Women’s Hockey Shutouts Anna Maria, 6-0

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Suffolk women's hockey's offense was firing on all cylinders and Halle Usseglio was perfect between the pipes as the Rams took a 6-0 victory over Anna Maria Saturday night at the New England Sports Center.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 6 | Anna Maria 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-3-0) | Anna Maria (0-3-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk's scoring started late in the first frame, but once the Rams got going back-to-back goals came quickly. Julia Volpe broke the Rams onto the board at the 15:58 minute mark with a feed from Stephanie Moy.  

Just 1:29 later, Meghan Gazard added the second strike of the day thanks to help from Cassidy Gruning and Madison Ricardo. 

That same line was the first to punch through in the second set of minutes. This time it was Gruning's stick that scored with the sophomore set-up by Richard and Gazard. 

Madison Scheinberg joined the Rams rally at the 7:01 minute mark with an assist from Elise Wainwright and 2:41 later Kiley Searles and Shana Cote teamed up to aid a short-handed strike for Maddy Burton.  

The scoring ended the same way it started, by Volpe, who added her second goal of the day just 22 seconds prior to the horn signaling the second intermission to give the Rams a 6-0 advantage. That deficit held over the final period for the final six-goal victory. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Usseglio turned aside all 10 shots she faced. 
• Sam Dahill gave up all six of Suffolk's goals despite a 45-save effort over 50:47 minutes in net. 
• Julia Smith came in for the final 9:13 of action and recorded six stops.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Volpe led Suffolk's offensive output, that saw 10 Rams record a point, with a pair of goals.
• Gazard and Gruning's two-point stat line was divided between goals (1) and set-ups (1).
• Cote and Ricardo both handed out two assists.  
• Burton and Scheinberg each found the back of the net once. 
• Searles and Wainwright contributed one helper apiece. 
• Suffolk commanded the pace of the game with 57 shots compared to the AMCATs 10. 
• The Rams control the face-off dot as well, 41-24.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk remains unbeaten all-time against Anna Maria, 3-0-0.
• The Rams have never let up a goal against the AMCATs. 
• The cleansheet is the first for the blue-and-gold since it kept Johnson & Wales off the scoreboard in the NEHC Quarterfinals, 2-0, Feb. 22, 2020. 
• Suffolk's 57 shots are the most in a single-game this season and the most since shooting 60 at New England College Jan. 31, 2020. 
• Usseglio made her collegiate debut and first-ever start. 
• Volped scored a career-high two goals.
• Scheinberg netted her first collegiate goal.
• Gazard had a career-high two points by matching a personal-best one goal and one assist. 
• Gruning matched a personal-best in points (2) and assists (1).
• Wainwright notched her first collegiate point on a handout. 
• Ricardo registered a career-high two assists to match a personal-best two points. 
• Burton's short-handed goal is the first man-down goal since Cotes in a 5-1 victory over Plymouth State Feb. 15, 2020. 
• Burton appeared in the 100th game of her career, becoming just the second Ram to do so, joining Tess Adams '19. Her career was split between Merrimack College and Suffolk in which she palyed in 67 and 33 contests, respectively. 

POST-GAME PIC
 

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Suffolk Athletics will continue to release its winter sports schedule on a week-by-week basis. Fans are encouraged to check GoSuffolkRams.com mid-week when the next batch of games will be unveiled.