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WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. - Saint Michael's College scored
three unanswered goals in the last 10 minutes of the game Friday
night to pull out a 4-2 victory over Plymouth State University in
ECAC Women's East Conference ice hockey action at Waterville Valley
Ice Arena, the final game of the semester for both teams.
Junior Desiree
Biron (Bow, N.H.) led the Purple Knights with a pair of goals,
including an insurance marker with 2:17 remaining. Saint
Michael's trailed for the first 50 minutes of the game, but earned
the win with the three-goal rally. SMC improves to 2-8-0
overall and 1-7-0 in the ECAC East, while win-starved PSU fell to
0-7-0 overall and in conference play.
Plymouth State
took a 2-0 first-period lead on a pair of short-handed goals.
Freshman Jaimie Camara (Portsmouth, R.I.) scored
on a breakaway just 1:14 into the contest, and classmate
Brianna Davis (Framingham, Mass.)
snapped a shot into the top corner at the 10:30 mark for her first
career score, with an assist from sophomore Ashley
Goodridge (Stratham, N.H.), to make it 2-0.
Saint Michael's
got on the board with 1:37 remaining in the first period on Biron's
first of the game. It stayed 2-1 in favor of PSU through the end of
the second period, despite the Purple Knights owning a 27-14
advantage in shots.
The visitors
turned up the heat in the third period, out-shooting the Panthers
23-4 in the final 20 minutes. PSU senior goaltender
Lindsay DeLorie (Holliston,
Mass.) kept the lead on PSU's side with numerous outstanding saves.
The Purple
Knights finally evened the score at the 10:31 mark on a goal by
junior Molly DiMasi (Burlington, Vt.), and senior Jess Tourville
(Baltimore, Vt.) gave Saint Michael's the lead at 13:24.
Biron iced the win with her team-leading sixth of the season at
17:44.
DeLorie
finished with 46 saves for PSU, while Saint Michael's sophomore
Alysia Goldman (Bolliston Lake, N.Y.) made 16 saves to post her
first win of the season.
Plymouth State
opens the second semester with a three-game trip to Minnesota from
Jan. 9-12, where they will face St. Catherine's, Augsburg and
Bethel College.
The Purple
Knights will open the second semester by hosting the Saint
Michael's Holiday Tournament on Jan. 2-3.
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