1999-2000 Schedule/Results
1999-2000 Statistics

Northeastern 5, Niagara 1
Sat., Feb. 19, 2000
Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)

Northeastern’s senior captain and leading scorer Hilary Witt (pictured) scored her second hat trick of the season Saturday to lead her Huskies over the visiting Purple Eagles of Niagara by a final score of 5-1.

Witt got the scoring started just 24 seconds into the game when she redirected a shot from defenseman Kim Beneduce past Niagara goaltender Tania Pinelli. She tallied again six minutes later when she was launched on a shorthanded breakaway by fellow senior Erine Metcalf.

Niagara made it interesting in the second period right off the opening faceoff when Valerie Hall cruised in and scored on a point blank shot to make the score 2-1. But the Huskies came back with three unanswered goals, including two on the power play, to seal the home victory.

Witt completed her hat trick when she deflected a Kim Greene shot into the net just six seconds into a third period power play. Linemate Brooke Whitney also scored in the third period and finished her day with four points.

Outshooting the Purple Eagles 32-12, the Huskies forced Pinelli to make 27 saves to keep the contest close. Northeastern netminder Erika Silva faced a mild workload at the other end and finished with 11 saves.

The victory moves the Huskies to 17-7-3 overall and 11-5-3 in the ECAC, while Niagara falls to 10-10-1 in the conference, and 17-10-2 overall. The two teams will faceoff again tomorrow at Matthews Arena at 2 p.m.

Scoring:

1st Period:
NOE 00:24 SH Hilary Witt (Kim Beneduce, Brooke Whitney)
NOE 06:02 Hilary Witt (Erine Metcalf, Brooke Whitney)

2nd Period:
NIA 00:16 Valerie Hall (Candice Ceelen, Amanda Reid)
NOE 16:00 PP Brooke White (Colleen Coen, Erine Metcalf)

3rd Period:
NOE 06:55 PP Hilary Witt (Kim Greene, Brooke Whitney)
NOE 10:27 Brooke Whitney (Lisa Giovanelli, Kim Greene)

Niagara Goaltending:

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Minutes
Tania Pinelli	6	9	12	27	60:00

Northeastern Goaltending:

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Minutes
Erika Silva	3	5	3	11	60:00

Niagara Power-Play: 0/8

Northeastern Power-Play: 2/6

Penalties:

1st Period:
NOE 04:34 Kim Beneduce  (2 - Interference)
NOE 13:14 Nancy Collins  (2 - Elbowing)
NOE 15:54 Brooke White  (2 - Roughing)

2nd Period:
NOE 02:53 Erica Archambeau  (2 - Boarding)
NIA 06:00 Brooke Bradburn  (2 - Slashing)
NIA 14:17 Valerie Hall  (2 - Checking)

3rd Period:
NIA 00:32 Valerie Hall  (2 - Slashing)
NOE 00:46 Erica Archambeau  (2 - Hooking)
NOE 02:50 Lisa Giovanelli  (2 - Hooking)
NIA 06:49 Julie Forsyth  (2 - Tripping)
NIA 06:49 Julie Forsyth  (10 - Misconduct)
NIA 11:13 Amanda Reid  (2 - Elbowing)
NOE 12:07 Kathleen Savino  (2 - Hitting after the Whistle)
NIA 13:18 Linda Groff  (2 - Tripping)
NOE 16:36 Michelle Lorion  (2 - Slashing)

Niagara Penalties: 7 for 22

Northeastern Penalties: 8 for 16