MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team opened a weekend New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) series with a 5-0 loss to Saint Anselm College on Friday evening in Sullivan Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-6, 1-2 NEWHA), Saint Anselm (2-3, 2-1 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 32 saves in 42:21, loss
• Sophomore McKenna Dans (Marshfield, Mass./Lovell Academy), 23 saves in 17:39 of relief
• Graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 10-for-15 faceoffs
• Sophomore Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 7-for-13 faceoffs
• Sophomore Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 6-for-9 faceoffs
• First-year Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 3 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Gracee Donovan, 2 goals, 2 assists, 14-for-20 faceoffs, +5
• Sophomore Hailey Tullo, 1 goal, 2 assists, +5
• Senior Audrey Jackson, 2 goals, +5
• Senior Carina Mancini, 18 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's held a 31-28 lead in faceoff wins.
• Leys became the 16th player in program history to appear in 100 career games.
• Lavender moved into fourth in school annals with 1,730 career saves, passing Marcy Ring '05 (1,709).

THE ACTION

• First-year Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) sped through the left circle but had a wrister denied by Mancini just 2:34 into the contest.
• In the latter stages of the opening frame, the Hawks worked a 2-on-1 into the visitors' zone, with Tullo finishing the rush to Lavender's glove side at 13:48.
• Lavender helped kill a Saint Anselm power play in the first half of the second period by stopping a point-blank bid at each post at 7:10 and 7:14.
• With 8:47 gone, Donovan made it 2-0 after putting home a second effort following Lavender's initial save.
• Jackson extended the lead at 16:35, sending in a rebound from a tough angle along the goal line.
• The Hawks pulled away with two goals in 35 second early in the third period, when Donovan banked a wraparound shot at 1:46 and Jackson finished a 3-on-1 rush at 2:21.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Saint Anselm, 3 p.m.