NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Senior Alexa Berg (West Fargo, N.D.) of the Norwich University women's ice hockey team recorded a 33-save shutout to lead the Cadets to a big 1-0 non-conference victory over Amherst College at Kreitzberg Arena.

Sophomore Aimee Headland (Nottingham, United Kingdom) scored the game's only goal late in the second period, corralling the puck in the neutral zone, skating in from the right and firing a wrist shot past Amherst goalie Caitlyn Walker. 

Norwich (10-4-0) and Amherst (5-7-0) met for the first time since the Cadets defeated Amherst 3-1 in the final game of the 2020 NCAA Tournament before it was canceled due to COVID-19. 

After outshooting Amherst in the first period, Berg put on a brilliant performance with multiple odd-man rush saves as well as a sequence of four saves in a five-second span in the third period to keep the Mammoths off the scoreboard. 

Amherst outshot Norwich 27-13 in the final two periods. The shutout marked Berg's first of the season and the 10^th of her Norwich career. 

Norwich will travel to Castleton and Plymouth State this Friday and Saturday in two more New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) league contests.