WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Assumption University, 3-1, on Friday night during a New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) game in the Worcester Ice Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-27, 4-21 NEWHA), Assumption (8-20-3, 8-15-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Julia Chedel (Haverhill, Mass./Kimball Union Academy), 1 goal
• First-year Jordana DeMarinis (Beeton, Ontario/Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes), 41 saves
• Sophomore Alizée LeBlanc (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Ridley College), 7-for-12 faceoffs
• Junior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Rachel Agerter, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Alexa Hanrahan, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Caroline Lilley, 2 assists
• Sophomore Lauryn Broecker, 1 goal
• Sophomore Jenna Chaplain, 1 assist, 10-for-16 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jadyn Weiser, 23 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights scored the only power-play goal of the night while also not committing a single penalty.
• The Purple Knights held a 14-4 blocked shots lead, while the Greyhounds held advantages in shots (44-24) and faceoff wins (22-16).

THE ACTION

• The Greyhounds struck first at 1:14 in the first period on Hanrahan's goal, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead. Agerter and Lilley added helpers.
• Assumption doubled its lead at the halfway mark of the first period, when Agerter scored on assists from Lilley and Hanrahan.
• Chedel scored on the power play at 10:56 after passes from graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School) and senior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), banking a shot off of a Greyhound to cut the Assumption lead down to 2-1.
• Neither team found the back of the net in the second period, with DeMarinis and Weiser making 16 and 13 saves in the second stanza, respectively.
• The Greyhounds scored an empty-net goal at 19:19 in the third period after the Purple Knights pulled DeMarinis for an extra skater to ice the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Assumption, 2:20 p.m.