No. 10 Women's Ice Hockey Downs Becker, 4-1

BEVERLY, Mass. — The No.10 nationally ranked Endicott women's ice hockey team defeated Becker College, 4-1, on Friday evening at Raymond J. Bourque Arena.  

Ashlie Jones (Billerica, Mass.) got the Gulls on the board first just 54 seconds into the game when she put the puck home off of a scramble in front.

Endicott then got its second goal through Michaela McNamara (Warwick, R.I.) when she planted herself in front of the net and deflected a Madison Hentosh (Peabody, Mass.) shot past the goaltender to make it 2-0. 

Meanwhile, in the second period, the Gulls added two more goals as Jade Meier (Fairbanks, Alaska) put home a rebound off of a McNamara shot to extend the Gulls lead to 3-1 and Jones made it 4-1 when she raced the length off the ice, grabbed the loose puck, cut across the goal-mouth, and slotted it home on the backhand side. 

Meanwhile, Alyssa Peterson (Cranberry Township, Pa.) made 22 saves in net to improve to 12-2-0 on the season. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE 

• McNamara played her 100th career game for the Gulls tonight. 
• Tonight was Meier's fourth straight multi-point game. 
• The senior forward leads all Gulls in points with 28.
• Endicott now leads the all-time series 10-0-1 over Becker.
• Jillian Gibbs (Burlington, Vt.), Meaghan Francis (Woodbridge, Conn.), and Courtney Sullivan (North Yarmouth, Maine) also registered assists. 

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 10 Endicott (18-2-0, 11-0-0 CHC) and Becker (6-13-1, 2-10-1 CHC) will complete the second end of their home-and-home series tomorrow night at 6:40 PM at Worcester Ice Arena. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)