Stonehill College

MANCHESTER, N.H. (October 30, 2026) – The Stonehill College women's hockey team skated to a 7-7 tie before falling to NEWHA opponent Saint Anselm College, 2-1, in a shootout Friday night. With the result, the Skyhawks moved to 3-5-1 overall and 3-1-1 in conference play, while the Hawks improved to 0-4-1 overall and 0-4-1 in NEWHA action.
 
Highlights

• Sophomore Summer Combe paced the Stonehill offense with a career-high four points, recording one goal and three assists.
• Freshman Julia Lambert scored her first two collegiate goals, while senior Peyton Wise tallied the first multi-goal game of her career.
• Senior Makenna Slocum and Masyn Mullin each contributed a goal and an assist.
• Freshman Brooke Harb led all skaters with 14 faceoff wins.
• Freshmen Ella Nonweiler and Reese Combe as well as sophomore Kyana Mitchell each recorded their first collegiate points.
• Freshman Spencer Vaccari recorded a game-high four blocked shots, while sophomore goaltender Nicole Schumm turned aside 28 shots.

 
How it Happened
Saint Anselm wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, as Talia Ondy netted the game's opening goal just 17 seconds into the contest. Less than two minutes later, Lambert scored her first collegiate goal to even the score at one. The two teams traded goals later in the opening frame, with Hailey Tullo giving the Hawks the lead at 11:02 before Mullin responded for the Skyhawks at 13:41 to make it 2-2.

Saint Anselm closed out the first period with consecutive goals from Lindsey Pontillo and Brenna Young to take a 4-2 lead into the first intermission.

Stonehill flipped the script in the second period, outscoring the Hawks 4-2 after being outscored by the same margin in the opening frame. Lambert struck again at the 2:02 mark for her second goal of the game before Combe evened the score at four at 5:23. Slocum then gave the Skyhawks their first lead of the night at 15:19, finishing a play set up by Combe.

The teams traded power-play goals late in the period, with Bavneet Dhaliwal scoring for Saint Anselm at 17:56 before Wise answered at 18:55. However, Lily Winckler found the back of the net for the Hawks to tie the game at six heading into the third period.

Saint Anselm regained the lead at 14:29 of the third period on a goal by Eden Granley, but Wise struck again on the power play at 18:19 to even the score at seven and force overtime.

After a scoreless five-minute, three-on-three overtime period, the game went to a shootout, where Saint Anselm prevailed, 2-1.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (3-5-1, 3-1-1 NEWHA) concludes its two-game weekend against Saint Anselm tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

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