MANCHESTER,
N.H. - The Saint Anselm women's ice hockey team
returned home this afternoon to play their final game of
2009. The Hawks defeated the Nichols College Bison 6-0 to nab
their seventh win of the season. Rosemarie Giarrusso
(Royal Palm Beach, Fla.)
and Angela Zevnik
(Greenfield, Wisc.) both
scored three points in the game.
The Hawks did not waste any time, as Angela Zevnik laced a slap
shot from the left side into the net just 3:06 into the game.
The power play goal was assisted by Kathryn Picarello
(West Roxbury,
Mass.) and Michelle
Lacombe (Delafield, Wisc.). Towards the end of the
first period, two Bison penalties, committed four minutes apart,
gave the Hawks two more power-play opportunities. At 15:24,
Sami Tatu
(Waterford,
Mich.) sent a hard shot from the
top corner, which was tapped in by Picarello for the Hawks' second
goal. Four minutes later, Giarrusso netted a slap shot from
out in front, assisted by Angela Zevnik, to give the Hawks a 3-0
lead before the end of the first.
Seven minutes and forty seconds into the second period,
Aly Zappen (Huntington
Beach,
Calif.) sent the puck towards the
net from the right side, and Rosemarie Giarrusso flipped it past
goaltender Melissa Mansfield
(Ronkonkoma,
N.Y.) for her second goal of the
game, the first Hawk goal at even strength. Three minutes
later, Sarah Ellins
(Greeley,
Colo.) netted an unassisted goal
for the Hawks on a fast break. At 13:18, Zappen flipped a
shot into the top of the net, to secure the Hawks a 6-0 victory.
Freshman Meghan Grant
(Melrose,
Mass.) made 11 saves in the game,
en route to her first career shutout. The Hawk goalie has
allowed just one goal in two career appearances, for a team-best
0.50 goals against average. Starting goaltender Melissa
Mansfield made 20 saves in 30:31, allowing five goals and taking
the loss. Christine Mazza
(Dedham,
Mass.) made 21 saves in 29:29
minutes of relief, allowing just one goal.
The win lifts the Hawks to 7-2-1 (6-2-1 ECAC East), while the
Bison fall to 1-6-1 (1-5-1 ECAC East). The Hawks will now
take a four-week break for the winter holidays. The team
returns to action after New Years on January 8, 2010, to host
Division I team Syracuse University in the first of six consecutive
home games in the month of January. The Hawks will take on
the Orange in Sullivan Arena at 4:00 pm.
