SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Assumption University, 6-1, on Friday during New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) play in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-9, 1-8 NEWHA), Assumption (6-6-1, 6-2-1 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 1 goal, 8 faceoff wins
• First-year Kyler Weatherred (Eagle, Colo./Team Colorado AAA Hockey Club), 1 assist
• Senior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 44 saves
• Junior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 6 blocked shots
• Junior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 9-for-12 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Kayla McGaffigan, 3 assists
• Junior Lauren Broecker, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Ava McGaffigan, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Jadyn Weiser, 26 saves

THE ACTION

• After Lavender made a blocker save of junior Lexi Kirkeby with just 1:15 gone in the contest, Broecker went blocker side for a tally at 5:24. Hetman countered just 51 seconds later, picking the corner from low in the right circle.
• Ava McGaffigan tapped in a power-play strike 4:09 into the second before Lavender went low for a glove save of sophomore Jodie Gratton's bid at 6:16 to keep it 2-1.
• Weatherred nearly found the equalizer at 12:52, but her tap-in try on Quinn's backdoor pass was denied by Weiser's pad save.
• Lavender's blocker save rejected sophomore Heather Ajakie's power-play bid from the left circle at 14:40, but the Greyhounds scored three goals in a late 1:46 stretch to pull away, with Kirkeby's shot from the right point at 16:22 beginning the flurry.
• Ajakie's power-play goal at 8:45 was the lone scoring of the third period.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Assumption, 3:20 p.m. on Rink 2.