SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team was trimmed by Sacred Heart University, 3-2, on Friday during New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) play at Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-24, 1-20 NEWHA), Sacred Heart (8-17-2, 7-12-2 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Victoria FitzGibbon (Stittsville, Ontario/East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA), 1 goal, 5 blocked shots
• Junior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 1 goal
• Senior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 60 saves
• First-year Lexi Soon (Sherwood Park, Alberta/Sherwood Park Steele), 1 assist, 3 blocked shots
• Sophomore Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 8-for-13 faceoffs
• Senior Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 6-for-13 faceoffs
• Senior Lilly Hartnell (Tampa, Fla./Saint Anselm College), 6 faceoff wins
• Junior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 6 blocked shots
• First-year Katelyn Aleong (Anmore, British Columbia/Pacific Steelers U19), 5 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Bria Holm, 2 goals
• Sophomore Addie Bowlby, 1 goal
• Senior Jillian Petruno, 23 saves

GAME FACTS

• Lavender registered her fifth career 60-save game.
• Quinn moved past 100 blocked shots for the year (101).
• Each of the Purple Knights' last three games was decided by two goals or less.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights went ahead just 1:05 after the opening faceoff, as Soon backhanded a pass toward the left post, where Jerylo jammed in her second goal in three games. Sophomore Alicia McDonald (Clearwater, Fla./East Ottawa Junior Stars U22 AA) added a secondary helper, dishing a pass to Soon from behind the net.
• Holm tied the game with 18:27 gone in the opening frame, firing a shot from the left circle beyond Lavender's glove hand.
• Bowlby made it 2-1 5:33 into the second period with a power-play strike after taking space in the left circle and scoring from up close.
• Aleong later blocked three shots in one shift while helping the Purple Knights kill off a pair of penalties.
• Holm pushed the lead to 3-1 at 9:19 of the third period, roofing a shot from the left circle.
• Only 1:25 later, FitzGibbon's shot from the left circle during a power play found its way to the net, halving the Purple Knights' deficit. Junior Isabel Goolie (Anchorage, Alaska/Gilmour Academy) and sophomore Julia Chedel (Haverhill, Mass./Kimball Union Academy) assisted.
• The Purple Knights were assessed a penalty with 2:44 to go and successfully killed the woman deficit but thus were unable to pull Lavender until 27 seconds remained. After a timeout at 24 seconds, Sacred Heart won the ensuing faceoff, and Saint Michael's never possessed in the offensive zone.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Sacred Heart, 3 p.m.
• The Purple Knights honor their seniors with a pregame Senior Day ceremony at 2 p.m.