BOSTON, Mass. (Friday, January 10, 2025)-- Sophomore Gina Richard got the scoring going in Salve Regina University women's ice hockey's 4-1 victory over NEHC adversary UMass Boston in their second game back after the holiday break. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 4, UMass Boston 1
Records: Salve Regina (7-6-0,5-2-0 NEHC), UMass Boston (7-7-0,6-1-0 NEHC)
History: The Seahawks are 13-15 all-time against UMass Boston. Today's win was the first since a 5-0 shutout on February 7, 2015. The most recent meeting was a 2-1 loss on December 1, 2018. Taylor Chisholm '19 was the only Seahawk who scored in the encounter. 

NOTEWORTHY

• It was a mild start to the game for both teams with no scoring until nearly 15 minutes into the first period. Gina Richard struck at the 14:32 mark with an assist from Samantha McKenzie and Sarah Bush.
• Riley Esposito added in another first period goal before both teams went scoreless until the final 20 minutes.
• Emma Pereira and Samantha McKenzie extended the Seahawks to a 4-0 lead before the Beacons' Gianna Skrelja took advantage of a power play in the final four minutes to get UMass Boston on the board.
• Seahawk goalie Taylor Hannafan made 19 saves while Beacons' goalie Veronika Hadamovsky saw 23 saves.
• Salve Regina put a stop to the Beacons unbeaten conference record of 6-0-0. 

ON THE HORIZON
Women's ice hockey is back on the road tomorrow at 3 p.m. against UMB once again.