Posted: Feb 23, 2019
Mustangs charge past Seahawks 6-1
![Jennifer O'Connell made 36 saves in her final game as a Seahawks. She finishes her career having made more appearances in net than any other Seahawks goaltender in program history.](/sports/wice/2018-19/photos/0014/UNEW0208_Rotator.jpg?max_width=905)
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The Mustangs started off their quest to defend their Colonial Hockey Conference title on Saturday afternoon with a convincing 6-1 win over the visiting Seahawks from Salve Regina.
THE BASICS
- Final Score:
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- Morrisville 6, Salve Regina 1
- Location: Morrisville, N.Y.
- Records:
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- Morrisville St. (15-8-2), Salve Regina (6-18-2)
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Mackenzie Lombardi (Hamilton, Ont.) put the Mustangs on the board with an evenhanded goal at the 3:37 mark in the first period with assists from Maddison Devlin (Campbell River, B.C.) and Maria deWilde(Caistorville, Ont.).
- Morrisville who struggled on the power play a week ago, took advantage of their first opportunity on Saturday as Alexziz Giannamore (Pittsburgh, Pa.) found the back of the net at the 10:50 mark for the 2-0 advantage. Devlin and Kylie Cameron(Burlington, Ont.) were credited with the assists.
- The Seahawks responded quickly cutting the Morrisville lead down to just one with a goal from Maddie McCann (Westerly, R.I.) at the 12:03 mark in the first period.
- Up just 2-1, Morrisville put their offense into high gear, scoring four unanswered goals, three of which were in the second period.
- deWilde tacked on another power play goal for the Mustangs at 7:37 in the second. Her goal was followed up by a one timer from the blue line off of the stick of Kaitlyn Schlake (Nampa, Idaho) at 10:50. Tessa Dobson (Moose Factory, Ont.) rounded out Morrisville's second period scoring at 17:25.
- Morrisville was able to cap their victory off with a goal in the final minute of play as Danielle Bunting (Thornville, Ohio) notched her fourth goal of the season to give the Mustangs the 6-1 final score.
- Karoline Arvik (Trondheim, Norway) saved eight in the victory in net for the Mustangs while Jennifer O'Connell (Marstons Mills, Mass.) made 36 saves in her final game as a Seahawk.
WHAT'S NEXT
Salve Regina's season comes to a close while the Mustangs will hit the road next weekend for the CHC Frozen Four hosted by #1 Seed Endicott.