Women's Hockey Fall to MASCAC Leading Plymouth State, 7-1

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The MCLA Women's Ice Hockey team returned to the ice this evening when they welcomed the MASCAC leading Plymouth State to the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink. A hat trick from Lilli Warnock and a pair of goals by Libby Carter led the Panthers past the Trailblazers, 7-1.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Friday, February 7, 2025
• Score: Plymouth State 7, MCLA 1
• Records: Plymouth State University Panthers 14-6-1 (MASCAC 9-1-1) | MCLA Trailblazers 8-10-0 (MASCAC 2-6-0)
• Series History: Plymouth State leads the all-time series 3-0, including a 3-2 win earlier this season on December 6^th in North Adams and a 2-1 win on January 10^th in Plymouth.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Before the fans could begin to warm up their seats, Plymouth State jumped out to an early lead with barely two minutes off the clock. Lilli Warnock (at 2:09, assisted by Emily Biggin and Katie Maloney) scored the first goal of the game. With just under four minutes to go in the opening frame, Libby Carter (16:02, Katie Porrello and Brenna Smith) doubled the Panthers' lead to 2-0, where it would stay into the first intermission.
• MCLA was able to halve that lead, making the most of a power play opportunity with just over two and a half minutes expired in the second period. Sophomore defenseman Rebekah Ade (Yucca Valley, CA / New Jersey Colonials) made the most of a flurry of activity in front of the net, notching her first goal of the season. Assists were credited to sophomore defensemen Summer Bissaillion (Blind River, ON / Sudbury Wolves) and Carlen Bertrand (Timmins, ON / Sudbury Wolves). The helpers were the fifth and seventh of the year for Bissaillion and Bertrand, respectively.
• The Panthers got the goal back and then some, scoring three more times before the second intermission. Warnock (11:01, Jamie Steinmetz), Robyn Grant (13:05, Porrello and Lauren McNeil), and Carter (17:44, Jacqueline Martin and Gracie Menicci) were all credited with goals
• In the third period, Plymouth added two more insurance goals, with Warnock (6:06, Biggin and Menicci) completing her hat trick and Laura Castronova (15:13, Emily DeSimone) adding a short-handed goal.
• The Panthers' Karlee Lehner stopped 16 of 17 shots to improve to 11-2-0. Junior goalie Juliette Barney (Braintree, MA / Anna Maria College) took the loss, falling to 3-6-0.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Shots: Plymouth 70, MCLA 17
• Saves: Plymouth 16, MCLA 63
• Faceoffs Won: Plymouth 37, MCLA 21
• Penalty/Minutes: Plymouth 4/8:00, MCLA 1/2:00
• Power Plays: Plymouth 0 for 0, MCLA 1 for 3

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when it hosts Framingham State at the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink for a MASCAC matchup with the Rams. The puck will drop at 5 p.m.

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