BOSTON, Mass. - Three players recorded multiple points to lift UMass Boston to their fifth straight victory on Friday night. With freshman goalie Abby Seaman saving 14 of 15 shots, the Beacons toppled Salem State by a final score of 3-1.

THE BASICS
UMass Boston 3, Salem State University 1

UMass Boston (8-9-3, 7-4-2 NEHC)
Salem State University (5-13-1, 2-10-1 NEHC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
An early UMass Boston penalty put Seaman in a mismatch. It took just over five and a half minutes for the Vikings to sneak one past the first year tender for the game's opening score. 

The Beacons peppered the Salem State net with shots in search of the equalizing goal. Less than seven minutes after falling behind, they pulled even courtesy of Katie Wilbert's second score of the year. With assists from Hannah MacDougall and Mia Boyd, the goal knotted the score at one.

In the second period, the Beacons continued to keep shots away from Seaman. Pucks that did get past the stingy defense were consistently corralled by the freshman goalkeeper. With just over nine minutes remaining in the frame, Seaman saved a shot and found MacDougall in open ice. MacDougall controlled the feed and found a streaking Margeaux Butters who delivered a top-shelf score to give the Beacons their first lead of the night.

Butters' score proved to be all the Beacons would need thanks to Seaman's 10 saved on 10 shots faced in the second and third. However, that did not stop Wilbert from padding the lead with her second goal of the evening. Capitalizing on a power play opportunity, Wilbert used assists from Jenna Majewski and Butters to put the game away, 3-1.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Wilbert's first multi-goal game of the season kept her atop the team's points leaderboard with nine on the year
• Gabby Shontz blocked four shots against the Vikings to pull even with Mia Boyd for the team lead with 34
• Emily Hansen continued to be the Beacons go-to for faceoffs, winning 17 of her 30 draws
• Butters leads the team with three game-winning goals since the start of the 2022-23 season
• The Beacons are 10-0 all-time against Salem State, including a season sweep this year

WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will return to the ice in search of their sixth straigh win tomorrow, Saturday, January 27 when they take on the Huskies of Southern Maine.