BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (October 6, 2023) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team dropped its home opener at the Bridgewater Ice Arena, 7-0, to the University of Maine on Friday night.

Highlights

• First-year defender Ashley Kokavec scored her first two career goals for Maine, while first-year student Mikayla Boarder found the back of the net for the first time of her young career.
• Graduate student duo Ann-Frederique Guay and Ida Kuoppala as well as junior Mira Seregely added goals of their own for the Black Bears.
• Senior netminder Jordan Mattison earned the win in net for Maine, registering her fifth career shutout after making 23 saves.
• Sophomore Gracie Sacca and sophomore Maddison Achtyl led the Skyhawks each recording four shots on goal.
• Junior goaltender Hanna Zukow tallied a season-high 35 saves between the pipes for Stonehill.

How it Happened

• Maine wasted little time getting the offense rolling, scoring four goals in the opening eight minutes of the contest to take a commanding 4-0 lead into the first intermission.
• The Black Bears tacked one more goal on the board at the 16:56 mark of the second period after Guay found the back of the net for her second goal of the game.
• Despite outshooting Maine 14-9 in the middle frame, Stonehill was unable to break through, heading into the break trailing 5-0.
• Zukow came up clutch early in the third, making five saves within the opening three minutes of the final frame of regulation.
• However, the Black Bears would find the back of the net in the middle minutes of the third, as Seregely and Kuoppala registered their first goals of the season to secure the 7-0 victory for Maine.

Noteworthy

• Maine opens the all-time series against Stonehill 1-0.
• The Skyhawks registered a season-high 23 shots on goal against the Black Bears.
• Zukow registered a season-high of 35 saves in between the pipes for Stonehill.

Up Next

Stonehill (0-3-0, 0-0-0 NEWHA) wraps up its two-game weekend series against the University of Maine (1-2-0, 0-0-0 HEA) at the Bridgewater Ice Arena, Saturday at 1 P.M.

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