Allison Attea scored a second period powerplay goal that turned into the game winner, as the Holy Cross Crusaders topped the Maine Black Bears 2-1 in Hockey East women’s action at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts on Friday evening.
Holy Cross (4-14-0, 4-14-0 Hockey East) who is honoring their seniors this weekend with their final home games, fell behind early in the second period after a scoreless first. Daria Tereshkina scored her first of the season at 2:08 to give Maine a 1-0 lead. But then later in the period on a 5 on 3 powerplay for the hosts Mary Edmonds tied it at 13:12, and then the game winner by Attea came on the 5 on 4 advantage just 54 seconds later. The Black Bears outshot the Crusaders 42-25 and carried most of the play, but fell short on trying to extend to a three game winning streak.
Loryn Porter made 23 saves in net in the Maine loss, as the Black Bears drop to 7-8-0, 7-8-0 HE on the season. Amalie Andersen had the assist on the Tereshkina goal. Jada Brenon stopped 41 shots in net in the Holy Cross win, and the Crusaders had four skaters with one assist each. The two teams finish off the two game set on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
