HARRISVILLE, R.I. – Forward Michelle Lacombe (Delafield, Wisc.) recorded the game-winning goal and an assist as the Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team posted a 4-1 victory over the Bison of Nichols College Saturday evening at Levy Rink. With the victory, the Hawks improve to 13-6-0 overall on the season and to 8-5-0 within the ECAC Women's East. The loss drops the Bison to 6-12-1 on the year alongside a 3-8-1 conference record.
Lacombe's unassisted goal at 5:07 of the second period proved to be the game-winning strike in this evening's game. For Lacombe, the goal was her second of the season and the 17th of her Saint Anselm career. This season, each of Lacombe's tallies have been game-winners as she posted the first goal in a 5-0 blanking of the University of Massachusetts at Boston on Jan. 14.
Defenseman Angela Zevnik (Greenfield, Wisc.) posted her third goal of the season at 8:14 of the first period, lifting Saint Anselm to a 1-0 lead near the midpoint of the first stanza. Forward Aly Zappen (Huntington Beach, Calif.) picked up the first of her two assists on the evening with Zevnik's strike.
Defenseman Molly Corl (Georgetown, Mass.), making her 100th appearance in a Saint Anselm sweater, scored her fourth goal of the season to stake Saint Anselm to a 3-0 lead. Alongside Zappen, forward Rosemarie Giarrusso (Royal Palm Beach, Calif.) assisted Corl's strike, giving her 15 points (5-10=15) in her last 13 games.
Forward Tiffany Herron (Clinton Township, Mich.) recorded her second goal in as many nights at 2:59 of the third period as the Hawks scored four unanswered goals to open the game. Herron's 14th goal of the season was assisted by Lacombe and Zevnik.
The Bison did strike late in the third period, as forward Alyssa Bufis scored her third goal of the season to place Nichols on the board. Sophomore Megan Gerein collected the lone assist on the goal, her seventh helper of the season.
Hawks goaltender Amy Zappen (Huntington Beach, Calif.) reached double-digit win totals for the second-straight season, earning her 10th victory by turning aside 14-of-15 shots on goal. Nichols netminder Rebecca Cohen dropped to 1-3-0 on the season, allowing three goals on 22 shots. Tori Gianformaggio played the third period in net for the Bison, halting 13-of-14 shots on goal for Nichols.
Saint Anselm was 1-for-3 on the power play. Nichols was 0-for-3 with the extra skater.
NOTABLES: Defensemen Sami Tatu and Molly Corl appeared in their 100th career games this evening - Tatu and Corl are the 11th and 12th players in program history to crack triple-digit games played totals…Forward Tiffany Herron has recorded four points in her last four games, scoring three goals and an assist for four points (3-1=4)…Each of forward Michelle Lacombe's two goals this season have been of the game-winning variety…Forward Courtney Winters' eight-game point streak ended this evening after recording 12 points (7-5=12) during that span…Forward Rosemarie Giarrusso has recorded at least one point in 12 of her last 14 games played…Saint Anselm is a perfect 7-0-0 against Nichols in program history, dating back to their first game on Jan. 30, 2009.
Five of the final six games of the season for the Hawks will be played at the Thomas F. Sullivan Arena, beginning on Friday, Feb. 3 as Saint Anselm hosts the College of Holy Cross in a 4:00 p.m. contest. Catch all of the action by following the Hawks on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/STAHawks) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/STAHawks).
