Box Score PAWTUCKET, R.I.-The New England College women's ice hockey team dropped a 3-2 loss to the Wildcats of Johnson & Wales University on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action.
The win boosts JWU to 4-7-3 on the season, while NEC falls to 1-9-1 overall.
SCORING
1st 16:50 | JWU Samantha Kawejsza (Kathy Ensor, Drea Westgaard)
2nd 03:37 | JWU Kathryn Mason (Julia Martinsson, Summer Britton)
2nd 08:40 | NEC SH Erica Lissner (unassisted)
3rd 12:46 | NEC PP GinaBeth Manganiello (Vicki Shaw, Kristen Dukette)
3rd 16:56 | JWU Hannah Tracy (Julia Martinsson, Kathryn Mason)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Wildcats scored first with the only goal of the first period. They would take a 2-0 lead just over three-and-a-half minutes into the second period.
Five minutes later, Erica Lissner (Woburn, Mass.) scored a wrap-around shorthanded goal to put the Pilgrims on the scoreboard. It marked Lissner's first goal of the season.
NEC tied the score at 2-2 on the power play nearly 13 minutes into the final stanza when GinaBeth Manganiello (Peabody, Mass.) stuffed in a rebound off of a Vicki Shaw (Dracut, Mass.) shot for her first goal of the year.
JWU would not let the score stay tied for long though, as Hannah Tracy scored the game-winning goal just 4:10 after the NEC goal.
NEC finished 1-for-5 on the power play, while JWU was 0-for-3.
GOALTENDERS
NEC netminder Ashley Castriotta (Framingham, Mass.) tallied 29 saves, while JWU's Kami Weiner had 23 saves in the win.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims return to New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action on Tuesday for a 4:00 p.m. game at Plymouth State University.
