Women’s Hockey Bests Curry in Fall Semester Finale, 5-2

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's hockey ended its fall semester on a high note as it completed its Conference of New England (CNE) home-and-home series sweep of Curry with a 5-2 victory Saturday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-6-0, 4-3-0, CNE) | Curry (4-5-0, 3-5-0, CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk grabbed the lead early as Katie Newkirk chipped the puck in 1:04 into the action. Jenna Caballero and Anya Nichipor had a hand in the game-opening goal.  

The Rams stretched the gap later when Leslie Steiner sniped a shot from the blue line with no help. 

Curry had a response less than a minute after Steiner scored when Ali Olorenshaw answered with a power play marker to cut the blue-and-gold's lead to one, 2-1, which stood at the first intermission. 

Newkirk put away her second strike of the day 9:20 into the middle period to extend the edge to 3-1. Nichipor and Caballero assisted on the junior's goal once again in reverse order.

The case of déjà vu continued as Margot Oxman responded for the Colonels with 37 seconds left in the middle period to once again make it a one-goal game, 3-2.  

It was all Suffolk in the third as it connected for a pair of goals in a 3:27 span. Alexia Hill scored first with aid from Sam Molind before Aiden Levee-Oshiro netted an unassisted strike to make it 5-2.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Katelyn Michals turned aside 44 shots in the victory. 
• Coriann Hoag logged 24 saves in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Newkirk notched two goals. 
• Caballero and Nichipor had two points apiece as well with two assists each. 
• Hill, Levee-Oshiro and Steiner all scored once. 
• Molind dished out one goal.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk is 9-2-1 all-time against Curry. 
• The Rams improved to 4-2-1 versus Curry at home. 
• The Rams have outscored the Colonels 54-20. 
• Under Abby Ostrom's guidance Suffolk is 3-1-1 against Curry. 
• Hill extended her point streak to six games. She has three assists and three goals in that span. 
• Newkirk tied a career-high two points and set a personal-best two goals. 
• Molind pushed her point streak to five games. She has registered two goals and four assists in that stretch. 
• Steiner has scored in back-to-back games. 
• Nichipor tied a career-high two points and set a personal-bests with two assists. 
• Levee-Oshiro netted her second strike of the season.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is off until after the New Year when it travels to Bowdoin Friday, Jan. 3 for a 7:00 p.m. contest.