BOSTON –
Tessa Ward's two third-period goals capped a well-rounded performance by the No. 4 Northeastern women's hockey team on Friday afternoon as the Huskies shut out Holy Cross, 6-0, at Matthews Arena.
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Ward's two lamp-lighters – which comprised the junior's first career multi-goal game – followed
Alina Mueller's three-point contribution during the opening two periods.Â
Chloe Aurard and
Skylar Fontaine both chalked two-point games for NU while
Jess Schryver also ended the day in the scoring column.
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Northeastern (8-1-0, 5-1-0 HEAW) dominated puck possession and tempo, racking up the 55-16 advantage in shots on goal.
Aerin Frankel denied Holy Cross (0-9-3, 0-6-0 HEAW) through the entirety of the contest, earning her 12th career shutout while moving her into a tie for fourth place on the Huskies' career leaderboard.
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After Mueller had opened the game's scoring with her one-timer near the midway point of the first period, the NU sophomore assisted on
Skylar Fontaine's blue-line bullet that cushioned the Huskies' lead to 2-0.
Mia Brown collected her third assist of the season on the play, controlling the puck behind the net before playing around the boards to Mueller.
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Veronika Pettey led the Northeastern breakaway and tic-tac-toe passing that resulted in the Huskies' third goal of the day early during the second period. Matt Hartman centered Pettey's right-to-left pass to Schryver, who recorded her second goal of the year.
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Aurard upped Northeastern's lead to 4-0 inside the final minute of the second period, preluding Ward's two-goal final act.
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With the win,
Dave Flint notched his 210th career head coaching victory at Northeastern, tying the program record.
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