PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Sophomore Sophia Capone (Cumberland, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey School) had a three-point night with a goal and two assists, and graduate student Madison Chagnon (St. Albans, Vt./Rice Memorial) scored twice for the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's ice hockey team in a 5-4 Little East Conference loss to the Plymouth State Panthers. Plymouth State was led by a four-point effort by Mylee Serkis with two goals and two assists.
 
Senior Saige MacLeod (Dryden, Ontario) also scored for the Huskies, while senior Audrey Donahue (Timberlea, Nova Scotia/Kimball Union Academy), senior Caroline Thompson (Crapaud, Prince Edward Island/Mount Academy), freshman Gracelyn Koch (Maple Grove, New Brunswick) and freshman Charlotte Hughes (Mississauga, Ontario) had assists.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 8-13-1 (7-7-1 LEC)
Plymouth State: 12-10-0 (6-9-0 LEC)
 
Series History:
Today's game was the 37th meeting between the Panthers and Huskies. The Huskies lead the series 27-9-1. Tonight's win by the Panthers snapped a nine-game winning streak by the Huskies in the series.
 
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine: Megan Gawley (2-5-0): 59:54, five goals allowed, 20 saves
Plymouth State: Jorja Moore (5-4-0): 60:00, four goals allowed, 42 saves
 
How It Happened:

• Plymouth State started the game with a pair of goals in the first five minutes of the first period with Cera Luciani and Serkis each scoring. Serkis' goal came on the power play and she added another power play score with 8:12 left in the period before Capone notched her first career 39 seconds later to make the score 3-1. Capone and Donahue then assisted on a power play goal by Chagnon in the final minute of the period to cut the lead to 3-2.
• Lilli Warnock extended Plymouth State's lead to 4-2 22 seconds into the second period. Chagnon scored her second goal of the game 7:09 into the period before the Panthers added another goal by Sofia Cuozzo.
• Southern Maine got within a goal at 5-4 with 8:28 left on the clock when MacLeod scored just after a power play expired with an assist from Thompson. However, Moore made four saves down the stretch and the Panthers defense stepped up by blocking five shots over the final eight minutes of regulation to secure the win.

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Huskies lead 46-25 in shots on goal and 42-29 in faceoff wins but could not turn those numbers into results on the scoreboard.
• Fifth-year senior Jillian Jackson (Fredericton, New Brunswick/Ontario Hockey Academy) went 16-for-22 on faceoffs.
• The Panthers blocked 19 shots and Southern Maine blocked 11.
• Southern Maine finished 1-for-7 on the power play, while Plymouth State went 2-for-4.

 
Up Next:
The two teams will play again tomorrow at 3:00 pm.