Box Score

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Junior Erin Dice (Ashburn, Va.) scored her third goal of the season in Nichols College's 5-1 loss at Saint Michael's College Saturday afternoon in the Saint Michael's Holiday Classic.
 
Junior Kerri Nadeau (Chepachet, R.I.) assisted on Dice's second goal in as many games while classmate Elizabeth Coleman (West Roxbury, Mass.) was named to the All-Tournament Team.
 
Sophomore Amanda Kempainen (Chazy, N.Y.), the tournament's most valuable player, recorded the 11th hat trick in Saint Michael's history by netting three goals while senior Mary Liz Pinnella (Manasquan, N.J.) and sophomore Caitie Shea (Smithfield, R.I.) both contributed one goal apiece. Kempainen and Pinnella both landed on the all-tournament team. Junior Fernanda Saavedra (Miami, Fla.) dished off three assists, and first-year goalie Abby Burke (Bedford, Mass.) made 34 saves for her first collegiate win. The Purple Knights move to 1-9-1.
 
Senior Francesca Palazzo (Bernardston, Mass.) had 17 stops in 56:34 before junior Tori Gianformaggio (Huntington Beach, Calif.) made one for a Bison team that is 2-8.
 
Saint Michael's jumped on the board first when Pinnella buried a shot off a rebound at 2:26 of the first period. The Purple Knights extended their lead after Shea outraced a Bison defender and then wristed the puck high glove side at 15:13.
 
Nichols responded with a second-period tally when Dice found the loose puck in a crease scramble with 7:22 gone. The Bison threatened once more when junior Grace Murphy (Montclair, Va.) streaked in on a breakaway with fewer than nine minutes left, but Burke stood the challenge and denied the tying chance. Kempainen then reeled off three unanswered goals.
 
The Bison host the University of New England Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. at Levy Rink.  The Purple Knights are back in action on Tuesday at Franklin Pierce University at 12:30 p.m.

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