SHELTON, Conn. (November 12, 2022)- The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team wrapped up their weekend in Connecticut with a loss against Sacred Heart University, 4-6 Saturday evening at the Sports Center of Connecticut. 

Scoring

SHU: McNeil, Paige (unassisted) 02:47 Second Period

Nevers, Cassandra ( Lupone, Sophie ) 17:53 Second Period

PP - DeLong, Rachel ( Koman, Julianna & Nevers, Cassandra ) 07:57 Third Period

PP - Ryskamp, Iyla ( Antonakis, Sydney ) 10:40 Third Period

McNeil, Paige ( MacKay, Delani ) 16:40 Third Period

Antonakis, Sydney ( unassisted) 18:55 Third Period

STO: Geist, Lily ( Carey, Maeve ) 00:15 Second Period

Petford, Alexis ( Sacca, Gracie ) 07:10 Second Period

Karo, Kathryn ( unassisted) 9:49 Third Period

Taylar, Sarah ( Whaley, Paige ) 13:56 Third Period

Goaltenders 

SHU: Molly Elmore (60:00)-21 saves

STO: Eve Stone (59:33) 30 saves

The Details

• Both teams saw no scoring in the first period of the game until the second period began and both teams scored a goal within the first three minutes.
• Stonehill set the pace of the game after Lily Geist scored the first goal at the 00:15 mark, assisted by Maeve Carey. 
• Not to long after, Sacred Heart answered back with an unassisted goal from Paige McNeil at the 2:47 mark.
• As the second period continued, Stonehill's Alexis Petford found the net herself, scoring off a pass from Gracie Sacca.
• With only a few minutes left in the second period, Sacred Heart closes the period with a goal from Cassandra Nevers, assisted by Sophie Lupone, going into the final quarter with a tied score.
• Going into the third period, Sacred Heart found themselves in a power play position, where Rachel DeLong scored off of Julianna Koman and Cassandra Nevers.
• Stonehill answered back with an unassisted goal by Kathryn Karo to tie the score 3-3.
• Sacred heart finds Stonehill down a player in a power play situation, Iyla Ryskamp took advantage of the opportunity, scoring off an assist from Sydney Antonakis.
• Stonehill found themselves down by one, until Sarah Taylor found the back of the net off a pass from Paige Whaley, putting the score at 4-4.
• Sacred Heart University closed out the game with back-to-back goals from Paige McNeil, assisted by Delani MacKay, and an unassisted goal by Sydney Antonakis, leaving Sacred Heart up by two.
• Sacred Heart outshot the Skyhawks by a 36-25 margin which included an 18-6 advantage in the second. 
• In today's contest, Stonehill's Eve Stone made 30 saves during today's match up.

Up Next

Stonehill heads out on the road for a New England Women's Hockey Alliance matchup at Long Island University on Friday, November 18 at 3 p.m.

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