EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - The eighth-seeded Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to No. 1 Long Island University, 3-0, on Saturday during game two of their New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Tournament quarterfinal series in Northwell Health Ice Center. With the victory, LIU wins the best-of-three postseason series.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (0-35-1), LIU (28-8)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADER
- Sophomore Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 31 saves
- Senior Emma Kelly (Dorchester, Mass./Boston Latin School), 5 faceoff wins
- Sophomore Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 2 blocked shots
- First-year Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 2 blocked shots
- First-year Naomi Tink (Birmingham, Mich./Bishop Kearney Selects 19U AAA), 2 blocked shots
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Jeannie Wallner, 2 goals, 15-for-21 faceoffs
- Junior Mary Rachel Lenaeus, 1 goal
- Sophomore Emma Mörtl, 2 assists
- Junior Tindra Holm, 24 saves
GAME FACTS
- Lavender made 31 saves to set the NEWHA record for saves in a season (1,171), breaking Saint Anselm College's Allie Kelley's record of 1,170 set last season.
- The Purple and Gold shut down all seven power-play opportunities the Sharks had during the matchup.
- The Purple Knights blocked 11 shots during the game.
THE ACTION
- The Purple Knights held the Sharks scoreless on two power-play opportunities in the first period before LIU broke the stalemate.
- Wallner scored on the breakaway at 17:40 to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead on assists from Mörtl and senior Ashley Morrow.
- The Sharks scored 1:16 into the second period when Lenaeus took a shot from the right faceoff circle on an assist from Mörtl to make the score 2-0.
- Junior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) and senior Mikaela Langbacka (Lorton, Va./Washington Pride) both took shots in the final two seconds of the second period, but both were stopped by Holm.
- The Purple Knights shut down another power-play opportunity for the Sharks in the beginning of the third quarter and were unable to convert on their own woman-advantage opportunity shortly after.
- Wallner scored her second goal of the night on a backhand in between the faceoff circles to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead at 9:22 on an assist from senior Mikayla Lantto.
- Holm made seven saves following the Sharks' third tally to keep the Purple Knights from cutting down the lead.
