(Box Score) 

         HENNIKER, N.H. - New England College's Kate Kellar (Pittsfield, Mass.) netted two goals and dished out two assists Friday afternoon, leading the Pilgrims past the visiting Plymouth State University Panthers 6-0 at Lee Clement Arena. The Pilgrims improve to 9-10-3 on the season, while the loss drops the Panthers to 0-19-0 overall.

         The Pilgrims started the scoring early as Sam Hippern (Dover, N.H.) recorded her first collegiate goal just 5:39 into the game. Rachel White (Arlington, Mass.) gave the Pilgrims the 2-0 advantage just minutes later when she fired in a break-away shot at the 8:41 mark. NEC would tack on power-play goal late in the period as Kaleigh Costello (Hudson, N.H.) scored off a pass from Hippern.

         NEC extended its lead to 5-0 in the second period as Kellar scored both goals, including her fifth of the season at 2:50 and then a rebound of a White shot at the 14:23 mark. NEC's Costello would net the final Pilgrim goal of the afternoon on a Pilgrim power-play in the third period.

         Plymouth State sophomore Nicole Provencher (Guilford, Conn.) stopped an impressive 51 shots on net as the Pilgrims finished the game out shooting the Panthers 57-9. Picking up the win in net for NEC was Kristen Conners (Weymouth, Mass.) who finished with nine saves.

         PSU completes the weekend doubleheader Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. face-off at Saint Anselm College.  NEC will be home again Saturday at 1:00 p.m. against Southern Maine. 

 (Courtesy of New England College Sports Information) 

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