SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team completed a four-point weekend against defending New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) regular-season champion Long Island University with a 3-1 victory on Saturday at Cairns Arena. LIU took Friday's opener, 1-0, in overtime.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-3, 1-3 NEWHA), LIU (3-1, 1-1 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 52 saves
• Junior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 1 goal, 6 blocked shots, +3
• Sophomore Alicia McDonald (Clearwater, Fla./East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA), 1 goal
• Sophomore Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 1 goal
• Sophomore Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 1 assist, 8 faceoff wins
• Senior Lilly Hartnell (Tampa, Fla./Saint Anselm College), 1 assist, 4-for-8 faceoffs
• Junior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 1 assist, 8-for-19 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Evelyn Latka, 1 goal, 9-for-11 faceoffs
• Redshirt sophomore Victoria Rutnik, 21 saves

GAME FACTS

• McDonald scored her third goal of the season.
• Lavender moved past the 2,400-save plateau for her career (2,419) and is now 94 short of Erin Stevens' '13 (2,513) school record. She is also second in minutes (3,564:16) only to Stevens (4,262:49).
• Lavender recorded her sixth career 50-save contest.
• The Purple Knights broke through for their first win against LIU since Nov. 2, 2019, after seven of the last 10 games were decided by two goals or less, with four extending to overtime.

THE ACTION

• During a first period in which they held a 12-10 lead in shots, the Purple Knights netted the stanza's only goal with 15:20 gone. First-year Kali Boychuk (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Windsor Southwest Wildcats) sent a pass from behind the net that Rutnik redirected into the slot, where Jerylo made a slight touch before McDonald buried the loose puck.
• Lavender made 25 saves in the second period alone, and Latka scored the lone tally, on a second effort from below the goal line at 6:50.
• In the third period, senior Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen) sent a shot from the left circle that Rutnik paddled away into the right circle, where Quinn picked up the puck and dumped a shot past the netminder at 6:54. Hartnell also assisted.
• Lavender made 17 saves in a shutout third period, including four during an LIU power play that started with 15:25 gone.
• With Rutnik pulled for an extra skater, Hetman forced a giveaway at the LIU blue line and fed Jarvis, who slipped a long shot that narrowly eluded the final Shark skater on the way to the empty net with 1:03 to go.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Harvard University, 6 p.m.