Box Score NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University women's ice hockey team picked up a big 4-2 win over No. 8-ranked Adrian College on Saturday afternoon at Kreitzberg Arena in the opening game of the 11th Northfield Savings Bank East-West Classic.
Norwich (7-2, 6-0-0 NEHC) got a goal and an assist from senior defenseman Morgan Tefft (Redwood City, Calif.), while senior goalie Alexa Berg (West Fargo, N.D.) made 26 saves to lead the Cadets to their first non-conference victory of the season.
The Cadets will face the winner of No. 3-ranked Elmira and No. 4-ranked Plattsburgh State in the 2021 NSB East-West Hockey Classic Championship game on Sunday at 4 p.m. Norwich is making just its second appearance in the championship since the tournament went to a true tournament format in 2015.
Adrian (6-2-0, 4-0-0 NCHA) scored first with a shorthanded goal at the 3:17 mark of the first period with Jocelin Hudanish scoring on a 2-on-1 rush off an assist from Karmen Anderson.
Sophomore forward Ally LaGue (Barre, Vt.) tied the game up with her second goal of the season on a redirection in front of the net off an initial shot from Tefft at the point. Kenady Nevicosi (Breckenridge, Colo.) notched the secondary assist on the power-play goal.
Norwich took its first lead of the game at the 7:36 mark of the second period with Tefft scoring from the sideboards after flinging the puck at the net from a low angle. The puck bounced off Adrian goalie Sophie Goldberg and into the back of the net. Junior defenseman Molly Flanagan (Lutz, Fla.) picked up the assist.
The Cadets added to the lead just under three minutes later with Ann-Frederique Guay (St. Lambert-de-Lauzon, Quebec) scoring on another tip goal off an assist from Taylor Tom (Kenora, Ontario) and Kayla Goleniak (Canton, Mich.).
Adrian cut the deficit to 3-2 at the 8:44 mark of the third period with Callie Wollschlager banging home a rebound after Berg made an initial save on Reaghan Pietrowski.
Norwich sealed the game at the 19:16 mark with Julia Masotta (Tewksbury, Mass.) scoring her seventh goal of the season into an empty net off an assist from Guay to cap the scoring.
Adrian outshot Norwich 28-20. Sophie Goldberg made 16 saves for the Bulldogs to suffer her first loss of the season and drop to 3-1.
Berg improved to 4-2-0 with the win.
