Women's Ice Hockey Picks Up 2-1 Victory Over Saint Anselm for First Win of the Season

Friday, October 18

Manchester, NH

7 pm

Sacred Heart

1-4-0, 1-0-0

Saint Anselm

2-1-0, 2-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Sacred Heart	1	0	1	2
Saint Anselm	0	1	0	1

Women's Ice Hockey Picks Up 2-1 Victory Over Saint Anselm for First Win of the Season

10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

MANCHESTER, N.H.- The Sacred Heart University Women's Ice Hockey team picked up its first victory of the season as the Pioneers defeated NEWHA rival Saint Anselm tonight by a final score of 2-1. SHU will conclude the two-game set tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m.

First Period

The Pioneers would outshoot the Hawks 10-9 in the opening period.
Both sides would be unsuccessful on the power-play as SHU would go 0-3 while Saint Anselm was 0-2 in the period.
It would be SHU that scored the opening goal of the game as sophomore Anna Klein ripped a shot into the back of the net off an assist by senior Maddie Bishop at 5:22 to put the Pioneers ahead 1-0.
Sophomore goalie Frankie Sanchez would tally nine saves in the period.

Second Period

SHU continued its aggressive attack in the second period as the Pioneers outshot the Hawks 13-6 in the period.
Saint Anselm tallied the lone goal in the period coming off a power-play goal by Jamie Gottwald at 1:40 to even the score at 1-1. Assists were credited to Katy Meehan and Kaley Campbell.
SHU would go 0-1 on the power-play in the period while the Hawks went 1-3.

Third Period

SHU was held to just six shots on goal in the period while Saint Anselm released its offense firing off 14 shots in the period.
The amount of shots didn't matter for SHU in the period as a goal by first-year Alexa Ocel at 11:35 off an assist by Kelly Solak propelled the Pioneers to a 2-1 victory and the team's first NEWHA and season win of the year.