Notables
-First back-to-back losses for CSS since early November
-Both teams combined for 15 penalties
-All three CSS goals were on the power-play
-CSS falls to 1-5-0 all-time vs. Saint Anselm

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MANCHESTER, N.H. (csssaints.com) – Saint Anselm College (N.H.) scored the first three goals of the game before the St. Scholastica women's hockey team got within a goal twice, but ultimately fell by a final of 5-3 on Saturday.
 
Hawks Build a Lead
Saint Anselm scored a power-play goal with just over three minutes remaining in the opening period to take a 1-0 lead at the first intermission. The Hawks then added a pair of even-strength goals in the first eight minutes and 21 seconds in the second period to take a 3-0 lead.
 
CSS Power-Play Success
The Saints got on the board with four minutes left in the second period on a Taylor Guzzo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley HS (UW-River Falls)) power-play goal. Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) was credited with the assist. Then with 55 seconds left in the period, Mac Johnson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (St. Cloud State)) scored her first goal as a Saint, once again in the power-play, to make it 3-2 at the second intermission. Kennedy Houge (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) has the assist.
 
After Saint Anselm scored in the first two minutes of the period, Johnson found the back of the net for the second time on the power-play to make it 4-3. Amanda Broman (Mankato, Minn./Mankato East HS) and Kaleigh Hamann (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) had the assists.
 
Hawks Close it Out
It remained a one-goal game until Sarah Geisinger scored an empty net goal with 49 seconds remaining to make the final score 5-3.
 
Goaltending
Kristen Hunt (Winnipeg, Manitoba/West Kildonan) got the start for the Saints and stopped 18 shots before being relieved by Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) in the second period. Hartfiel had 16 saves in the final 30 minutes, but picked up the loss because she allowed the eventual game-winner. Hannah Synnott had 20 saves in the victory for the Hawks (11-1-0).
 
Up Next
The Saints (5-6-0) will be at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Tuesday with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m.