No. 11 Endicott Tops Women’s Ice Hockey, 7-4

BEVERLY, Mass. – No. 11 Endicott used a lopsided second stanza to hand Suffolk women's ice hockey a 7-4 Conference of New England (CNE) setback Friday night at Raymond J. Bourque Arena.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | No. 11 Endicott 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-12-2, 5-5-2 CNE) | No. 11 Endicott (14-4-1, 10-2-0 CNE) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk got on the board first 5:04 into the action. Brooklyn Pizzimenti deflected a Gulls shot and Liliana Moose picked up the rebound. The senior captain flipped a pass over Laurel Potter to Cassie Borowski, who was on the other side of the blue line. She skated in on a 2-on-1 and put the puck away top shelf to give the blue-and-gold a 1-0 edge. 
• The Gulls got the goal back just about 10 minutes later. Jo Wilmer took and won the face-off at the right dot in Suffolk's zone. Wilmer played the puck back to Lilly Corso, who wasted no time to snipe an attempt over Katelyn Michals' stick side shoulder to even the playing field at 1-all at the 14:47 mark. 
• Endicott flew in front 3-1 as it put away two goals within the first 3:15 of the middle period. 
• Laurel Potter sliced the distance down to one. On the power play Suffolk controlled the pace of play on the power play put multiple shots on target. Eventually Potter put one away as she sniped a slap shot from just inside the right face-off dot on a feed from Abby Sandler to make it a 3-2 game with 14:03 to go in the second. 
• The Gulls tacked on two more goals though to send the blue-and-gold into the second intermission down 5-2. 
• Suffolk kept things interesting as it found its way back on the board 1:46 into the third. Anya Nichipor, Jenna Caballero and Alexia Hill weaved through Gulls defenders to find the perfect shot. Caballero's attempt was fired first, Nichipor knocked the rebound to a waiting Hill in front, who put two shots on net and the second one paid off to put the blue-and-gold within two, 5-3, with plenty of time left. 
• The three-goal gap was restored at the midway point of the final frame, however, as Wimler struck for the second time on the night. 
• Moose gave Suffolk some hope with just four three minutes to play. The senior captain scored on the power play thanks to help from Caballero and Hill to trim the deficit to back to two, 6-4, at the 16:28 mark. 
• Abby Ostrom pulled Michals from in-between the posts for the extra skater boost later, but it paid off for Endicott as Sabby Agrodnia registered an empty netter with 42 seconds to go to seal the 7-4 final.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Michals took the loss in net despite a 45-save performance. 
• Casey Moritz picked up the win with a 27-stop effort. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Borowskio, Hill and Moose all finished with identical one-goal, one-assist stat lines. 
• Potter was responsible for the other tally. 
• Caballero chipped in two assists. 
• Pizzimenti, Sandler and Nichipor notched one helper each. 
• Endicott outshot Suffolk, 52-31. 
• The Rams went 2-for-4 on the power play compared to the Gulls 3-for-5. 
• Face-offs were similar, but landed in Endicott's favor, 33-28. 

NOTEWORTHY

• The four goals potted by Suffolk versus Endicott are the most for the Rams in the series since putting four markers away in a 4-3 victory Jan. 28, 2022. 
• Borowski (3g, 1a) has stretched her point streak to three games. The junior has potted at least one puck in the last three games. She had her second multi-point game of the season.
• Pizzimenti (3a) has dished out at least one assist in back-to-back games. 
• Moose pushed her point streak to two games. In that stretch she has one goal and three assists. 
• Potter extended her point stretch to five contests. Over that span she has one goal and five helpers. 
• Caballero has lengthened her assist streak to three games. In that stretch she has set-up four shots.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk aims to bounce back tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 31 when it welcomes Endicott to Eastie for a 6:50 p.m. series finale.