Box Score NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Freshman forward Ann-Frederique Guay (St. Lambert-de-Lauzon, Quebec) scored twice to lead the Norwich University women's ice hockey team to a 3-1 win over UMass Boston on Friday afternoon in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action at Kreitzberg Arena.
Norwich (18-4-2, 15-0-0 NEHC) extended its unbeaten streak to 49 straight games in NEHC action and swept the season series from the Beacons.
After a scoreless first period, Norwich took the lead on a shorthanded goal by Kelley Madden (Novelty, Ohio) for her ninth goal of the season. Madden took advantage of a UMass Boston player tripping to coast into the zone all alone. She skated in right down the middle and snapped a wrist shot off the right post and into the net to make it 1-0 Cadets just 33 seconds into the second period. Kayla Goleniak (Canton, Mich.) picked up the assist after chipping the puck out of the zone from behind the net.
UMass Boston responded with a shorthanded goal of its own on a pretty 2-on-1 rush from Katie Leffler and Kelsey Ryan. Ryan skated in from the left and fed a pass over to Leffler who was all alone with just Berg in the way. Leffler deked and beat Berg five-hole to tie the game at 1-1 at the 6:39 mark.
Norwich regained the lead just 1:28 later with Guay scoring a pretty goal on her back hand for her 11th goal of the season. Samantha Benoit (Bow, N.H.) and Ingrid Holstad-Berge (Stavanger, Norway) picked up the assists on the goal.
The Cadets added an insurance tally in the final minute of the game with Guay lifting the puck over the shoulder short side on Caty Flagg for her 12th goal of the year. Benoit picked up the assist after a pretty individual effort deking through three UMass Boston defenders.
Norwich outshot UMass Boston 40-25 in the game. Sophomore Alexa Berg (West Fargo, N.D.) made 24 saves to improve to 7-3-2 on the season.
Flagg made 37 saves to fall to 11-9-3 on the year.
Norwich will close out the regular season on Saturday at 1 p.m. when it hosts Johnson & Wales at Kreitzberg Arena. Prior to the game, Norwich will honor its seven seniors in a special pre-game ceremony for Senior Day.
