SHELTON, Conn. – With 30 saves in the Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team's 5-3 win over Sacred Heart University, Senior Allie Kelley (East Berne, N.Y.) becomes the women's ice hockey program all-time saves leader with 1,390 saves, surpassing Amy Zappen '12.

With the win, the Hawks improve to 3-7-0 on the season with a 3-2-0 record in New England Women's Hockey Alliance play while the Pioneers drop to 3-5-0 overall and 3-3-0 in league games. The teams conclude the second game of the weekend series in Shelton, Conn. on Saturday, Oct. 29 with a 2:30 p.m. opening puck drop from the Sports Center of Connecticut.

Kelley made 30 stops on 33 shots on goal in the contest, earning her third win of the season while Pioneers net minder Carley Greene made 21 saves in the contest.

Junior Natalie Tulchinsky (Clifton Park, N.Y.) netted a pair of goals and added two helpers for a team-high four points in the tilt. Freshman Brooklyn Pancoast (Helena, Mont.), and sophomores Tyra Turner (Andover, Minn.) and Audrey Jackson (Shoreview, Minn.) added goals for Saint Anselm. Jackson and classmate Gracee Donovan (Orchard Park, N.Y.) joined Tulchinsky with two assists in Friday's contest.

Tulchinsky opened the scoring at 1:10 of the first period when she redirected a point shot from classmate Brinna Martin (St. Michael, Minn.). The deflection was turned aside by Greene but Tulchinsky managed to clean up the rebound chance to open the scoring.

Tulchinsky doubled the Saint Anselm lead in the second period at 8:35 with her second of the tilt. The junior collected a pass from behind the goal and wristed a shot into the upper left of the goal for her fifth tally of the season.

A strong scoring chance for the Pioneers came just minutes later as Delani Mackay got in behind the Hawks defense and in on a breakaway. However, Kelley gloved the breakaway chance away to preserve the 2-0 lead.

Kelly Solak would force a turnover in the Saint Anselm defensive end and fired a wrist shot from the top of the slot into the left side of the goal to cut the Hawks advantage to 2-1.

Pancoast reestablished the two-goal lead with just four seconds left in the second period as she netted a rebound off the end board on a shot from senior co-captain Kelly Golini (Tewksbury, Mass.) which gave Saint Anselm a 3-1 lead.

The squads traded goals in the opening minutes of the third period as sophomore Turner potted her fifth goal of the season on the power play before Sacred Heart's Kerryn O'Connell sent a slap shot from the top of the right circle into the top left of the goal, pushing the score to 4-2. The pair of goals came just 24 seconds apart from each other at 3:48 and 4:12 of the third period.

The Pioneers cut the Hawks lead to one at 5:48 of the third as Mackay one-timed a shot into the twine which made the score 4-3.

A pair of scoring chances by McNeil and Sophie Lupone were turned aside by Kelley as McNeil's chance was a near breakaway, forcing the senior goalkeeper to make a sliding save to her right before Lupone's rebound shot was also turned aside.

Jackson managed to ice the contest for the Hawks with an empty net goal at 17:45 of the third period to capture the 5-3 win.

The Hawks netted one power play goal on five extra skater opportunities while the Pioneers where scoreless on their five chances.