Women’s Ice Hockey Knocks Off Nichols, 4-3

HARRISVILLE, R.I. – Suffolk women's hockey closed a Conference of New England (CNE) home-and-home series with Nichols with a 4-3 victory Saturday at Levy Rink. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Nichols 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-1-1, 2-1-1 CNE) | Nichols (2-4-0, 0-4-0 CNE) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Nichols netted the first goal of the game 4:37 into the action, which forced Suffolk to play catch-up. 
• The Rams caught up 4:37 later when Jenna Caballero chipped in a power play goal thanks to help from Liliana Moose and Bella Schmidt. That 1-1 stayed put as the teams went into the first intermission.
• The Bison poured in two answered over the first half of the middle period to take a 3-1 advantage,
• The Rams responded with two goals of their own over a 1:24 span to send the teams back into the locker room even at 3-all. Anya Nichipor potted the first thanks to aid from Cassie Borowski and Aiden Levee-Oshiro, before Moose put away the equalizer with no help. 
• Suffolk gained the upperhand at the 6:48 mark of the third period thanks to an unassisted marker by Borowski. 
• Katelyn Michals did her job the rest of the way as she denied the Bison's final six shots on target to preserve the Rams' 4-3 victory. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Michals finished with 46 saves in the win. 
• Taylor Daley logged 22 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Borowski and Moose posted identical one-goal, one-assist stat lines. The former put away the game-winner, while the latter was responsible for the game-tying puck. 
• Caballero and Nichipor netted one goal each. 
• Levee-Oshiro and Schmidt recorded one assist apiece. 
• Nichols overpowered Suffolk in shots, 78-42, including a hefty 49-26 shots on target advantage. 
• Both teams went 1-for-5 on the power play. 
• Suffolk commanded the face-off dot, 40-28. 

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams have coupled back-to-back wins over Nichols to move to 13-3-2 all-time versus the Bison. 
• Suffolk moved to 7-1-0 on the road versus Nichols and 4-1-0 against the Bison under Abby Ostrom's guidance. 
• Michals notched her 1,000th career save. She is the second-ever Rams netminder to reach the 1k feat in between the pipes and first since Lily O'Neil did so against Nichols Nov. 11, 2023. Michals a junior transfer from Assumption made 956 stops of her 1,000 saves in blue-and-gold. 
• Caballero and Nichipor tallied their first goals of the season. 
• Moose has produced points in back-to-back games and scored her first goal of the year. 
• Borowski had her first multi-point outing of the year. 
• Levee-Oshiro and Moose logged their second assists of the season.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
A home-and-home series with Western New England awaits Suffolk next weekend, Nov. 20-22. The Rams will face the Golden Bears, who are receiving votes in the national top-15, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Thursday at 3:00 p.m., before hosting WNE Saturday at 4:50 p.m.