EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (October 31, 2025) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team secured the extra point in the NEWHA standings after skating to a 1-1 draw in regulation against Long Island University, before prevailing 1-0 in the shootout. With the result, the Skyhawks improved to 3-3-1 overall and 3-1-1 in conference play, while the Sharks moved to 3-3-1 overall and 1-3-1 in NEWHA action.
 
Highlights

• Senior Sydney Russell scored her first goal of the season, while classmate Lily Geist dished out her third assist of the early campaign.
• Sophomore defender Reagan Whynot blocked a team-high two shots, while first-year student Bella Sacca netted the shootout winner for the Skyhawks.
• Senior netminder Eve Stone blanked the Sharks in the shootout and stopped 26 of her 27 shots faced throughout regulation.
• Grace Babington lit the lamp on the lone goal for LIU in the third period, while Clara Kammholz compiled 21 saves on the day in between the pipes.

 
How It Happened
After a scoreless opening 20 minutes that featured eight combined shots on goal—four by each side—Stonehill and Long Island continued their back-and-forth play into the second period.

Early in the middle frame, Geist and first-year Payton Palsa generated a pair of quick scoring chances that narrowly missed, followed shortly by Kyana Mitchell being denied on the doorstep by LIU's Kammholz just six minutes into the period. Following the Skyhawks' early surge, the teams would continue to exchange chances throughout the remainder of the frame, heading into the second intermission still deadlocked at 0–0.

LIU finally broke through 6:32 into the final period while on the power play. After a turnover in the Skyhawks' defensive zone, Babington capitalized in front of Stone, firing a shot under the crossbar to give the Sharks the first lead of the game.

Stonehill answered back midway through the period. At the 13:07 mark, Russell retrieved the puck in the neutral zone following a concluded power play, deked past her defender with a pair of smooth moves, and ripped a wrist shot under Kammholz's blocker to even the score at one with just under seven minutes left in regulation.

Neither side could find the winner through 60 minutes, sending the game to overtime. In the three-on-three extra frame, both teams generated quality scoring opportunities, including multiple two-on-one rushes and breakaways, but Stone and Kammholz stood tall in their respective creases to preserve the tie and force a shootout.

After the first four shooters were denied, Sacca stepped up and buried the go-ahead goal with a slick deke to her backhand. With the game on the line, Stone stopped Ella Knewtson's attempt to seal the shootout victory and secure the extra point in the NEWHA standings for the Skyhawks.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (3-3-1, 3-1-1 NEWHA) wraps up its two-game weekend set against LIU tomorrow in East Meadow, New York at the Northwell Health Ice Center at 2 PM.  

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