Women's Ice Hockey Seals Regular Season On A High Note With 4-1 Victory Over Saint Michael's

Saturday, February 15

Colchester, VT

1 pm

Sacred Heart

21-10, 18-2NEWHA

Saint Michael's

5-20-4, 4-15-1NEWHA

Sacred Heart

Saint Michael's

Women's Ice Hockey Seals Regular Season On A High Note With 4-1 Victory Over Saint Michael's

2/15/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

COLCHESTER, VT.- The Sacred Heart University Women's Ice Hockey team concluded the regular season on a high note this afternoon as they defeated Saint Michael's by a final score of 4-1. The Pioneers now turn their focus to the NEWHA Championship Semifinals where they await who they will face in the final four.

First Period

Saint Michael's outshot the Pioneers in the opening period 9-8.
The Purple Knights were in the only team to score in the opening period as they jumped on the board early just 3:34 into the period off a goal by Krista Ferrari off a pair of assists by Jordan Monbouquette and Alissa Sullivan to put Saint Michael's ahead 1-0.
After the Saint Michael's goal, both sides skated to stalemate with the Purple Knights still ahead 1-0.

Second Period

The second period was all about the Pioneers as SHU outshot Saint Michael's 22-9 in the period.
The aggressive offensive attack paid off for SHU as senior Jayne Lewis evened the score at 1-1 off an assist by first-year Alexa Ocel to claim the top points leader in program history with 140 and as she tallied her 22^nd goal of the year.
The lone Lewis goal was the only one of the period as the game headed into the third period with the score remaining tied up at 1-1.

Third Period

The Pioneers continued their aggressive attack as they fired off 18 shots on goal while holding Saint Michael's to just five.
SHU racked up three goals in the period first coming off the stick of sophomore Kennedy Spiering 10:29 into the period as she fired the puck from the blue-line into the top right corner of the net to give the Pioneers a 2-1 lead.
Then four minutes later 14:36 into the period, while the Pioneers were on the power-play, sophomore Kelly Solak nailed her fifth goal of the year off a pair of assists by senior Olivia Bryant and sophomore Anna Klein to push the Pioneers ahead 3-1.
The final nail in coffin came less than a minute later 15:14 into the period off the stick of sophomore Nicole Guidi from seniors Maddie Bishop and Victoria Grimmer to propel the Pioneers to a 4-1 victory.

Notes

SHU concludes the regular season with a 21-10 overall record and 18-2 record in NEWHA play.
Senior Jayne Lewis was the main spotlight as she surpassed Taylor Moreland for the all-time career points leader at SHU with 140 with her goal.
Sophomore goalie Frankie Sanchez ended the 2019-20 season with an impressive 19-10 overall record as she recorded 22 saves on 23 shots faced.