CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Northeastern linemates Maddie Mills and Maureen Murphy each notched two points on the evening as the no. 6 Huskies women's ice hockey team (6-2-0, 5-2-0 Hockey East) took down no. 4 Boston College (6-1-0, 4-1-0) by a score of 4-2 on Friday night in Conte Forum.
- Mills opened the scoring 10:10 into the first period on a breakaway 2-on-1 with Murphy where she scored on her own rebounded shot. Grad. student Lauren MacInnis picked up the secondary assist.
- The Huskies followed up that goal 17:35 into the period when grad. student Tessa Ward picked the pocket of a BC defender in the offensive zone and drove to the net; her shot left a rebound for junior Peyton Anderson who poked home her first of the season.
- NU's third goal came in the second period off a face-off that was collected by Mills and passed over to captain Brooke Hobson, who fired a wrist-shot into the top-right corner of the net to make the lead 3-0 16:11 into the period.
- The scoring was capped off by senior Mia Brown on her first of the season, 11:56 into the third period on the power play.
- Grad. student Aerin Frankel finished with 21 saves, keeping the Eagles at bay for two and a half periods.
- The Huskies have now won four straight meetings with the Eagles in Conte Forum.
The two teams face off again at Matthews Arena on Saturday, October 30. Puck drop is at 2pm on CollegeSportsLive.
