MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team battled back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to secure a 3-3 tie in the final game of a New England Women's Hockey Alliance home-and-home with Franklin Pierce University on Thursday night at Sullivan Arena, eventually falling in the shootout.

Highlights

• Senior captain Brooklyn Schneiderhan recorded her 100th career point, scoring with just over 12 minutes remaining in the second period.
• Schneiderhan's goal which was scored on the penalty kill, marked her seventh short-handed goal, putting her atop the record book for most in a career.
• Sophomore Justyce Ohlgren scored the game-tying goal with 10:28 to play in regulation. Her classmate Nicola Forth tallied the first goal of the game while tallying a team-high six shots on goal.
• Six Hawks tallied one point in the decision, with junior Brenna Young finishing a team-best +3 while tacking on an assist.
• Sophomore netminder Julia Matyas stopped 35 shots in the outing.
• Four Saint Anselm draw takers won at least nine faceoffs as the Hawks controlled the faceoffs, going 38-for-69 (55.1%).
• The Hawks killed off both third period penalties, one of which extended into overtime.

How it Happened

A successful coaches' challenge from Saint Anselm overturned a Franklin Pierce goal in the first period to keep things scoreless through the better part of the first period.

The Hawks would get on the board first as sophomore Nicola Forth buried a puck out in front to take a 1-0 lead with 3:39 remaining in the opening frame.

The Ravens tied things up 1:44 out of the first intermission as Melanie Targosz fired in a shot from the up top on the powerplay to make it 1-1.

The Franklin Pierce offense struck twice in the opening four minutes of the third period to take a 3-1 lead. Four minutes later, senior captain Brooklyn Schneiderhan tallied a short-handed goal on an individual-effort play to make it a one-goal game. The strike marked her 100th collegiate point and program-leading seventh career short-handed tally.

Less than two minutes later, sophomore Justyce Ohlgren fired in a shot from the point to tie the game at 3-3 on a feed from junior Brenna Young.

Shots were even, 3-3, through the remaining 10:28 of regulation, but both goalies stood firm to force overtime.

The Ravens outshot the Hawks, 6-0, in overtime, but sophomore goaltender Julia Matyas blanked the Franklin Pierce skaters to secure the point and force a shootout.

In the shootout, Franklin Pierce's Abigail Broz was the lone shooter to find twine to secure the second point in the standings for the Ravens.

Up Next

The Hawks (11-7-1, 11-2-1 NEWHA) will face off against an intrastate non-conference opponent, Dartmouth College (2-9-1, 2-5-1 ECAC), in their final game of the semester on Saturday, Dec. 13. Puck drop from Thompson Arena is slated for 2:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and TSN+.