Feb. 12, 2011
Box Score | Postgame Comments
BOSTON - Senior Holly Lorms and junior Jenn Wakefield scored two goals each, as the No. 3 Boston University women's ice hockey team topped Northeastern, 5-1, at Matthews Arena on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Terriers improved to 24-4-3 (14-2-3 HEA) and swept their Hockey East season series with the Huskies.
Lorms gave the Terriers a 1-0 lead in the first period before junior Carly Warren, who also collected an assist, scored in the second frame as BU took a 2-0 advantage.
In the third period, Lorms added her second of the contest and Wakefield scored twice to give the Terriers a 5-0 lead. Northeastern ended the shutout bid with 1:39 left in the game.
BU was 1-for-7 on the power play, while the Huskies were 0-for-4. The Terriers outshot Northeastern by a 31-28 margin. Freshman Kerrin Sperry made 27 saves, while Northeastern netminder Leah Sulyma turned aside 26 shots as the Huskies dropped to 14-11-6 (6-9-4 HEA).
Lorms gave the Terriers a 1-0 lead 4:10 into the first frame. In the offensive zone, freshman Louise Warren collected the puck near the blue line and passed to Lorms behind the Northeastern defense. She settled the puck, moved it to her forehand and wristed a shot high to the glove side.
In the second period, BU skated to a 2-0 advantage at 9:57. Carly Warren collected the puck below the Terrier goal line, cruised through the neutral zone and wristed a shot from the top of the right circle. The shot bounced off Sulyma's right shoulder, landed behind the goaltender and rolled into the net.
Lorms recorded her second tally of the game just 1:13 into the final stanza. Graduate student Catherine Ward passed to junior Jenelle Kohanchuk, who carried the puck into the offensive zone. She dropped a pass to Lorms, who wristed a shot from the bottom of the right circle low to the blocker side.
With 14:00 remaining in the period, Wakefield gave BU a 4-0 lead. She collected the puck in the neutral zone, drove past the Northeastern defense and, while falling, sent a backhand attempt high to the blocker side.
The Pickering, Ont., native then tallied her team-leading 24th goal of the season at 12:47. While on the power play, Carly Warren took a shot from the blue line that was turned aside. Freshman Kaleigh Fratkin collected the puck in the slot, but had her attempt denied. Wakefield located the rebound, kicked the puck to her stick and fired a shot past Sulyma.
With 1:39 remaining in the contest, Northeastern ended the shutout bid. Following a scramble in front of the net, Katie MacSorley sent the loose puck past Sperry.
BU and Northeastern will return to action on Tuesday (Feb. 15) when they play in the Beanpot consolation game. Opening faceoff at Boston College's Conte Forum is set at 5 p.m.
