Whaley recorded a two-goal game for the first time during her Stonehill career. (Photo Credit Bob Blanchard).

WORCESTER, Mass. (October 27, 2023) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team rolled to a 5-1 victory over New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) opponent Assumption University Friday night.

Highlights

• Senior Paige Whaley netted a pair of goals for the first time in her career to propel the Skyhawks to the 5-1 victory.
• Sophomore duo of Kathryn Karo and Maeve Carey each scored their first goals of the season.
• First-year student Peyton Wise lit the lamp for the first time of her young career against the Greyhounds in the first period.
• First-year defender Pusle Dyring-Andersen led the Skyhawks playmakers dishing out two assists on the night.
• Junior goaltender Hanna Zukow stopped 25 shots in between the pipes for Stonehill to earn their third win of the season in goal. 
• First-year forward Alexa Hanrahan scored the lone goal for Assumption.

How it Happened

Petford now leads the team with six assists on the season. (Photo Credit Bob Blanchard).

• Stonehill opened the scoring at the 6:17 mark of the opening frame after Wise hopped on a loose puck in front of the Assumption net for her first career goal.
• The Skyhawks would double their advantage on the power play just under 10 minutes into the contest after Whaley retrieved a rebound and placed a backhand shot into the back of the net for her first goal of the game.
• However, Assumption would respond less than 40 seconds later, as Hanrahan would cut the deficit in half after scoring a goal off assists from first-year pairing Rachel Agerter and Jenna Chaplain.
• Coming out of the first intermission Stonehill would continue to apply consistent offensive pressure, outshooting the Greyhounds 9-2 through the first 10 minutes of the second period.
• At the 10:25 mark, however, Stonehill would score its third goal of the game after Karo converted on cross ice pass from Lucie Turcotte for her first goal of the season.
• In the waning seconds of the middle frame, Whaley would net her second goal of the contest on a deflection in front of the Greyhounds goal off a blue line shot from Dyring-Andersen.
• Stonehill capped off its scoring after Carey found the back of the net for her first goal of the season at the 18:08 mark of the third and final period to seal the 5-1 victory over Assumption.

Noteworthy

• Whaley now leads the team with four goals on the season.
• Senior captain Grace Parker, sophomore trio Alexis Petford, Gracie Sacca, Turcotte, and Wise each recorded an assist on the night.
• Stonehill outshot Assumption 28-26, while the Greyhounds held a slight 36-32 advantage inside the faceoff circle.
• The Skyhawks have scored at least one power play goal in five of the team's first nine contests.

Up Next

Stonehill (3-6-0, 3-2-0 NEWHA) returns home to the Bridgewater Ice Arena on Saturday to host Assumption University for a NEWHA conference matchup. Puck drop between the Skyhawks and Greyhounds is set for 1 P.M.

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