Women's Hockey Falls 8-0 To Nazareth In Home Opener

MARLBOROUGH, MA - In the AMCATS (0-3) home opener versus the Nazareth Golden Flyers (3-0), the squad dropped the contest, 8-0 Friday evening at the New England Sports Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Golden Flyers struck first in the match at 10:46 when Makena Wiljanen (Brighton, MI) capitalized on the power play after Madison Schroeder (Allen Park, MI) and Keeley Rose (Clayton, NY) swung the puck around for Wiljanen to put a one-timer past AMCATS goalie, Julia Smith (Chillwack, BC). Nazareth tacked on a second goal three minutes later when Wiljanen put her shot past Smith's right side.
• Nazareth continued their offensive output in the second period when they posted five goals by Taylor Hudon (Alexandria Bay, NY) (9:18), Hailey Redders (McFarland, WI) (12:22), Rachel Rice (Plano, TX) (14:33), Redders (15:18), and Schroeder (18:43) respectively.
• In the third period, Wiljanen completed her hat trick for the Golden Flyers at 3:59 after she fired a shot past a diving Smith for the 8-0 lead.
• During the contest, Anna Maria had their chances to get on the board but was turned away each time. At 4:47 in the first, Grace Dodge (St. Paul, MN) generated her own offense and put a shot on net, but Noelle Giroux (Windham, NH) made the pad save. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Smith made 43 saves in her first collegiate start. Meanwhile, Giroux collected five saves for Nazareth. 
• Nazareth held the edge in power-play opportunities, 5-3. 
• Anna Maria was outshot by a margin of 51-5.
• Five different AMCATS had shot opportunities tonight: ((Niamh Cote (Tewksbury, MA), Dodge, Kaitlyn Korpach (North Battleford, SK), McKenna Naumchik (Somers Point, NJ), and Samantha Rodriguez (Corona, CA)).

WHAT'S NEXT

Anna Maria and Nazareth finish off their two-game set tomorrow afternoon at 3 PM at the Blackstone Valley Rink in Hopedale, MA. 

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