WINCHENDON, Mass. - The eighth-seeded Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team saw its season end with a 5-1 loss to No. 1 Franklin Pierce University on Saturday during game two of a best-of-three New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Tournament quarterfinal series at The Winchendon School's Jason Ritchie Ice Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-33), Franklin Pierce (21-11-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 1 goal
• Senior Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 1 assist, 9-for-20 faceoffs
• Senior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 56 saves
• Junior Anna Jerylo (Stillwater, Minn./Gentry Academy), 10-for-19 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Abigail Broz, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Maggie Korneta, 3 assists
• Sophomore Caleigh Murphy, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior McKenzie Rich, 1 goal
• First-year Addison Andre, 1 goal
• Senior Jill Hertl, 18 saves

GAME FACTS

• With 3,392 career saves, Lavender finished her career 17th in NCAA National Collegiate (Division I/II) women's ice hockey history, passing Northeastern University's Aerin Frankel (3,349), who won an Olympic gold medal for Team USA last week. Lavender will also graduate with a school record for goalie minutes (4,740:24). Lavender's 1,112 saves this season were short only of her school-record 1,171 set in 2023-24.
• Gerebi capped her career with a school-record 135 appearances, and senior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats) is second at 132.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights struck early, with Gerebi winning a draw clean back to the blue line for Quinn, who lofted a high shot just under the crossbar with 3:32 gone in the opening period.
• Broz knotted the game just 1:44 later, sending a shot through a screen on the power play. Lavender stopped another 17 shots sent her way during the frame to keep the teams tied.
• Andre put the Ravens in front at 4:13 of the second period, poking in a rebound, and Broz picked a corner from the left circle during a power play 3:30 later.
• Rich padded the lead at 2:27 of the third, tipping in a shot from the right circle.
• Murphy scored on an empty net at 16:35 to add to the advantage.