BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (February 20, 2026) – The Stonehill College women's hockey team skated to a high-scoring 6–4 victory over NEWHA opponent Saint Michael's College Friday night at Bridgewater Ice Arena. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 15–16–2 overall and 15–10–2 in conference play, while the Purple Knights fell to 1–30 overall and 1–26 in NEWHA action.
 
Highlights

• Stonehill won the faceoff battle against Saint Michael's, 33–22, while both teams registered 31 shots on goal.
• First-year student Payton Palsa powered the Skyhawks' offensive surge with a single-game career-high three points on a goal and two assists.
• First-year student Masyn Mullin and senior Maddi Achtyl each scored twice, with Mullin netting the first two goals of her collegiate career.
• First-year student Summer Combe tallied her rookie-team-leading eighth goal of the season.
• Senior Brianna Walkom and sophomore Reagan Whynot each recorded two assists.
• Seniors Hannah Squires, Gracie Sacca, Lucie Turcotte, and Bailey Feeney, along with junior Peyton Wise, added an assist apiece.
• Sophomore netminder Alexsa Caron earned her ninth win of the season with a 27-save performance between the pipes.

 
How It Happened
Stonehill jumped out to an early lead just 5:18 into the opening frame. Following a turnover in the Skyhawks' offensive zone, Palsa dished the puck to Combe, who buried her eighth goal of the season. Just over six minutes later at the 11:33 mark, Palsa fed the puck up to Whynot on the power play. Whynot broke into the zone alongside Achtyl, who finished a backhanded beauty top shelf for the first of her two goals on the night.

Exactly 30 seconds later, Saint Michael's cut the deficit in half when Anna Jerylo netted her third goal of the campaign. In the waning seconds of the opening frame, Alicia McDonald lit the lamp on the power play to even the score at two.

Stonehill quickly reestablished control in the second period, building a three-goal lead by the intermission after outscoring the Purple Knights 4-1 in the stanza. Feeney and Palsa connected on a two-on-one break at the 7:13 mark, before Achtyl capitalized on a wide-open net at 8:14 after retrieving a pass down low from Wise. At 12:17, Mullin found the back of the net for the first time in her collegiate career, tallying what would ultimately stand as the game-winning goal.

Brianna Jarvis halted the surge at 16:13 of the second, scoring the Purple Knights' second power-play goal of the contest. With just 12 seconds remaining in the period, Mullin pounced on a loose puck below the goal line and wrapped it around the front of the net for her second career goal, sending the Skyhawks into the break with a 6-3 advantage.

Despite being held off the scoresheet in the third period and surrendering a goal at the 6:20 mark, the Skyhawks withstood a late push from Saint Michael's to secure the 6-4 victory.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (15–16–2, 15–10–2 NEWHA) wraps up its 2025–26 regular season tomorrow with a 2 p.m. matchup against Saint Michael's.

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