EASTON, Mass. (February 7, 2025) – The Stonehill College women's hockey team secured a commanding 5-2 victory over Post University on Friday night at the Bridgewater Ice Arena. The Skyhawks' offensive output was fueled by five unanswered goals, each from a different player. With the win, Stonehill improved to 11-16-3 overall and 11-9-3 in conference play, while the Eagles dropped to 9-17-3 overall and 9-11-3 in conference competition.

Highlights

• Junior co-captain Sydney Russell fueled the Skyhawks' offensive effort, registering her second career three-point game off a goal and two assists.
• Junior Kathryn Karo and sophomore Peyton Wise also added their respective second and first multi-point games of the season.
• Junior Lily Geist lit the lamp on her seventh goal of the season, while first-year defender Seina Spadone scored her second career goal.
• Junior classmates Bailey Feeney and Maddison Achtyl extended their point scoring streaks to five and three games, respectively.
• Junior goaltender Eve Stone picked up her second win of the season in net after holding the Eagles to two goals on 19 shots faced.
• Junior Tymmarie Grom and senior Hannah Luckman scored their respective first and second goals of the season for Post.
• Senior Julia Wysocki blocked a game-high three shots for the Eagles.
• First-year netminder Devyn Amundson tallied 24 saves in between the pipes for Post.

How it Happened
After a back-and-forth start to the conference matchup, Post surged ahead with a two-goal lead midway through the first period, as Grom and Luckman each found the back of the net within a two-minute span. Grom opened the scoring at the 12:20 mark, capitalizing on a misplayed pass in the Skyhawks' defensive zone. Luckman followed up with her second goal of the season, assisted by first-year student Ruby Mitchell and sophomore Jet Devlin.
 
Following Post's second goal at the 13:50 mark, Stonehill gained offensive momentum, registering 12 shot attempts compared to just one by the Eagles in the final six minutes of the opening frame.
 
Stonehill carried that momentum into the second period, outshooting the Eagles 15-4 over the next 20 minutes. After drawing a high-sticking penalty at the 12:09 mark, the Skyhawks wasted no time converting on their second power-play opportunity of the game. Feeney and Russell exchanged passes before setting up Karo, who fired a shot over the blocker of Amundson to cut Stonehill's deficit to one.
 
Just over two minutes later, at 14:30, Geist collected a pass along the near boards and launched a shot from the blue line that beat the Eagles' netminder for her seventh goal of the season, tying the game at two. Following Geist's equalizer, Spadone rifled a wrist shot from the far side faceoff dot into the back of the net at 15:57, scoring what would ultimately prove to be the game-winning goal.
 
With a one-goal lead entering the third period, the Skyhawks aimed to protect their advantage. However, at the 15:29 mark, Wysocki nearly tied the game with a powerful shot from the slot that rang off the crossbar. Just 21 seconds later, Russell made an impressive coast-to-coast dash, weaving through the Post defense and scoring unassisted to extend the Skyhawks' lead.
 
At 17:52, Wise sealed the win by scoring into an empty net for her third goal of the season, securing the 5-2 victory on home ice.

Up Next
Stonehill (11-16-3, 11-9-3 NEWHA) wraps up its home-and-home series against Post tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 PM at the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton, Connecticut.    
 
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