SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Saint Anselm College, 3-1, on Friday evening to begin a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) weekend series at Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-21, 2-15 NEWHA), Saint Anselm (7-13-3, 7-7-3 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 1 goal, 9-for-16 faceoffs
• Sophomore Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 1 assist
• First-year Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 1 assist
• First-year Jordana DeMarinis (Beeton, Ontario/Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes), 34 saves
• First-year Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 7 blocked shots
• Junior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3 blocked shots
• Junior Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 7-for-13 faceoffs
• Graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 6-for-12 faceoffs
• Sophomore Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 4-for-9 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Gracee Donovan, 2 goals
• First-year Kismet Dogan, 1 goal
• Junior Ava Hills, 36 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's held a 26-25 lead in faceoff wins, while both teams took 37 shots.
• Thirteen of the teams' past 18 meetings were decided by two goals or fewer.
• Hetman has now blocked 15 shots in her last two games combined.

THE ACTION

• Senior Tyra Turner rushed through the zone but was denied point blank by DeMarinis' right pad with 6:36 gone in the first period.
• Donovan broke the deadlock with 8:19 gone, taking junior Mackenzie Moss' push pass and gaining the zone before scoring five-hole from the right circle.
• DeMarinis made a stellar glove save of Turner from the right circle at 12:45.
• Gerebi forced a giveaway deep in the Saint Anselm zone late in the period before seeing her bid from the right circle stopped at 16:32.
• Leys worked a 2-on-1 with senior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy) around 5:15 of the second period, but her one-time pass was pushed just wide of the net. Leys then had a pair of point-blank shots denied with six minutes gone.
• Saint Michael's tied the game shortly thereafter, with LeBlanc redirecting Quinn's shot from the right point at 6:34. Jarvis added the secondary helper.
• DeMarinis made a blocker save of Moss' attempt during a 2-on-1 rush at 16:17, but Donovan scored her second goal only 20 seconds later, converting a shot off the post and in after taking sophomore Hailey Tullo's centering pass.
• DeMarinis made back-to-back saves of close-range shots around 2:25 of the third period to keep the score 2-1.
• Dogan padded the lead at 7:42 on a power play, flipping a fluttering puck beyond DeMarinis' grasp.
• First-year Julia Chedel (Haverhill, Mass./Kimball Union Academy) nearly brought her team within a goal but rung the post from the right point at 11:04.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Saint Anselm, 3 p.m.