GORHAM, Maine – Senior Ally Stymiest (Moncton, New Brunswick/Mount Academy) had two goals for the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a 4-2 New England Hockey Conference win over the Salem State University Vikings on Friday evening in Gorham. Junior Saige MacLeod (Dryden, Ontario) had a goal and an assist in the win while freshman Joely Power (Clarenville, Newfoundland/Mount Academy) scored the first goal of her career.
 
Freshman Makenzie Woodford (Cornwall, Prince Edward Island/ Mount Academy) had two assists and senior goalie Ellie Fredenburg (Cambridge, Mass./ Cambridge Rindge and Latin) made 13 saves to earn her second win of the season.
 
Mallory Albanese led Salem State's offensive with a goal and an assist.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 8-6-2 (5-2-2 NEHC)
SSU: 4-12-0 (0-9-0 NEHC)
 
Series History:
Salem State and Southern Maine have now played 11 times with the Huskies leading the series 8-1-2. Last season saw the teams tie 1-1 in the first game and Southern Maine take the second game 4-0.
 
The Goaltenders:
SSU: Delaney Cox (1-8-0): 62:38, four goals allowed, 27 saves
Southern Maine: Ellie Fredenburg (2-0-0): 60:00, two goal allowed, 13 saves
 
How It Happened:

• MacLeod scored the first shorthanded goal of her career 14:39 into the first period. MacLeod drew a faceoff back to junior Audrey Donahue (Timberlea, Nova Scotia/ Kimball Union Academy who cleared the puck down the ice. Salem State's goaltender left the net to pay the puck and a miscue by the Vikings allowed the hustling MacLeod to blast the puck into an empty net. Stymiest extended the lead to 2-0 about three minutes later after MacLeod fed her a pass from behind the net. Woodford also assisted on the goal.
• Power tipped in a shot from junior Caroline Thompson (Victoria, Prince Edward Island/Mount Academy) with 2:06 left in the second period for her first career goal. Donahue recorded an assist on the power-play goal as well.
• The Vikings cut the lead to 3-2 with two goals in the first 10:33 of the third period. Albanese scored the first with an assist by Makayla McGrath before assisting on a Brooke Dineen goal.
• Stymiest scored off her own rebound in the final five minutes to put the Vikings comeback bid to bed for the 4-2 final.

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Huskies were 1-for-2 on the power play and the Vikings went 0-for-2.
• Southern Maine doubled Salem State's shots on goal 31-15.  
• Salem State had a slight 28-26 led in faceoff wins.
• Stymiest now has two multiple-goal games this season and a team-leading 10 goals. MacLeod leads the team with 12 points.

 
Up Next:
The teams will play again tomorrow at 1:00 pm.