Southern Maine 6, Nichols 0
Portland, Maine – USM Ice Arena
Saturday, February 6, 2016
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All-Time Series & StreaksThe Huskies and Bison have exchanged wins the last four meetings and Southern Maine now leads the all-time series at 8-2-0.
Three Stars of the Game 1 – Senior Cassandra Sherman (North Smithfield, R.I.) (USM) – two goals; one assist; four shots
2 – Sophomore Emilee Burris (Brookfield, Nova Scotia) (USM) – two goals; one assist; six shots
3 – Freshman Tawni Mohler (McCall, Idaho) (USM) – two assists; three shots
Key Stat of the GameThe Bison were outshot in the game 36-9 which marks the sixth time this season that Nichols was held under double-digit shots. Â
Quick Hits- Sherman tallied both of her goals in the first period (2:27; 17:09) to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead after the first period. Mohler assisted on the first while junior Ally Vanidestine (Bangor, Maine) had the helper on the second.
- The only goal in the second period came when Burris scored the first of her two goals at 16:44 with Mohler adding her second apple.
- The Huskies saw three goals in the final period including a PP goal by senior Chelsea Boucher (Gilford, N.H.). Junior Lynn Kozlowski (Stoneham, Mass.) also scored in the period before Burris added her second goal at 19:50 to close the book on the scoring.
- The Bison saw nine shots by nine different student-athletes including freshmen
Callie Jackson (Vineyard Haven, Mass.),
Kelly Ferreira (North Falmouth, Mass.),
Olivia Knight (Walpole, Mass.), and
MacKenzie Lyons (Scottsdale, Ariz.) to go along with sophomore
Laura Christie (Hudson, Mass.), junior
Samantha DiReda (Shrewsbury, Mass.), and seniors
Alexa Smith (Salem, Mass.),
Samantha Mead (Hazen, N.D.), and
Julia Mastrototaro (Holden, Mass.).
- Sophomore
Lindsay O'Connell (Danvers, Mass.) started the game and made 25 saves while allowing four goals. Freshman
Lauren Bennett (Chicago, Ill.) played the final 11:09 and stopped 5 shots.
- Sophomore Courtney Davis (Woburn, Mass.) stopped all nine shots she faced to take the win.
Next upNichols (3-17-0, 1-11-0 NEHC) – Wednesday, February 10 vs UMass Boston, 5:10 p.m.
Southern Maine (3-15-2, 2-9-2 NEHC) – Friday, February 12 at Norwich, 7:00 p.m.
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