EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – The Saint Anselm Women's Ice Hockey repeated their loss from yesterday, fighting to a comeback in the third period but falling in overtime, 4-3.
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• Saint Anselm will enjoy a nice break before picking up after the holiday season on January 8^th as they host Dartmouth with a 7:00PM puck drop in Sullivan Arena.

Score:  Saint Anselm 3, Long Island 4
Records: Saint Anselm (6-11-2, 6-6-2 NEWHA); Long Island (10-5-2, 10-2-2 NEWHA)  
Location: East Meadow, N.Y.  
Date: Thursday, December 5th, 2024
Attendance: 184
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• In their second and final matchup of the week the Hawks and Sharks opened play in a battle. Long Island would take the offensive stand first, firing four quick shots at senior goalie Annabella Lalande (Lachute, Quebec) who would turn them all away. The first shot for Saint Anselm would come from Justyce Ohlgren (Rogers, Minn.) but the Sharks defensive line would keep the Hawks scoreless. In the seventh minute of action the home team would find themselves with an advantage, 1-0, after scoring in a power-play situation. 10 minutes later Saint Anselm would find their response as a rebound from Brooklyn Schneiderhan (Helena, Mont.) would feed teammate Lucy DeCoteau (Canton, N.Y.) for the score evening goal to end the period.
• The two teams would open the second period of play in another battle as Long Island would rally a pair of shots first, one being blocked by the Hawks defensive line and the other turned away by Lalande. A pair of shots would come in response from Saint Anselm as Audrey Jackson (Shoreview, Minn.)  and Mackenzie Moss (Victoria, Minn.) each tallied one. In the 16^th minute of action, the Sharks would regain their lead off of an even strength rip and score from Jeannie Wallner. Less than a minute of action later, a line shift would allow another score from the home team as Drew Dyczkowski added her name to the stats sheet.
• The Hawks would look to make a comeback for the second day in a row against the Sharks, quickening the pace of their play to match the Sharks. In the 12^th minute of action, the Hawks pressure would push through as DeCoteau would tab her second score of the afternoon at even strength. A wild SIX seconds later teammate Jackson would score the tying goal on a slick try, megging the Shark's keeper and forcing another overtime affair.
• The home team would make quick work of the overtime segment, scoring 47 seconds into play on a 2 on 1 advantage.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• DeCoteau led the offensive attack for the Hawks tallying two goals on the day to go along with 11 face off wins.
• Saint Anselm out-shot Long Island 62-51 but lost the face-off battle 35-25.
• The Hawks tallied just four blocked shots while the Sharks grabbed 14.
• Lalande tabbed the loss allowing four goals and rejecting 27 shots.  

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