Danforth adds power-play goal
Doucette went for 1-1-2, including the game-winning goal, on
Tuesday afternoon against Saint Michael's.
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WINCHENDON, Mass. (January
7, 2014) – Sophomore forwards Colleen Doucette
(Wakefield, Mass.) and Karsyn Baker (Detroit,
Mich.) each notched a goal and an assist on Tuesday
afternoon, with the former scoring the game-winning goal, to lead
the Franklin Pierce University women's ice hockey team to a 3-1 win
over Saint Michael's at Jason Ritchie Ice Arena. Junior defenseman
Fernanda Saavedra tallied the lone goal in defeat for Saint
Michael's.
With the win, Franklin Pierce
improves to 10-2-0 and reaches double digits in wins for the first
time, in just the program's second season. With the loss, Saint
Michael's falls to 1-10-1 (0-6-0 ECAC East). Franklin Pierce held a
34-20 edge in shots in the game.
Most of the first period went by
the boards without a goal before Baker opened the scoring with 15
seconds to play in the frame. Baker put away her team-leading 10th
goal of the season from the edge of the right-wing circle, while
Doucette and sophomore forward Michaela Faia
(Malden, Mass.) chipped in the assists at the 19:45
mark.
From there, the game would go
without another goal until the 4:37 mark of the third stanza, when
the Ravens pushed the lead to 2-0 as Doucette jammed home a rebound
for her fourth of the campaign. Again the whole line was a part of
the goal, as Faia and Baker picked up assists.
Franklin Pierce pushed the lead as
high as 3-0 at the 7:20 mark of the third on a quick passing play
on the power play. The puck came to sophomore defenseman Hayley Arnold
(Barre, Vt.) at the right point, and she slid a pass over
to freshman forward Nina Danforth
(Stratford, Conn.) in the left circle. Danforth quickly
sent the puck into the middle, where fellow freshman forward
Marisa
Ketterman (Palmer, Alaska) redirected home her fifth
of the season.
Saint Michael's got on the board at
16:55 to create the 3-1 final, off a slick individual effort by
Saavedra. She deked her way around a pair of Ravens to find a
shooting lane near the edge of the left-wing circle and snapped a
shot to the top shelf to spoil the shutout bid of freshman
goaltender Shannon O'Neil
(Tewksbury, Mass.). Freshman defenseman Athena Akiki
contributed the lone assist on the play.
O'Neil finished the afternoon with
19 saves to pick up the win (5-0-0) between the pipes for Franklin
Pierce. At the other end, freshman Tina Frasca stopped 31 shots but
was stuck with the loss (0-4-1) in front of the Saint Michael's
net.
The Ravens return to the ice on
Friday, Jan. 10, when they remain home to host Nichols. Opening
faceoff is set for 8:15 p.m. at Jason Ritchie Ice Arena.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin
Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be
sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics'
official Facebook page
(http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel
(http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed
(http://twitter.com/FPUathletics). Fans wishing to purchase
Franklin Pierce women's ice hockey apparel can do so at the
Department of Athletics' brand new online store
(http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store).
