NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Freshman forward Ann-Frederique Guay scored twice to lead the Norwich University women's ice hockey team to a 3-1 win over UMass Boston on Friday afternoon in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action at Kreitzberg Arena.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 1, #6 Norwich University 3

UMass Boston (11-10-3, 7-6-2 New England Hockey Conference)
Norwich University (18-4-2, 15-0-0 New England Hockey Conference)

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a scoreless first period, Norwich took the lead on a shorthanded goal by Kelley Madden for her ninth goal of the season. Madden took advantage of an UMass Boston player tripping to coast into the zone all alone. She skated in right down the middle and snapped a wrist shot off the right post and into the net to make it 1-0 Cadets just 33 seconds into the second period. Kayla Goleniak picked up the assist after chipping the puck out of the zone from behind the net.

UMass Boston responded with a shorthanded goal of its own on a pretty 2-on-1 rush from Katie Leffler (Key Largo, Fla.) and Kelsey Ryan (Burlington, Mass). Ryan skated in from the left and fed a pass over to Leffler who was all alone with just Berg in the way. Leffler deked and beat Berg five-hole to tie the game at 1-1 at the 6:39 mark.

Norwich regained the lead just 1:28 later with Guay scoring a pretty goal on her back hand for her 11th goal of the season. Samantha Benoit and Ingrid Holstad-Berge picked up the assists on the goal.

The Cadets added an insurance tally in the final minute of the game with Guay lifting the puck over the shoulder short side for her 12th goal of the year. Benoit picked up the assist after a pretty individual effort deking through three UMass Boston defenders.

Sophomore Alexa Berg made 24 saves to improve to 7-3-2 on the season.

Caty Flagg (Methuen, Mass.) made 37 saves to fall to 11-9-3 on the year.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Norwich outshot UMass Boston 40-25 in the game.
• On the night both teams finished 0-for-2 on the power-play
• Leffler's shorthanded goal was the third of the year for the junior forward; She now sits tied for third in Division III in the category, and is tied for second in program history for shorthanded goals in a season, and third all-time
• Norwich now leads the all-time series 21-4 and have won nine straight over the Beacons

WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons will close out the regular season tomorrow at 1 p.m. at New England College.

Information for this release provided by Norwich University Sports Information Department