Women's Ice Hockey

NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey Weekly Release - Feb. 12, 2024

NESCAC Player of the Week
Sophia Kennedy – Colby – So. – F – Winthrop, Mass.
Kennedy had a hand in both game-winners this weekend for the Mules. In Friday night's shutout of Wesleyan, the sophomore forward scored both of Colby's goals in the 2-0 victory. In Saturday's matinee, Kennedy's ninth assist of the season proved the difference maker midway through the second frame in the 3-1 victory.  

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
AmherstMarie-Eve Marleau (Montreal, Quebec) had a goal and an assist in the Mammoths' 5-1 win over Curry in the only game for Amherst. The sophomore scored the team's fourth goal and assisted on the fifth and has scored a goal in three straight games for Amherst, who improved to 18-2-2 with the win.

Conn. College - Senior forward Sydney Cresta (Swampscott, Mass.), had a strong weekend as Conn visited Hamilton. Cresta tallied a goal and an assist while winning 17 of 22 draws across both games. On Saturday, with the Camels trailing 3-1 in the period, Cresta set up fellow senior Casey Godfrey for a goal that cut the deficit to one. With just over five minutes left in regulation, Cresta found the back of the net herself, tying the game at 3-3, and allowing Conn to earn a crucial tie in the standings.

HamiltonTeagan Brown (Northville, Mich.) stopped all 20 shots on goal in the Continentals' 2-0 win against Connecticut College on Friday. Brown hasn't allowed a goal in more than 164 minutes. The first-year has posted two straight shutouts and five this season in 18 starts. Ali Joseph (Natick, Mass.) registered two points in a game for the first time in a 3-3 tie with the Camels on Saturday. Joseph finished with a goal and an assist, and all seven of the junior forward's points have come since January 5.

Middlebury – Junior Sophia Merageas (Medfield, Mass.) posted 28 saves to help the Panthers edge Williams 1-0. Merageas stopped five shots in the final three minutes of the game when the Ephs pulled their goalie for the extra skater. The Panther posted her first shutout of the season and 11th overall to ensure Middlebury grabbed three points for the conference standings. 

Trinity – Junior Paige Kehoe (Manasquan, N.J.) registered three points with a goal and two assists in a 3-0 win in the second game of the weekend series versus Bowdoin.

WilliamsErin Pye (Third Lake, Ill.) combined for 100 saves and only allowed two goals, resulting in a .980 save percentage, in a pair of games against Middlebury on Friday and Saturday. Against visiting Middlebury Friday, Pye made 51 saves, and then at Middlebury Saturday, the sophomore turned aside 49 shots, giving up only one goal in each game.