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Southern Maine Blanks Engineers, 9-0
Dec. 8, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Amy McNally, Amanda Shorey, and Jessica Knight each tallied three points as the University of Southern Maine defeated MIT, 9-0, in an ECAC East game on Saturday. With the win, the Huskies improved to 3-4-0 overall and 3-2-0 in conference play while the Engineers fell to 0-6-0 on the year and 0-6-0 in ECAC East action. McNally posted her first game-winning goal of the season when she connected on a feed from Knight after 5:46 expired in the contest. Following 10 minutes of scoreless play, Southern Maine tacked on three goals in a span of three minutes. Shorey led off the spurt by converting a pass from Megan Irving, who was then set up by Regina Wilson for her first goal of the campaign. Jenna Stanley and Stephanie King found Katie Quartuccio for a power-play strike with 11 seconds remaining before the intermission. The second stanza was a defensive battle until the Huskies broke through at the 10:24 mark. Alyssa Gibson found the back of the net as McNally and Shorey earned the assists. Less then two minutes later, the McNally-Knight connection returned to give Southern Maine a 6-0 advantage. Gibson notched the final goal of the period when she redirected a pass from Shorey in the 18th minute. In the final frame, Mary Vaughan was a factor in both goals for the Huskies. She recorded an unassisted power-play strike at 3:11 and then found Knight for the last goal of the day just over two minutes later. In net, Rachel Bowens-Rubin collected 17 saves in 40 minutes of action while Maria Prus closed out the game with six stops for the Engineers. Emily Barrett posted 10 saves in her first start of the season. Southern Maine will continue its road trip on Sunday, Dec. 9 as it will visit Amherst College while MIT will return to the ice after the holiday break. |
