Saint Michael's College

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Three players scored to help the Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team defeat Saint Anselm College, 3-1, during New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) play on Saturday in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-13, 1-9 NEWHA), Saint Anselm (2-5-1, 2-5-1 NEWHA)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Jen Birolini (Pembroke, Mass./Tabor Academy), 1 goal, 1 assist, +2
• Senior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 2 assists, 18-for-28 faceoffs, +2
• Sophomore Kaydence Carpenter (Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Kachinas 19U AAA), 2 assists, 2 blocked shots
• Junior Alicia McDonald (Kelowna, British Columbia/Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna), 1 goal, +2
• First-year Taryn Richter (Victoria, Minn./Holy Family Catholic), 1 goal (1st career)
• First-year Makena Underwood (Farmington, Minn./Farmington), 49 saves (1st career win)
• First-year Grace Bendickson (Lakeville, Minn./Benilde-Saint Margaret's School), 2 blocked shots, 12-for-17 faceoffs
• Senior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 3 blocked shots, +2
• Senior Naomi Tink (Birmingham, Mich./Bishop Kearney Selects 19U AAA), 2 blocked shots
• First-year Brie Gruber (Green Bay, Wis./NAHA White 19U AAA), +2

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Hailey Tullo, 1 goal
• First-year Kalyssa Bayne, 31 saves

GAME FACTS

• The teams played a contest decided by two goals or less for the seventh time in the last nine meetings.
• Saint Michael's held a 41-30 lead in faceoff wins, while Saint Anselm garnered a 50-34 advantage in shots.

THE ACTION

• Underwood came up with a pad save a little more than a minute into the contest after first-year Lily Winckler picked off a pass in the slot and sent a shot on net.
• Tink blocked a pair of shots to key the Purple Knights killing off a minor penalty that began at 3:26, and Underwood made 11 total saves between four minutes of penalty kill time by 8:24 of the opening stanza.
• Junior Brianna Jarvis (Swanton, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) gained a head of steam toward the net but was stifled by consecutive Bayne saves around the 14:22 mark.
• Carpenter's long stretch pass sprung Richter for a breakaway in the late stages, and the rookie coolly finished to her backhand at 17:38 after waiting out Bayne.
• Tullo tied the game 41 seconds into the second period with a power-play strike from along the goal line that snuck over Underwood's shoulder.
• The Purple Knight fourth line nearly found the net a little more than a minute later, but senior Isabel Goolie's (Anchorage, Alaska/Gilmour Academy) shot from the left point was saved by Bayne and sophomore Lexi Soon (Sherwood Park, Alberta/Sherwood Park Steele) was also denied from out front on the rebound.
• Saint Michael's went in front for good at 14:13, when a net-front and unmarked McDonald touched home Jerylo's pass from behind the net. Birolini also assisted.
• Birolini added insurance at 10:49 of the third period after taking Jerylo's handoff and gaining the neutral zone, skating up the right wall into the slot, and sending the puck crawling over Bayne's left shoulder. Carpenter initiated the sequence with another long pass.
• Saint Anselm took the game's final 13 shot attempts, with seven reaching the net for Underwood to turn away, including four with Bayne pulled for an extra attacker during a 6-on-4 power play over the closing 1:17, but the Purple Knights yielded no further damage.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Post University, 7:30 p.m.