Plymouth St. PSU 8-10-0, 2-9-0

VTSU Castleton CAS 10-10-0, 6-7-0

Plymouth St. PSU

8-10-0, 2-9-0

Final

Jan. 30, 2026

VTSU Castleton CAS

10-10-0, 6-7-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
Plymouth St. PSU	1	1	0	0	2
VTSU Castleton CAS	0	0	2	1	3

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey | 1/30/2026 10:17:00 PM | Christopher J. Kilmer, Assistant Athletics Director, Athletics Communications

WH: VTSU Castleton rallies past Panthers in OT

CASTLETON, Vt. – Junior Grace Bonnell (Madison, Wis.) and senior Morgan Cunningham (Wrentham, Mass.) scored special-teams goals to give Plymouth State University a 2-0 lead, but Vermont State University Castleton responded with three unanswered goals to rally past the Panthers, 3-2, in overtime, to open a Little East Conference (LEC) women's ice hockey weekend series at Spartan Arena on Friday afternoon.

Bonnell stuffed home a loose puck during a power play late in the first period, and Cunningham potted a short-handed breakaway goal midway through the second to stake the Panthers to a two-goal advantage.

Castleton struck twice in a five-minute span to tie the game in the third period, then secured the extra point halfway through the overtime session.

Plymouth State moves to 8-10-0 (2-9-0 LEC), while the Spartans go to 10-10-0 (6-7-0 LEC).

The Basics:

Plymouth State 2, VTSU Castleton 3 (OT)
- Plymouth State (8-10-0, 2-9-0 LEC)
- VTSU Castleton (10-10-0, 6-7-0 LEC)

How it Happened:

Plymouth State snagged a first-period lead with a power-play strike at 14:38 of the opening frame when junior Lilli Warnock (Bernardsville, N.J.) whipped a shot from the left circle. Senior Katie Porrello (Milford, Conn.) pushed the rebound through the goalie's pads and Bonnell knocked the puck over the line for a 1-0 lead.
The Panthers ramped up the pressure in the second period, outshooting the hosts by a 17-9 margin. PSU doubled its lead midway through the frame when freshman Claire Deis (Calgary, Alberta) collected the puck behind the PSU goal and fired it off the half wall during a penalty kill. Cunningham won the race to the loose puck in the neutral zone and skated down the left side for a 2-on-0 break, lifting a shot into the top-left corner to make it 2-0.
Castleton cut the margin to 2-1 with a low-angle shot just 1:18 into the third period.
The Spartans pulled even just over five minutes later by converting on a 2-on-1 break.
The hosts extended the pressure, but junior Teagan Wilson (Salisbury, Mass.) made 14 saves over the final stages of regulation to force overtime.
Castleton secured the win at the midpoint of the extra session when a shot from the slot found the back of the net.

By the Numbers:

Porrello extended her program record for assists with her first-period helper.
Bonnell scored for the second straight game, while Cunningham has tallied two goals over the last three games.
Wilson finished with 33 saves. Two of her three 30-save performances this season have come against the Spartans.
Plymouth State went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Spartans were 1-for-5.
Castleton held a 36-32 edge in shots.

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