Sacca scored her fifth goal of the season. (Photo Credit Mary Gettens).

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (January 19, 2024) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team skated to a dominant 4-1 victory against Saint Michael's College Friday night. With the win, the Skyhawks improve to 12-13 overall and 12-7 against NEWHA opponents, while the Purple Knights dip to 0-25 overall and 0-19 in conference play.

Highlights

• Sophomore Alexis Petford recorded her second two-goal game of the season.
• Sophomore classmates Lily Geist and Gracie Sacca scored their respective fifth and eighth goals of the year.
• Sophomore trio of Maeve Carey, Maddison Achtyl and Sydney Russell as well as first-year classmates Pusle Dyring-Andersen and Peyton Wise each registered assists on the night.
• Sophomore goaltender Eve Stone picked up her sixth win of the season between the pipes after stopping 14 of her 15 shots faced.
• Senior Mary Leys scored the lone goal for Saint Michael's College off assists from freshman Maddie Quinn and junior Grace Canterbury.
• Sophomore Annika Lavender and first-year Abbey Gyurko split time in net for the Purple Knights where they tallied 48 saves on the night.

How it Happened

• Despite Stonehill dominating offensive possession early, outshooting the Purple Knights 11-1 over the first six minutes of action, SMC would strike the scoreboard first at the 6:18 mark of the opening frame on the power play.
• The Skyhawks wasted little time responding to the game's opening score as Sacca threaded the needle and found the back of the net through traffic in front to tie the game up at one apiece less than three minutes after SMC took the first lead of the contest.
• Stonehill would grab its first lead of the conference matchup 14:10 into the first when Petford deked through defenders and sent a shot over the shoulder of Lavender in net to take a 2-1 lead.
• Geist extended the Skyhawks lead to 3-1 at the 6:36 mark of the second period after capitalizing on a perfect slot pass from Achtyl behind the net.
• Petford would find the back of the net for the second time on the power play in two periods after rocketing a shot from above the circles and past the Purple Knights netminder to give Stonehill a three-goal lead just over midway through the second.
• The Skyhawks continued their offensive dominance in the third period, outshooting SMC 16-6 over the final 20 minutes and securing the 4-1 victory over the Purple Knights.

Noteworthy

Kenmore won 12 of her 14 faceoffs against Saint Michael's. (Photo Credit Rich Miyara).

• Sophomore Mia Kenmore finished the game winning 12 of her 14 faceoffs.
• Stonehill outshot SMC with a season-high of 52 shots while also winning the faceoff battle 38-20.
• The Skyhawks also matched their season-high of two power play goals. Last time the squad netted a pair of power-play goals was against SMC back on November 3rd.

Up Next

Stonehill (12-13-0, 12-7-0 NEWHA) wraps up its two-game weekend series against Saint Michael's College tomorrow at 3 p.m.

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