MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team fell to Long Island University by a 1-0 score on Sunday in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Championship game played at the Thomas F. Sullivan Arena.

Box Score

The 2019 champions of the NEWHA postseason, Saint Anselm sees its season come to a close with a 16-13-3 overall record while LIU, in its first season as a varsity ice hockey program, finishes with a 14-18 record. The Sharks did not concede a goal against in three postseason contests, outscoring the opposition by an 11-0 margin.

The Hawks finished the year with single-season program records for saves made (804) and saves per game (24.36). Saint Anselm also played in 33 total games, the far-and-away record for contests in a single season.

Saint Anselm was guilty of a five-minute major penalty near the end of the first period, setting the Sharks up for an extended power play opportunity. With less than a minute to go with the extra skater, Paula Bergstrom sent a powerful blast from the left point that snuck past the Hawks goaltender Michaela Kane at 3:54 of the middle stanza.

The Hawks had several opportunities with the extra skater in Sunday's game, but finished without a power play goal on seven opportunities. Near the midpoint of the second period, the Hawks had a five-on-three power play that yielded six shots, but no goals. In total, Saint Anselm fired 11 shots on the power play but could not cash in.

Kane finished with 26 saves after backstopping her team to a five-overtime victory against Franklin Pierce less than 24 hours prior in the NEWHA Semifinals. Kane also set the single-season record for saves in a season earlier in the 2019 campaign – she finishes with 468 stops to her credit, averaging 24.63 per game.

LIU's Kenzie Harmison posted her third shutout of the NEWHA postseason, earning Most Outstanding Player honors with 27 saves in the alliance's title bout against Saint Anselm. She opened the NEWHA postseason with 17 saves against Saint Michael's on Feb. 19 before turning aside all 41 shots on net versus Sacred Heart this past Saturday.

Junior Katy Meehan (Quincy, Mass.) and classmate Madison Sprague (White Bear Lake, Minn.) earned placement on the All-Tournament team. Meehan had two goals and as many assists in the three-game NEWHA postseason while Sprague had the game-winning overtime goal on Saturday against the Ravens, tipping home a blast from the left point that ended the game in the fifth overtime.

The teams finished with exactly 27 shots apiece. The Hawks had the slight edge in face-off victories, 27-to-25.

The complete All-Tournament team reads as follows.

G – FPU - Emme Ostrander
G – LIU - Kenzie Harmison (MOP)
D – LIU - Saige McKay
D – LIU - Paula Bergstrom
F – Saint Anselm - Katy Meehan
F – LIU - Carrigan Umpherville
F – Saint Anselm - Madison Sprague