Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH 3-16-0, 2-10-0

New England Col. NEW ENGL 4-14-1, 1-10-1

Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH

3-16-0, 2-10-0

Final

Jan. 21, 2023

New England Col. NEW ENGL

4-14-1, 1-10-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	F
Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH	2	1	2	5
New England Col. NEW ENGL	2	0	1	3

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey | 1/21/2023 9:32:00 PM | Christopher J. Kilmer, Assistant Athletics Director, Athletics Communications

WH: DeSimone’s hat trick sparks win at NEC

HENNIKER, N.H. – Sophomore Emily DeSimone (Waltham, Mass.) potted her first career hat trick to lead Plymouth State University to a 5-3 win over New England College in a New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) women's ice hockey game at Lee Clement Arena on Saturday.

After the Pilgrims scored early in the first, DeSimone netted back-to-back goals to give PSU the lead. NEC answered to tie the game at 2-2 and the score would stay tied into the first intermission.

DeSimone completed the hat trick midway through the second to give Plymouth State a lead it would not relinquish. PSU tacked on two more third period goals before NEC got one back to account for the final score.

The five-goal outburst was a season high for the Panthers, who improve to 3-16-0 and 2-10-0 in the NEHC. New England College moves to 4-14-1 and 1-10-1 in conference play.

The Basics:

Plymouth State 5, NEC 3
- Plymouth State (3-16-0, 2-10-0 NEHC)
- NEC (4-14-1, 1-10-1 NEHC)

How it Happened:

The Pilgrims stole the puck just outside the offensive zone, catching PSU in a line change, and converted the 2-on-1 break for the lead just 1:41 into play.
Plymouth State pulled even at the 4:13 mark when junior Lauren McNeil (Ottawa, Ontario) fired a shot on target from the blue line and DeSimone swatted in the rebound.
DeSimone struck again with 7:17 left in the period after batting home the rebound of a close-range shot by senior Addie Swanson (Eagle River, Alaska).
NEC pulled even just under two minutes later and the game went into intermission deadlocked at 2-2.
The Panthers went back in front midway through the second period as DeSimone completed the hat trick. Freshman Sanna Augustsson (Satila, Sweden) sent DeSimone a cross-ice pass through the neutral zone which was tipped into the corner. DeSimone flew in alone for a wrap-around attempt before lifting the rebound to the top right corner with 8:43 left in the frame.
PSU extended the lead to 4-2 6:14 into third when senior Chantelle Ross (Ottawa, Ontario) tipped in a blast from the blueline off the stick of junior Mia Zaniboni (Braintree, Mass.).
Swanson made it a three-goal game when she banged in the rebound of Ross' shot for a 5-2 lead with 11:27 remaining.
NEC got a goal back with 8:54 left on the clock, but the Panthers' lead was too large to overcome.

By the Numbers:

DeSimone moved into a tie for the team lead with five goals on the season, while her 13 points are most among the Panthers.
PSU's last hat trick came in November 2019 when alumna Alexis Fagan completed the task against St. Michael's College.
Swanson finished with a goal and two assists for her first multi-point game of the year, while Ross added a goal and an assist.
Six other Panthers also recorded assists in the win.
Swanson and senior Meghan Hamilton (Walpole, Mass.) combined to win 19-of-26 faceoffs.
Junior Amelia Julian (Apple Valley, Minn.) made 22 saves in the victory.
Neither team was successful on the power play. PSU was 0-for-1, while the Pilgrims were 0-for-2.
Plymouth State outshot the Pilgrims by a 45-25 margin.
PSU improves to 13-1-1 against the Pilgrims over the last 15 meetings.