HENNIKER, N.H. – Seven different players each recorded a goal as women's hockey cruised to their largest win of the 2021-22 season following a 7-0 New England Hockey Conference victory over New England College Friday evening at Lee Clement Arena.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 7, New England College 0
UMass Boston (6-8-0, 5-3-0 New England Hockey Conference)
New England College (3-8-0, 0-7-0 New England Hockey Conference)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Beacons quickly found themselves in control of Friday's contest as they scored three straight power play goals through the first eight minutes.
Katie Wilbert (Pittsburgh, Pa.),
Margeaux Butters (Snohomish, Wash.) and
Jane Ann Drill (Madison, Wis.) each found the back of the net to give the Beacons the early 3-0 lead.
They then added two more goals in the second period, with
Katie Leffler (Key Largo, Fla.) and
Corin Trejchel (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scoring in the span of four minutes to blow the contest wide open.
The final stanza saw another back-to-back goals by UMB in the span of a minute with
Ana Gustafson (Clarkston, Mich.) and
Hannah MacDougall (South Dartmouth, Mass.) closing out the one-sided contest.
Between the pipes
Victoria Kennedy (Winthrop, Mass.) registered her sixth win of the season after making just three stops in the third period.
Romy Thibeault (Dallas, Texas) closed out the final two periods and posted 11 saves to help earn the combined shutout.
BY THE NUMBERS
- With her goal and two assists, Leffler now sits with 51 career points as a Beacon; She is now tied for 12th all-time in program history
- All-time UMass Boston is now 23-9-2 against NEC and have won 16-straight over the Pilgrims
- The Beacons finished 3-for-4 on the power-play, while NEC went 0-for-3
- UMass Boston outshot NEC 43-14
- Rachael Burum led UMB with 10 face-off wins
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will travel to Norwich University tomorrow for a 4 p.m. conference game.
