ATTLEBORO, Mass. – The New England College Women's Ice Hockey team bows out of the New England Hockey Conference playoffs in the First Round, following a 5-0 loss to Johnson & Wales, Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
Score: Johnson & Wales 5, New England College 0

Records: Pilgrims (3-20-1, 0-16-0 NEHC) | Wildcats (11-14-1, 7-11-0 NEHC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Johnson & Wales came out of the gates on the attack, as Soph Hamel opened the scoring at 5:06 of the first period. Jianna Truppi added a late goal, sending JWU into the intermission up 2-0.

In the second period, Madi Fox pushed the Wildcats advantage to 3-0 before Truppi added another final minute goal. Johnson & Wales added one more score in the third to capture a 5-0 win over New England College.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Sean D'urso recorded 43 saves for New England College.
• Johnson & Wales outshot NEC 48-16 on the day.
• New England College went 0-for-7 on the day, while the Wildcats were 1-of-5.
• JWU now leads the all-time series 7-3-2 

UP NEXT

JWU will now face Norwich in the NEHC Quarterfinals