HARRISVILLE, R.I. – With a pair of goals from Jenny Currie (Chelmsford, Mass.) and three assists from Alexandra Karlis (Denver, Colo.), women's hockey cruised to a 5-1 New England Hockey Conference win over Nichols College Wednesday afternoon at Levy Rink.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 5, Nichols College 1

UMass Boston (12-10-0, 10-4-0 NEHC)
Nichols College (3-18-0, 1-12-0 NEHC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Beacons had to get over an early deficit, as the Bison scored on the power-play less than seven minutes into the first.  Katie Jeter (Winthrop, Mass.) scored the equalizer less than three minutes later, and Alexa Cappione (Massena, N.Y.) but UMass out in front on a power-play score with 26 seconds left in the first. 

From there UMass dominated all aspects of Wednesday's contest.  Maren Brown (Brainerd, Minn.) and Currie would each find the back of the net in the second, while in the third Currie put the final nail in Nichols' coffin to seal the victory.

Rachel Myette (Pembroke, Mass.) was forced to make just 10 stops in the conference win, which keeps the Beacons in firm control of third place with only three games remaining in the regular season.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The three assists by Karlis is a career-high for the senior forward
• All-time UMass Boston leads the series 12-1-2 and have won six straight
• The Beacons extended their unbeaten streak 7-0-1 since November 13, 2012
• On the night UMass Boston went 1-for-4 on the PP, while the Bison finished 1-for-3
• UMass Boston outshot Nichols 49-11

WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons travel to Holy Cross on Friday for a 3:05 p.m. conference game.