Box Score BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (September 28, 2024) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey dropped a 5-1 decision to Boston College Saturday night at the Bridgewater Ice Arena. With the loss, the Skyhawks opened the season at 0-1, while the Eagles improved to 1-0 overall.
 
Highlights

• Junior Lily Geist lit the lamp on her first goal of the season off first-year defender Seina Spadone's first-career assist.
• Spadone along with first-year classmates Alexsa Caron and Reagan Whynot as well as graduate transfer Maeve Connolly each made their Skyhawk debuts on the night.
• Stonehill as a team blocked a total of 20 shots, with Whynot leading the way with four on the night.  
• Caron made her first career start in net for Stonehill and stopped 38 shots, marking the most in a Skyhawk goaltender's first career start in the program's brief history.
• Sophomore Sammy Taber paved the way for the Boston College offensive output, netting her first goal of the season and dishing out an assist.
• Senior Keri Clougherty scored what eventually ended up being the game-winner, marking just the second goal of her career for the Eagles.
• Sophomore Molly Jordan also had a two-point night off a goal and an assist for Boston College.
• Junior Grace Campbell and sophomore Bailey Callaway split time in net for the Eagles, stopping a combined 17 of 18 shots faced.  

How it Happened
Stonehill came out of the gates strong in its season opener, tallying three early shots within the opening 90 seconds of play, with two being on goal off the sticks of senior Josie Mendeszoon and junior Sarah Taylar.
 
However, at the 3:47 mark of the first period, Boston College would light the lamp as senior Abby Newhookwent coast-to-coast, scoring her first goal of the season and 27th of her collegiate career.
 
Less than 30 seconds after the Eagles opened the scoring, Stonehill would level the game at one aside as Geist would sneak a shot from the nearside faceoff circle through the pads of Campbell and into the back of the BC net. The goal marked Geist's 23rd career, second among active Skyhawks, only trailing junior classmate Maddison Achtyl with 24 career goals.
 
Boston College would regain its one-goal advantage with just over five minutes remaining in the opening frame. A bouncing puck shot in from the neutral zone by Clougherty would make its way into the back of the net past Caron to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission.  
 
At the 14:11 mark of the second period, Boston College would increase its lead to 3-1. Between the circles, Jordan would receive a tape-to-tape pass from senior Jenna Carpenter below the goal line and rifle a shot past Caron in net for her fifth career goal and first of the season.
 
In the third period, the Eagles would cap off the game by scoring goals at 11:45 and 19:22, respectively. Taber rounded out her two-point night lighting the lamp on her first goal of the season off assists from first-year student Alana Devlin and senior Kiley Erickson, while first-year student Tricia Piku netted her first career goal in the final minute of regulation to seal the, 5-1, win for Boston College.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (0-1, 0-0 NEWHA) returns to action next weekend for a two-game set against Syracuse. Puck drop of Friday's season opener is set for 5:30 p.m., between the Skyhawks and Orange in Syracuse, N.Y.
 
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