NESCAC Player of the Week
Anna Baxter - Amherst - Jr. - F - Joliet, Ill.
Baxter had a goal and two assists as Amherst swept Williams, 3-0 and 3-1, to clinch the top seed in the NESCAC Tournament. Baxter had two helpers, including one on the game-winning goal in a 3-0 victory in Williamstown. In a 3-1 victory at Amherst, Baxter's game-winning goal broke a third-period tie. In addition, Baxter won 26 of the 38 faceoffs (68.4 pct.).
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Colby -
Mandy Busky (Ellington, Conn.) guided Colbv's jump from a possible sixth seed to the No. 3 seed in the NESCAC Tournament with a 3-0 victory in the final game of the regular season. The junior collected her third shutout of the season, and first in NESCAC play, turning away all 23 shots against Conn. College on Saturday in her only game of the weekend.
Conn. College - Sophomore goaltender
Devon Galizio (Wayland, Mass.) finished the season like she started, with two more solid games in net for the Camels. On Friday night against Colby, Galizio stopped 29 shots, as the Camels came up short against the Mules. On Saturday afternoon in the season finale, Galizio did everything she could to keep the Conn season alive, making 28 saves. For the season, Galizio appeared in 18 games, finishing with a .935 save percentage, a 1.70 goals against average, and four shutouts.
Hamilton –
Sophie Berghammer (Evanston, Ill.) scored a goal in a 1-1 tie at Middlebury on Saturday and added an assist and four blocked shots in a 4-3 overtime loss against the Panthers on Friday. The sophomore defender has two career goals, and both have been scored against Middlebury. Sophomore
Mac Donovan (Falls Church, Va.) made a career-high 33 saves in Friday's game and added 18 stops on Saturday.
Middlebury –
Avery McInerny (Westford, Mass.) played a critical role in Middlebury’s 4-3 come-from-behind overtime victory against Hamilton on Friday. With just 43 seconds left in regulation, McInerny tallied the game-tying goal to force the extra session. In overtime, McInerny battled two defenders and the netminder for several seconds before coming up with the puck and dishing out the assist on the game-winning tally. Earlier in the contest with Middlebury trailing 2-0, McInerny tallied the assist on the Panther’s first marker, as she factored into three of four scores with three points on the evening. The sophomore leads the team with 18 points and is tied for second in the conference with 13 assists.
Trinity –
Jelani Adorno (Tariffville, Conn.) one-timed the game-winning goal with just three seconds remaining on the clock to lift the Bantams over Wesleyan, 2-1. With the goal on Friday night, Adorno recorded her second game-winning goal of the season. The Bantams went 1-1 in the home-and-home series versus Wesleyan, winning 2-1 on their home ice and falling, 3-2, at Wesleyan.
Wesleyan – Sophomore
Caroline Kee (Ashburn, Va.) led the Cardinals over the weekend, scoring or assisting on all three Wesleyan goals in a weekend series split against Trinity. Kee dished out an assist in Friday night's 2-1 loss in Hartford and followed with a career-high three-point game (one goal, two assists), assisting on the game-winning power-play goal with less than five minutes left in regulation, as the Cardinals toppled the Bantams 3-2 at home on Saturday.
Williams – Sophomore
Erin Pye (Third Lake, Ill.) combined for 87 saves and a .946 save percentage in a pair of games against Amherst. On Friday, Pye made 47 saves and followed up with 40 stops on Saturday. Pye has made 40 or more saves in nine games this year.