TROY, N.Y. (September 30, 2023) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team wrapped up its two-game weekend series against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers in non-conference action as they fell 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the Houston Field House.

Highlights

• Senior Ellie Kaiser and sophomore Nina Christof led the Engineers offense, each scoring two goals on the afternoon.
• Graduate student Isabelle Hardy, junior Mika Jahnke, and first-year student Georgia Bailey also scored their first goals of the season for RPI.
• First-year student Reese Keating earned the win in her collegiate debut with 17 saves in goal for RPI.
• Sophomore Alexis Petford tallied a team high five shots on goal for the Skyhawks.
• Sophomore Eve Stone registered a career high 41 saves in goal for Stonehill.

How it Happened

• RPI would strike first at the 15:23 mark of the opening period as a breakout pass from junior Audrey McCutcheon found the stick of Christof who scored on the backhand on a partial breakaway for the games opening goal.
• Hardy doubled the Engineers lead just over halfway through the opening frame when she deked through defenders and found the back of the net for her first goal of the season.
• Just five minutes later at 4:01, Kaiser rang a shot off the iron and into the netting to extend the RPI advantage to 3-0 heading into the break.
• The Engineers wasted little time in the second period getting back to their offensive pressure, scoring at the 18:38 mark of the middle frame after Bailey lifted a shot over the right shoulder of Stone.
• RPI went on to score its first shorthanded goal of the season off the stick of Christof for her second goal of the game, while Kaiser and Jahnke capped off the scoring for the Engineers in the third.
• Stonehill nearly pulled one goal back at the 4:10 mark of the third and final period, after Petford intercepted a pass in the neutral zone shorthanded and went on the break. However, Keating would stop the Skyhawks best scoring opportunity and seal the 7-0 victory for the Engineers.

Noteworthy

• RPI now leads the all-time series against Stonehill 3-1.
• The Skyhawks registered 30 shots on goal over the two-game weekend against the Engineers.
• Petford and senior captain Paige Whaley lead the squad with seven and five shots on goal, respectively, over the first two games of the season.

Up Next

Stonehill (0-2-0, 0-0-0 NEWHA) opens its 2023-24 home slate hosting the University of Maine in a two-game weekend series at Bridgewater Ice Arena, starting Friday night at 5 p.m. RPI (2-0-2, 0-0-0 ECAC) visits Bemidji State University for a two-game weekend series, starting on Friday at 7 P.M.

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