WINCHENDON, Mass. (January 13, 2023)- In a crucial New England Women's Hockey Alliance matchup against Franklin Pierce University, the Stonehill College women's ice hockey team doubled up the Ravens, 6-3 led by two-goal performances from both Lily Geist and Alexis Petford. Geist and Petford have now each scored two goals in the same game twice this year (Oct. 15 vs. Saint Michaels College, 9-0).

Scoring

STO: Alexis Petford, 19:53-1st period

        Kathryn Karo (Bailey Feeney and Josie Mendeszoon), 04:05-2nd period

        Alexis Petford, 05:37 (Lucie Turcotte and Liv Tuffy), 05:37-2nd period

        Gracie Sacca (Lucie Turcotte and Lily Geist), 12:34-2nd period

        Lily Geist (Lucie Turcotte), 02:37-3rd period

        Lily Geist (Lucie Turcotte and Maddison Achtyl), 14:58-3rd period

FPU: Mikayla Kelley (Emille Prive and Stefanie Caban), 06:54-1st period

        Mikayla Kelley (Jenna Ruiz and Lindsey Dumond), 14:15-3rd period

        Avery Farrell (Ava Kison and Jenna Ruiz), 17:28-3rd period

Goaltending

STO: Eve Stone (60:00)-35 saves

FPU: Jill Hertl (58:40)-20 saves

The Details

• Despite the Ravens striking first, Stonehill responded as the opening period came to a close when Petford skated up the ice from center ice, and on the one-on-one chance versus Hertl, the freshman beat the Ravens netminder stickside as the squad headed into the second with momentum. 
• In the next frame, it was all Stonehill as the Skyhawks netted three goals to ultimately go ahead 4-1 going into the final period. Karo netted the go-ahead goal less than five minutes into the second (15:55) after Mendeszoon dumped the puck to a waiting Karo in the right face-off circle as she fired her shot past Hertl for her fourth goal of the season. 
• A little over a minute later (14:23), Petford potted her second goal on the night when Turcotte forced a Ravens turnover by center ice and after she passed the puck to Tuffy, she passed it right back to Turcotte. Turcotte then found an open Petford in the opposite face-off circle on the left side and beat an out-of-place Hertl for a 3-1 advantage.
• The Purple and White's third goal came with 7:26 left in the period when Turcotte skated behind the Ravens net and found an open Sacca right in front as she put home the team's fourth goal. As the third got underway, Stonehill continued their momentum when Geist snuck the puck past Hertl's glove side after another great look by Turcotte. 
• Franklin Pierce would get one goal back later in the period off the stick of Kelley to make it 5-2, but Stonehill answered with a goal of their own to go back up four (6-2) when Geist scored her second goal of the evening courtesy of a great pass from Turcotte. Turcotte's four assists marked a new career-high for the freshman forward and are also a single-game high from any Skyhawk this season.
• While Franklin Pierce would get one more goal with 2:32 left, the Skyhawks held on for the 6-3 victory. It also marked the eighth time this year the squad has posted four or more goals in a game.

Up Next

Stonehill and Franklin Pierce wrap up their home and home tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

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