THE BASICS:

Score: Holy Cross 4, Manhattanville 3

Records: Holy Cross (11-2-0, 4-2-0 NEHC); Manhattanville (3-5-0, 2-4-0 NEHC)

Location: Rutland, Vt.

Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016

Time: 6:00 p.m.

The Lead:  Junior Erin Hall (Pembroke, Mass.) notched three points (2g, 1a), including the game-winning goal, to lead the Crusaders past Manhattanville in their first game of the Rutland Herald Invitational on Saturday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Hall got the Crusaders on the board 12:47 into the first period off an assist from sophomore Kara Violette (Biddeford, Maine).
• The Valiants would tie the game up 24 seconds later as Sarah Sinning found the back of the net on the power play.
• Senior Mackenzie Boardman (Anchorage, Alaska) would regain the lead for Holy Cross with a tally at the 15:50 mark of the first.
• Manhattanville responded with another quick answering goal on the power play at 16:50 of the period to make it 2-2.
• Holy Cross outshot the Valiants 13-10 in the first period.
• Sophomore Lauren Abbenante (Cranston, R.I.) would make it 3-2 Holy Cross at 18:45 of the second period with a power play goal.
• The Crusaders outshot Manhattanville 19-8 in the second.
• Hall notched her second goal of the game at the 18:09 mark of the third period to give Holy Cross a two goal lead.
• The Valiants cut the deficit to one goal with just three seconds remaining in the game, as Jordan Roetzer knocked in a rebound, sealing the final score at 4-3.
• Manhattanville outshot Holy Cross 14-11 in the third period.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Sophomore goaltender Tessie Salatas (Laval, Quebec) made 29 saves and allowed three goals to earn the win in net for Holy Cross. She improves to 4-0-0 in net this season.
• Olivia Drew made 39 saves in net for the Valiants.
• The Crusaders outshot the Valiants 43-32.
• Holy Cross was 1-for-2 on the power play, while Manhattanville was 2-for-4.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Hall now has now notched at least one point in each of her last four games. She now has 10 points (5g, 5a) on the season.
• Abbenante (5g, 5a) and sophomore Emily Lissner (Woburn, Mass.) (1g, 9a) also now have 10 points this season.
• The Crusaders extend their current winning streak to seven games.

UP NEXT:

• The Crusaders will return to action tomorrow as they take on #6 Castleton in the championship game of the Rutland Herald Invitational at 3:00 p.m.

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