WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior forward Tristan Currie scored her first goal of the season with only 2:15 left in regulation to help Post University Women's Ice Hockey force overtime against Assumption University as the two teams would work to a 1-1 tie in their conference matchup on Saturday night, before the Greyhounds came out on top, 2-0, in the shootout.

THE BASICS

Post University 1, Assumption University 1

Post University (0-5-1, 0-1-1 NEWHA)

Assumption University (1-4-1, 1-0-1 NEWHA)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Just over 24 hours after doing battle in Shelton, senior goalie Hannah Saunders and junior goalie Jaydn Weiser went toe-to-toe with each other again, staving off a barrage of shots from their opposition throughout the evening. In all, Weiser made 35 stops in 65 minutes of action, while Saunders stopped 34 shots, including 16 in the second period alone, while both goalies allowed just one goal in the contest. 

Post would have four power-play opportunities, including a 5-on-3 chance in the second, while Assumption had three chances, going 0-for-3 across the second and third periods. Junior forward Caroline Lilley would score the first goal of the evening just over halfway through the second period on a scrum in front of the net before flipping the puck over Saunders for the 1-0 advantage. Post would finally score for the first time in the waning moments of the third when sophomore defenseman Caryss Kehl hit Currie with a pass in stride, and two whacks at the puck against Weiser would help it get by her to tie the game at one all and force overtime. 

Continuing the trend of an evenly matched affair, neither side would break through in the extra five-minute, three-on-three session, which saw them both manufacture three shots on goal against the other. But the shootout would be a different story as both junior forwards Celena Mickevicius and Noa Farberman missed their attempts, while junior forward Kayla McGaffigan and sophomore forward Heather Ajakie both beat Saunders to steal the shootout win, 2-0. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• In her career, Hannah Saunders is 1-3 in shootouts, allowing five shootout goals in those four appearances between the pipes
• Kayla McGaffigan accounted for two goals as well as a goal in the shootout this weekend, contributing to three of the five offensive scores that Assumption University had between regulation play and the shootout
• Post University was 0-for-4 on the power play this evening and is now 0-for-20 to start the season when they have a man-up advantage
• This is the first time Post University and Assumption University have gone to a shootout and the fifth time in 10 matchups in which they have gone past regulation -- The Eagles are 2-1-2 in those five games

WHO'S NEXT
Franklin Pierce University comes to the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton, Connecticut, next week for a pair of games against Post University, as the two teams will hit the ice on Thursday and Friday afternoon, with the latter starting at 2:00 PM. The last time the Eagles faced the Ravens, they swept them in the NEWHA Quarterfinals with a pair of 1-0 wins, and currently have a three-game winning streak against them.