Seahawks score four straight goals to win 5-2 on Senior Night

SEAHAWK WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY RESULTS
Salve Regina 5, New England College 2
Middletown, Rhode Island - St. George's
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Summary
The Salve Regina University women's ice hockey team scored four unanswered goals to claim a 5-2 victory over visiting New England College in the final game of the regular season.

Senior Moment
Tonight's game was Senior Night for the Seahawks who honored their four seniors. Amanda Cronin, Briana D'Avolio (Reading, Mass.), Courtney Moulton (Merrimack, N.H.), and Brooke Morgan (Grantham, N.H.) were all joined by their families on the ice and honored with a special pregame ceremony for their final home game of their Salve Regina careers.

Series and Streaks
This was the 28th meeting between the teams. The Pilgrims still hold a 13-12-3 record in the all-time series however the Seahawks have won seven in a row and eight of the last nine meetings.

Three Stars of the Game
1 - Salve Regina senior Amanda Cronin (Medfield, Mass.) - scored twice as she continues her best year scoring the puck in her senior campaign.
2 - Salve Regina sophomore Taylor Chisholm (Discovery Bay, Calif.) - scored back-to-back goals in the third period to break a 2-2 tie.
3 - Salve Regina freshman Abbey Weisrock (Hartland, Wisc.) - made a relief appearance for the final six minutes of the game and recorded nine saves including several spectacular stops while facing four straight minutes against the Pilgrim powerplay.

Turning Point
After a wild, back and forth first period, neither team netted a goal in the second period so the game was tied 2-2 heading into the third period. The Seahawks came out strong to start the period and five minutes in Taylor Chisholm found herself alone at center with the puck. She accelerated down the left side and snapped a wrister past Pilgrims netminder Ashley Castriotta (Framingham, Mass.) to break the deadlock and give the Seahawks their first lead. The Seahawks kept the pressure up as they began to wear down the Pilgrims. Four minutes later the Pilgrims couldn't clear a puck from their zone and Chisholm jumped into the slot and fired and the puck towards the net. With so much action in front Castriotta couldn't find the puck until in had gone past her and into the goal, giving the Seahawks a two goal lead and control of the game.

Quick Hits

• The Pilgrims had four straight minutes of powerplay time from 6:17 left in the third period. The Seahawks were whistled for three infractions, a hooking call at 6:17 left, roughing at 5:51 left, and hooking again at 4:17. This resulted in the Pilgrims having a full two-minutes of 5-on-3 at one point. The Seahawks penalty kill rose to the occasion as did freshman goalie Abby Weisrock who stood on her head to make some saves and preserve the Seahawks three goal lead.
• The Pilgrims lead 1-0 in the game when Marisa Roth (Burlington, Mass.) scored after a Seahawks turnover right in front of the net. Cronin answered with her first goal two minutes later to knot the game 1-1, then Rachel Vigliano (Monroe, N.J.) scored on a breakaway to give the lead back to New England College with 1:04 left in the first.
• Megan Geier (Galstonbury, Conn.) answered quickly for the Seahawks though, scoring with 21 seconds left on a feed from Erika Martin (Berkley, Mass.).
• The Seahawks outshot the Pilgrims 46-33.
• The Seahawks scored the only powerplay goal of the night, when Cronin struck late in the third to put the Seahawks up 5-2. Salve Regina went 1-for-5 on the powerplay while the Pilgrims went 0-for-5 with the man advantage.
• Jennifer O'Connell (Marstons Mills, Mass.) started in net for the Seahawks and recorded 22 saves while allowing two goals to earn her sixth win of the season. 
• Castriotta stopped 41 shots in the loss for the Pilgrims.

Next Up
Salve Regina (6-18-1, 5-11-1NEHC) - will await final seeding for the NEHC playoffs.
New England College (5-19-1, 3-14-0 NEHC) -  end of season.