Box Score HENNIKER, NH. Seniors Tara Turcotte, Julia Radcliffe, and Natasha Hawkins combine for six-points, as the New England College women's ice hockey team defeated Anna Maria College 6-2 in non-conference action on Senior Day, Saturday afternoon.
The Pilgrims are now 3-17-1 on the season, while the AMCats fall to 2-15-1.

SCORING
Period 1 01:49 | NEC Mikayla Vincent (Meghan Moore)
Period 2 08:10 | AMC Sara Sammons (Unassisted)
Period 2 12:12 | NEC Tara Turcotte (Julia Radcliffe and Cortney Reyes)
Period 2 16:06 | NEC Madison Nipper (Kaylee Cross and Sidney Capolino)
Period 2 16:42 | NEC Ally Freeman (Natasha Hawkins and Mckenna Ceci)
Period 3 17:41 | AMC Hannah Tobey (Grace Dodge and Sara Sammons)
Period 3 19:33 | NEC Cortney Reyes (Tara Turcotte)
Period 3 19:59 | NEC Tara Turcotte (Madison Nipper and Julia Radcliffe)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pilgrims opened the game with a goal from Mikayla Vincent just under two minutes in. The goal was Vincent's first of her career and Meghan Moore picked up the assist. New England College dominated play in the first as they outshot the AMCats 16-5. Despite the offensive prowess, the Pilgrims were unable to find the back of the net again in the period. Anna Maria had limited efforts but all were turned away as the 1-0 score held at the close of the period.

The slower play carried into the second but the AMCats broke the scoring drought eight minutes in to tie things up at 1-1. New England College would respond a few minutes later as they reclaimed the lead off a Tara Turcotte goal assisted by Julia Radcliffe and Cortney Reyes. With under five minutes to play the Pilgrims added two more over the next 36 seconds to build a 4-1 lead that would hold going into the final period of play. Madison Nipper scored the first and Ally Freeman scored followed suit scoring right after.

After the late scoring in the second-period things slowed down as neither side was able to get much going for the majority of the period. Anna Maria was able to cut the lead to 4-2 with just over two minutes to play. That score would hold until the very end of the game when New England College added two more in the final 30 seconds of play. Cortney Reyes scored the first and Turcotte the second as the Pilgrims came away with a 6-2 victory.

GOALTENDERS
Hannah Podvey made 22 saves as she earned the victory. Julia Smith picked up 26 saves in the contest for the AMCats.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Tara Turcotte led all scorers with 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist)
- The Pilgrims won 32 of their 50 face-offs going 64 percent on the night.
- With 6 goals and 11 different skaters registering a point this was the Pilgrims' best offensive output of the season.
- With the win, the Pilgrims are now 3-0 all-time against the AMCats.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims head up North to take on the Panthers of Plymouth State in an NEHC match-up on Friday, February 7^th at 6:00 pm.