Box Score

Dudley, MA - The Utica College women's hockey team (8-6, 5-5 ECAC West) beat host Nichols College (2-11, 1-7 ECAC East) Friday night, 5-1, closing out a four game road trip. Junior forward MacKenzie Roy (Concord, NH/Cushing Academy) tallied two first period goals, 25 seconds apart, as she earned first star recognition.

After Nichols committed its second penalty, at 10:03 in the first period, Roy netted her second goal of season only six seconds later, at 10:09. Samantha Glockling (Carleton Place, ONT/Tilton School) and Meagan Sudik (West Bend, WI/Wisconsin Wild) would tally assists on the play. Not only 25 seconds later, Roy and Glockling hooked up again quickly giving the Pioneers a 2-0 lead at 10:34. UC defended two power-plays, over the course of the final nine minutes, to maintain a two goal advantage into the locker room.

UC continued to build its lead as senior captain Lynny Gonzales (Rochester, NY/New Hampton Prep) struck an unassisted, short-handed, goal at 7:46 in the second period. Just under seven minutes later, at 14:31, freshmen Meredith Tice (Hershey, PA/Washington Pride) recorded her second goal of the season, short-handed, off a pass from Meghan McMahon (Gardner, MA/St. Marks (MA)) giving the Pioneers a 4-0 lead headed in the third period.

At 4:20 the final period, Nichols got on the board as junior forward Mandy Manopla netted her second goal of the season off an assist from Megan Gerein. Junior Tiffany Bichrest (Harpswell, ME/Hebron Academy) tacked on a fifth goal for UC, at 18:28, to close out the victory.

Freshmen goalie Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca, NY/Northwood School) stopped 32 shots in goal for UC en route to her fifth victory of the season. Hamel currently has a 180 saves, good enough for a save percentage of .938, and is 5-2-0 on the season.  She has a goals against average of 1.73 in eight games for Utica.

The Pioneers return to action Sunday, Jan. 23 as they host Williams College in the first of a two-game homestand. The puck is scheduled to drop at 3 p.m. Following this game, UC will welcome SUNY Potsdam, on Saturday, Jan. 29. This game will be held at the Utica Memorial Auditorium and is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.