BOSTON – The No. 4 Penn State women’s ice hockey suffered its first loss of the season at No. 7 Northeastern on Friday afternoon, falling 3-2 at Matthews Arena.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- With 24 seconds left in the first period, Northeastern’s Jaden Bogden hammered home a pass on a three-on-one offensive rush to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead entering the first intermission.
- Over halfway through the second period, Northeastern’s Alessi Baechler received a pass at the point and shot it through traffic past Katie DeSa to push the lead to 2-0.
- Three minutes later on a delayed penalty, Jaden Bogden found Lily Shannon on the close post below the circles and she shot it past Katie DeSa to make it 3-0.
- Three a half minutes into the third period, Mikah Keller won a faceoff and Grace Outwater took a shot immediately, scoring to bring the Nittany Lions back within two goals.
- Four minutes later, the Nittany Lions battled for the puck in front of the Northeastern goal with Mya Vaslet eventually pushing it in to score.
GOALTENDERS
- Senior goaltender Katie DeSa allowed three goals on eight shots in the first two periods.
- Freshman Maddy Campbell started the third period and made 10 saves.
- Northeastern goaltender Lisa Jonsson made 34 saves in the win.
STATS AND NOTES
- Grace Outwater scored her 12th goal of the season, leading PSU.
- Mikah Keller notched her 10th assist of the season, which is second among all freshman on the Nittany Lions.
- Mya Vaslet scored her second goal of the season with both coming in the last to weekends.
- Abby Stonehouse had an assist to extend her point streak to six games, one behind Grace Outwater for the longest active streak on Penn State.
- Kately Roberts has notched an assist in four of her last five games.
- Northeastern now leads the head-to-head series 3-2.
UP NEXT
- Penn State will play No. 7 Northeastern at 2 p.m. in Gloucester, Mass., at Dorothy Talbot Skating Rink. The game will not be streamed.