Women’s Hockey Wins Fourth Straight Downs Worcester State, 5-1

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's hockey rattled off its fourth consecutive victory with a 5-1 decision over Worcester State Saturday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Worcester State 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-0-0) | Worcester State (2-2-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk went on the penalty kill early on as Jesse Kennedy was whistled for holding 45 seconds out of the gate. The Rams successful played with a skater down and burst into even strength play as the first goal of the day came six seconds after the Leopards' power play expired. Sofia Scilipoti put away the puck with aid from Madison Ricardo and Shana Cote at the 2:51 minute mark to give the host a 1-0 lead it held onto at the first intermission.   

Worcester State leveled the playing field on the power play 13:36 into the second stanza. The Rams righted that wrong 1:05 later as Cote put away Scilipoti's set-up to regain the advantage for the blue-and-gold, one it took back into the locker room.  

Insurance came for the Rams 1:52 into the third as Sydney Tietz lit the lamp with help from Vanessa Stuart and Cassidy Gruning. Less than three minutes later Maddy Burton extended matters even further with a power player marker on a feed from Duff.  

Just under four minutes later Burton tacked on her second tally of the night to put the game out of reach for the Lancers. Payton Dockus and Kennedy supported the graduate student's strike that turned it into a 5-1 Suffolk score at the 8:27-minute mark of the third.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Hannah Gordon registered a 17-save effort in her second victory in as many games. 
• Amber Lee notched 44 stops in between the pipes. 
• Savannah Joseph came in for the final 11:33 of action in net for Worcester and secured all seven shots she faced in the 11:33 of ice time.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Burton paced Suffolk's five-goal offense with two strikes. 
• Cote and Scilipoti each provided one goal and one assist.  
• Tietz chipped in one marker. 
• Dockus, Duff, Kennedy and Stuart all handed out one helper. 
• Suffolk held a hefty lead in shots, 56-18. 
• The Rams were dominant in face offs as well, 38-64. 
• Each team turned one power play into a goal. Suffolk went 1-for-9 on the man-up, while Worcester State went 1-for-5.  

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams have won the first four games of their campaign for the first time in program history. 
• The four-game win streak matches the longest win streak in the Rams' record books. The last time Suffolk strung four victories in a row was Jan. 17-26, 2019. 
• The four straight triumphs mark the longest unbeaten stretch for Suffolk since it went 3-0-1 Dec. 7, 2019-Jan. 5, 2021. 
• Suffolk defeated the same opponents in back-to-back meetings for the second time in program history, first since sweeping the University of New England in a two-game series in Biddeford, Maine, Jan. 11-12, 2019.  
• The Rams swept a home-and-home series for the first time in program history. 
• The blue-and-gold is now 4-8-0 all-time when playing the same foe in back-to-back battles. 
• Gordon is unbeaten in net, 2-0-0, in her collegiate career. 
• The Rams have potted five goals in three of the last four games. 
• Cote and Scilipoti have each found the back of the net in all four of Suffolk's games this season. 
• Cote extended her point stretch to six games. In that span she has produced 12 points behind seven goals and six assists. 
• Burton pushed her point streak to 11 games. Over that stretch she has 14 points to her credit with seven goals and seven assists. 
• Duff is on a three-game point streak, all of her offensive output has been assists. The senior has four to her credit in the last three games. 
• Ricardo registered her first point of the season. 
• Dockus chipped in points in the last two games.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Suffolk turns its attention to its Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) campaign as the Rams drop the puck on their conference calendar next weekend against Curry. The blue-and-gold will visit the Colonels Friday, Nov. 12 at 7:00 p.m. with a rematch in store Saturday, Nov. 13 at 4:50 p.m. in Eastie.