WEST POINT, N.Y. (October 12, 2025) – The Stonehill College men's hockey team suffered a 6-1 setback against Army West Point on Sunday evening at Tate Rink. With the loss, the Skyhawks dropped to 0-4 on the season, while the Black Knights improve to 2-0-1.
 
Highlights

• The Skyhawks outshot the Black Knights, 41-23, and won the face-off battle, 30-28.
• Sophomore Cole Melady scored his second goal of the season off a first collegiate assist from classmate Justin Mexico.
• Freshman Pat Murphy led the team with three blocked shots, while graduate student Evan Orr registered a game-high eight shots on goal.
• Graduate student Connor Androlewicz and sophomore Linards Lipskis combined to make 17 saves in net.
• Adam Marshall led Army with three points, scoring two goals and adding an assist, while Vincent Salice, Nik Hong, and Nils Forselius each recorded two points.
• JJ Cataldo earned the win in net for Army, stopping 40 of 41 shots faced.

 
How It Happened
Army wasted little time opening the scoring, as just 3:22 into the first period, Salice whistled a shot past Androlewicz for his first of two goals on the night. Just over two minutes later, Stonehill nearly evened the score when sophomore Billy Renfrew rang a shot off the post.

The Black Knights doubled their advantage at 16:51 when Hong backhanded a shot into the net. Moments later, the Skyhawks earned the game's first power-play opportunity, but despite eight shot attempts, including six on goal, Stonehill was unable to cut into its two-goal deficit heading into the first intermission.

Early in the second period, Army extended its lead with goals from Jude Brower (4:33) and Marshall (8:38), putting the Black Knights ahead 4-0. Following two more stifled power-play chances for Stonehill, JJ Grainda forced a turnover that allowed Mexico to set up Melady, who fired home his second goal of the season.

Salice added another goal in the final 30 seconds of the second period, marking his second of the game and restoring Army's four-goal lead. Army capped the scoring at 4:14 of the third period when Marshall lit the lamp, sealing a 6-1 victory.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (0-4-0) returns to action on Saturday, October 18, traveling to Fairfield, Connecticut for a matchup with Sacred Heart University. Puck drop from the Martire Family Arena between the Skyhawks and Pioneers is set for 5 PM.

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