SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Senior
Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) carried a 45-save shutout late into overtime during the Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team's 1-0 loss to Long Island University during New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) play on Friday at Cairns Arena.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (0-3, 0-3 NEWHA), LIU (3-0, 1-0 NEWHA)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Lavender, 45 saves
- Junior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 6 blocked shots
- Junior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 7-for-13 faceoffs
- Senior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3 blocked shots
- Sophomore Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 7 faceoff wins
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Drew Dyczkowski, 1 goal
- Junior Clara Kammholz, 11 saves
GAME FACTS
- LIU won the 2024-25 NEWHA regular-season title.
- The last three regular-season meetings between the teams - all at Cairns Arena - have extended to overtime, while the past four regular-season contests were one-goal decisions.
THE ACTION
- Lavender made 15 stops in a shutout first period, including sliding out of her net and outwaiting redshirt sophomore Alexa Degan near the right post with 8:30 gone.
- At 14:02, Lavender denied first-year Eliza Quackenbush's one-timer out front during a Shark power play.
- In the second frame, first-year Kyler Weatherred (Eagle, Colo./Team Colorado AAA Hockey Club) was stopped on the doorstep when Kammholz slid post-to-post to cover the left side at 5:24.
- Lavender had another 13 saves while keeping the Sharks off the board in the frame, including back-to-back saves of senior Anya Weilandt around the crease at 8:25 before stopping Quackenbush's ensuing bid from the left circle.
- Lavender also smothered senior Paige Vreeman's breakaway try at 13:34, just seconds after a teammate was released from the penalty box, and stopped a 2-on-1 rush 22 seconds later.
- During a 16-save third period, Lavender ensured overtime by saving junior Grace Babington's shot from the right circle off her forehead at 17:32 and making a glove stop of Dyczkowski during a 2-on-1 breakout with 25.3 seconds to go.
- Lavender splayed out to turn away junior Izzy Krause during a 2-on-0 opportunity 2:15 into overtime, during which possession was controlled by the Purple Knights.
- A little more than a minute later in the 3-on-3 extra session, Dyczkowski skated around the net during a delayed penalty before settling in the slot and beating Lavender to her glove corner with 3:17 gone.
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