WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's hockey team tied Maine 1-1 Saturday evening at the Hart Center. The Black Bears would win the shootout by a score of 2-1 after five rounds, but the contest will be recorded as a tie in the Crusaders' overall record.

Coming off a win in Friday's game, Holy Cross came out strong and scored the first goal at the 13:06 mark of the first period. It was the team's third power play goal in two games. Millie Sirum fired a shot home from the slot on a nice looking play. Bryn Saarela and Antonia Matzka had the assists.

Maine answered back three minutes later off the stick of Olivia King. The period would end tied at one, as would the next two, which led to the Crusaders' first overtime game of the season. After overtime ended without a game-winner, the teams went to a shootout.

After two misses by both teams, Sirum connected, but Maine's Ida Kuoppala answered right back. Two more misses by Holy Cross were followed by the decisive attempt by Elise Morphy, winning the shootout for the Black Bears, 2-1.

SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0 HC (1^st, 13:06, PP): Matzka fed Saarela in the left circle who pushed into through a couple Maine defenders to Sirum in the slot who let a one-timer rip and beat Maine's Loryn Porter.
1-1 Maine (1^st, 16:00, EV): Olivia King used some traffic in front of Brenon to tie the game just three minutes later.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Jada Brenon made 35 saves in goal, giving her 76 on the weekend and a save percentage of .974 over the two games.
• With their points tonight, Sirum and Saarela finished the regular season with 12 points each, good for the most by a freshman in program history during the Hockey East era.
• Sirum and Saarela sit tied for first in Hockey East in total freshmen points, while Sirum is first among freshmen in points per game and Saarela is third.

UP NEXT:
The First Round of the Hockey East Tournament is set to be played this Wednesday, Feb. 24. Holy Cross' opponent has yet to be announced.