RYE, NY- The Utica College women's hockey team avenged its loss from the day before as it downed Manhattanville College 7-2 in UCHC play on Saturday to earn the series split.  Graduate student Rebecca Brown (Steamboat Springs, CO/Norwich University) led the Pioneers with four points on the day.
 
With the win, Utica improves to 14-3 overall and remains in second place in the conference standings with an 11-1 mark in league play.  The Pioneers return home next weekend to host Neumann University.  Game time is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
 
Utica jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first 13 minutes of the opening period behind goals from Holly Silva (Boston, MA/Worcester Academy) and a pair of powerplay tallies from Brown.  Manhattanville got one back with 4:09 remaining in the first to make it 3-1 after 20 minutes.
 
Senior Georgiana Santullo (Woburn, MA/Boston Shamrocks/Woburn High School) scored her first of two goals on the day in the second period to give Utica a 4-1 lead heading into the final frame.  The Valiants once again made it a two-goal game, this time off the stick of Kerry Carr, but Brown netted her third of the day just 11 seconds later to regain the three-goal cushion.  This marks the first career hat trick for Brown, who now has a five-game scoring streak. 
 
 Sophomore Nicole Flak (Middleton, MA/Boston Shamrocks) put in a feed from Hailey Modlin (Phoenix, AZ/Boston Shamrocks) for her second of the season, and Santullo capped off the day with her team-leading 20^th goal of the year.  Carly Stefanini (Framingham, MA/Brooks School), Ava Suda (Cheektowaga, NY/Buffalo Bisons), Caley Susitti (Hartland, WI/Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), and Erica Sloan (Potsdam, NY/St. Lawrence Steel) each had one assist in the win.
 
Sophomore Angela Hawthorne (Santa Clara, CA/Meijer) had 14 saves in the win, while Franny Girardi totaled 28 saves for Manhattanville.