Seahawks fall to #2 Norwich on the road

NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Salve Regina University women's ice hockey team dropped a 6-0 decision to Norwich University on Friday afternoon at Kreitzberg Arena.

Just under five minutes into the game senior defenseman Sarianne Lynn (Wethersfield, Conn.) redirected an initial shot from Amanda Wilks (Winnipeg, Manitoba) at the point past Salve Regina goalie Rebecca Simmons (Averill Park, N.Y.) to give Norwich a 1-0 lead.

Fortier added to the lead less than five minutes later when she slammed home her nation-leading 25th goal of the season into a wide open net off a pass from behind the goal from Kaycie Anderson (Maple Plain, Minn.) to increase the lead to 2-0. Wilks also picked up an assist on the goal.

Senior captain Melissa Rundlett (Saco, Maine) made it 3-0 at the 15:43 mark of the first period when she notched her 14th goal of the season off a pass from Fortier to beat Simmons.

Sophomore forward Renee Lortie added her 17th goal of the season to cap the Cadets' offensive explosion in the opening 20 minutes and make it 4-0 heading into the first intermission.

After a scoreless second period, Lortie increased the lead to 5-0 at the 8:34 mark of the third period with her second goal of the night and 18th on the year. DeBus and Gove once again combined to pick up the assists.

Anderson capped the scoring with her 18th goal of the year when she followed up on her own rebound and slid the puck behind Salve Regina goalie Ali Muehlbronner (Glenside, Pa.) who came on to relieve Simmons at the start of the third period.

Coming into Friday's game, Simmons had made a total of 97 saves against Norwich in the last two meetings between the two teams which resulted in 1-1 ties each time at Salve Regina's St. George's Rink in Rhode Island.

Norwich sophomore goalie Kelly Fisk (Hannibal, N.Y.) stopped all seven shots she faced to pick up her single season program-record sixth shutout of the year. She also improved to 14-1-0 on the season.

Simmons made 21 saves for Salve Regina in two periods before being pulled. She fell to 7-7-2 on the year.

Courtesy of Norwich Sports Information