Box Score

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Sophomore Talia Hohmann (Marina, Calif.) collected a pair of assists as the Nichols College women's ice hockey team fell to SUNY Potsdam in a non-conference matchup on the opening day of the DoubleTree Hockey Classic hosted by Saint Michael's on Saturday at Cairns Arena. The Bison (2-9-0) will face Division I foe Sacred Heart tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., while the Bears (4-8-1) take on Saint Michael's at 4:00 p.m.

The Bears lit up the scoreboard twice in the first seven minutes of the contest. Rookie Kristen Domanski (Brooklin, Ontario) teamed up with juniors Jenn Crawford (Burlington, Ontario) and Jessica Silveira (Brampton, Ontario) at 3:24 to put Potsdam on top 1-0. Just over three and a half minutes later sophomore Alexandra Holowka (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Crawford fed sophomore Emilee Hazelden (Bloomingdale, N.Y.) for the 2-0 advantage.
 
Sophomore Samantha Vicari (Wayne, N.J.) scored her second goal of the season at 4:37 in the second period with help from Hohmann, who notched her first helper of the season. With 7:24 left in the stanza, Hohmann then notched her second assist of the game as she helped classmate Grace Murphy (Montclair, Va.) even the game at 2-all with her team-leading eighth goal of the campaign. After Potsdam took a brief 3-2 lead, at 17:52, courtesy of a tally by sophomore Izzy Fayerman (Calgary, Alberta), Nichols sophomore Tawny Buelow (Willow Grove, Pa.) knotted the game at 3-3 off an assist by junior Megan Gerein (Dubuque, Iowa). The marker was Buelow's second of the year as Gerein recorded her third helper of the season.
 
Following a pair of markers by junior Amanda Lucky (Kanata, Ontario) and what proved to be the game-winning goal by freshman Natasha Allen (Aspen, Colo.), Bison first-year Erin Dice (Ashburn, Va.) picked up her first collegiate marker as she scored the final tally of the game with 5:27 to go. Sophomore Alyssa Bufis (Linden, N.J.) was credited with the assist on the goal for her first of the year.
 
Bears junior netminder Dawna Salvarinas (Mississauga, Ontario) turned away 28 pucks in the victory as sophomore Tori Gianformaggio (Huntington Beach, Calif.) stopped a game-high 30 shots for the Bison.