaar at 8:41 and making a right pad save of sophomore Tymmarie Grom's bid at 9:46.
• Mickevicius added to the lead with 16:25 gone, taking a giveaway inside her own blue line before making a final move on Lavender and finishing a shorthanded strike.
• First-year Keeley Callander (Flagstaff, Ariz./Ontario Hockey Academy) gained a breakaway bid with a little more than a minute remaining, but her shot from the right circle deflected off of Saunders and trickled just wide of the left post.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Post, 3 p.m.