WINCHENDON, Mass. – Anna Caumo scored a pair of power-play goals and Rylee Eno made 35 saves as the Franklin Pierce University women's ice hockey team earned a 5–2 victory over Sacred Heart on Friday night.
The Ravens improve to 5–6–0 overall and remain unbeaten in NEWHA play at 5–0–0. The Pioneers drop to 1–6–0 overall and 1–4–0 in conference action.
Chloe King opened the scoring at 15:47 of the first period, finishing off an assist from Addison Andre for her sixth goal of the season. Caumo doubled the lead on the power play at 18:23, with Ashley Wright providing the assist to send Franklin Pierce into the first intermission ahead 2–0.
Sacred Heart cut the deficit to one with a power-play goal midway through the second period, but the Ravens answered with two more goals before the break. Caumo netted her second of the night at 15:34, converting another power-play opportunity off an assist from Melanie Targosz. Emma Laroche then extended the advantage to 4–1 with just 14.1 seconds remaining in the period, scoring off a feed from Jillian Sano.
Wright added Franklin Pierce's third power-play goal at 3:36 of the third period, with Andre and Targosz collecting the assists. Sacred Heart scored at 13:37, but Eno stopped 17 shots in the final frame to help secure the victory.
Wright finished with a goal and an assist, while Andre and Targosz each recorded two assists. Franklin Pierce went 3-for-5 on the power play and killed four of Sacred Heart's five opportunities. The Ravens also won 39 of 66 faceoffs and blocked 16 shots.
Franklin Pierce concludes the series against Sacred Heart on Saturday, October 31, at 4 p.m. at Jason Ritchie Ice Arena.
