UTICA, NY- The Utica University women's hockey team cruised to a 4-0 win in the UCHC quarterfinal Tuesday evening.  Four different Pioneers scored in the win.
 
Utica will await its semifinal opponent as the rest of the conference quarterfinal matches will be played Wednesday evening.  The Pioneers will host the semifinal round on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Adirondack Bank Center. 
 
Despite putting 20 shots on goal in the first period, Utica had nothing to show for it as the teams went into the locker room tied 0-0 after 20 minutes.  The Pioneers broke the deadlock just 30 seconds into the second stanza when senior Georgiana Santullo (Woburn, MA/Boston Shamrocks/Woburn High School) put in a feed from Carly Stefanini (Framingham, MA/Brooks School) for her team-leading 28^th goal of the year.  Junior Erica Sloan (Potsdam, NY/St. Lawrence Steel) also picked up an assist on the opener.  The point was Santullo's 54^th of the season, tying her with former All-American and Pioneer Hall of Famer Deana Weigand for the most points in a single-season at Utica.
 
Utica extended its lead at the eight-minute mark of the second as Rebecca Brown (Steamboat Springs, CO/Norwich University) found the back of the net.  Brooke Hubert (Oceanside, NY/Minnesota State University- Mankato) and Abby Lillis (West Seneca, NY/Buffalo Bisons) assisted on Brown's 17^th of the year.  The Pioneers tacked on another tally with 2:24 remaining in the second when Maggie Rylott (Cobourg, Ontario/West Northumberland) cleaned up a loose puck in front.  Carolyn Whitney (Raleigh, NC/Milbrook School) and Ava Suda (Cheektowaga, NY/Buffalo Bisons) were credited with the assists. 
 
Stefanini put an exclamation point on the game at 16:59 of the third with a beautiful one-timer off a pass from Sloan.  Senior Sirena Fitzery (Hamburg, NY/Buffalo Bisons) also picked up an assist on the play.
 
Sophomore Angela Hawthorne (Santa Clara, CA/Meijer) turned aside all 11 shots she faced to pick up her team-leading sixth shutout of the year.  Her counterpart, Julia Beaven finished with 55 saves for the Golden Wolves.