Saint Anselm College

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team battled Stonehill College to a 7-7 tie before earning the extra point with a 2-1 shootout victory on Friday evening in New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) action at Sullivan Arena.

Freshman Lily Winckler and sophomore Bella Mondolfi converted their shootout attempts, while sophomore goaltender Emma Brewer earned her first career shootout victory.

Highlights

• Saint Anselm had seven different student-athletes score goals, the most in a single-game since a 7-3 win over Assumption University on Oct. 14, 2023.
• Seniors Hailey Tullo and Brenna Young led the Hawks with three points apiece, recording one goal and two assists each.
• Sophomore Talia Ondy registered her first collegiate goal and added an assist for her second career multi-point performance.
• Freshmen Lindsey Pontillo and Lily Winckler each scored their first collegiate goals, while freshman Morgan Brady collected her first career assist.
• Junior Eden Granley recorded one goal and one assist for two points.
• Freshman Bavneet Dhaliwal scored one goal.
• Brewer finished with 45 saves as Stonehill outshot Saint Anselm, 52-35.
• The Hawks finished 1-for-3 (33.3%) on the power play and registered 17 blocked shots.
• Young and Dhaliwal each recorded three blocked shots.
• The 14 combined goals tied for the second-highest-scoring game in program history, matching Saint Anselm's 14-0 victory over Nichols on Nov. 5, 2016.
• Friday's result moved the all-time series against Stonehill to 9-9-4, including a 4-4-3 record at home.

How it Happened

Ondy opened the scoring just 17 seconds into the contest with her first collegiate goal, assisted by Tullo and Young. Stonehill responded at 1:39 on a goal by Julia Lambert before Tullo restored the Hawks' advantage at 11:02. Masyn Mullin evened the score at 13:41, but Pontillo put Saint Anselm back in front with her first career goal with 4:24 left in the opening frame, with Brady and Young collecting assists. Young added an unassisted tally with 14 seconds remaining in the period to give the Hawks a 4-2 lead entering the first intermission.

Stonehill opened the second period with three unanswered goals from Lambert, Summer Combe, and Makenna Slocum to take a 5-4 advantage. Dhaliwal tied the contest with an unassisted power-play goal at 17:56 before Peyton Wise restored the Skyhawks' lead with a power-play tally at 18:55. Winckler responded with her first collegiate goal just 39 seconds later, sending the teams into the second intermission tied at 6-6.

Granley broke the deadlock at 14:29 of the third period, assisted by Tullo, to give Saint Anselm a 7-6 lead. However, Wise scored her second power-play goal of the evening with 1:41 remaining in regulation to force overtime.

Neither team found the back of the net during the five-minute overtime period, sending the contest to a shootout. Winckler and Mondolfi each converted their attempts, while Brewer helped secure the 2-1 shootout victory for the Hawks.

Up Next

The Hawks (0-4-1, 0-4-1 NEWHA) travel to Bridgewater, Mass., for the second game of their weekend series against Stonehill (3-5-1, 3-1-1 NEWHA) on Saturday, Oct. 31. Puck drop is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Bridgewater Ice Arena.