WORCESTER, Mass. – Sophomore goalie Devyn Amundson came up with 44 saves for Post University Women's Ice Hockey, but the Eagle offense would be shut down by senior goalie Brooke Loranger from the College of the Holy Cross on Friday night in a 2-0 loss. Loranger, who had 13 saves and her second shut out of the season moved to 3-1-0 on the year, while Amundson dropped to 0-3-0 in three starts.

THE BASICS

Post University 0, College of the Holy Cross 2

Post University (1-7-1)

College of the Holy Cross (6-2-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED
On the evening, Post was out shot by a 72-30 margin overall, blocking nine of those shots, while seeing 46 of them go on target at Amundson compared to just 13 shots reaching Loranger in net for them. Having three power-play opportunities in the affair, the Eagles would manage just two shots on goal in that span against the senior netminder, including a third-period attempt that saw them get held to no shots in the latter half of the frame.

Freshman forward Violet Carroll recorded assists on both of the Holy Cross goals as the Crusaders struck first in the first period on a goal from freshman forward Naemi Herzig with 8:28 left. Herzig found a way to jam the puck by Amundson's right pad on the right side of the goal as the sophomore looked to seal the opening to the net in that spot, but was unable to do so. In addition to the assist from Carroll, sophomore defenseman Skyler Sharfman picked up a secondary assist on the play.

Senior forward Alexia Moreau would add to the lead in the third on her redirect past Amundson with 3:55 left in regulation when the shot from the point by freshman defenseman Anna Billa bounced off her stick and changed direction for the score. Carroll was credited with the secondary assist on the goal, which came minutes after junior forward Jet Devlin narrowly missed on a two-on-one opportunity against Loranger as the rebound could not be handled by sophomore defenseman Caryss Kehl for the put back shot that would have knotted the game at one. 

With the 2-0 loss, Post suffered their fifth shutout loss of the season, tying its number of shutout losses from last year, and falling to 1-7-1 to start the year. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• This is the fifth time this season in which Post University has been shut out after being shut out five times all last year across 37 games
• Violet Carroll was the only player with a multi-point game, recording an assist on each of the Holy Cross goals in the victory to bring her season total in points up to eight 
• Devyn Amundson finished the game with 42 saves, the second-most she has had in her career for a single game -- Amundson recorded 50 saves in a 6-1 loss to the University of St. Thomas at home earlier this year 
• This was the first meeting between the two programs since the 2017-18 season when they faced off four times, all of which were won by Holy Cross, who scored five-plus goals in each affair

WHO'S NEXT
Post University and Holy Cross will finish off their two-game series this Sunday afternoon at 1:30 PM at the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton, Connecticut.