Brown Falls 4-2 at Holy Cross to Close out Non-Conference Schedule

Friday, December 10

Worcester, Mass.

6:00 PM

Brown University

1-12-2

Holy Cross

3-14-0

Brown

Holy Cross

Brown Falls 4-2 at Holy Cross to Close out Non-Conference Schedule

12/10/2021 8:44:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

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WORCESTER, Mass. – A pair of third period goals, including an empty netter in the closing seconds helped Holy Cross rally past the Brown women's hockey team by a score of 4-2 on Friday night in Worcester.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Brown took the lead twice by scoring early in the first and second periods, courtesy of sophomore forward Maya Mangiafico and senior forward Tina Paolillo.
Freshman Anna Hurd, freshman Sonja Bjornson and senior Lizzy Gross all picked up assists for the Bears.
Holy Cross outshot Brown 38-31 in the game while Brown held a 36-31 advantage at the faceoff dot.
Brown outshot Holy Cross 14-5 in the first period before the Crusaders outshot the Bears 34-17 over the final two periods.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Brown wasted no time putting pressure on the home team, scoring just 5:25 into the game when Hurd threaded a pass across the slot from left to right to Mangiafico, who slid it into the empty net behind the goaltender for the 1-0 Brown lead.
Holy Cross tied things up at the 13:48 mark on a shot through a screen and kept the score tied into the first intermission.
Brown outshot Holy Cross 9-1 over the first 10:41 entering the first period media timeout.
Much like the first period, Brown struck early in the second to retake the lead when Gross knocked a puck loose in the corner to Bjornson, who centered it out in front to Paolillo, who one-timed it into the net to give the Bears the lead back at 2-1.
Holy Cross drew even once more at the 11:05 mark when a centering pass from the corner bounced around in a crowd in front, and found its way to Mary Edmonds who knocked in into the net.
Holy Cross grabbed their first lead of the game at 6:21 of the third period on a rebound from the right wing circle to take a 3-2 lead.
After some pressure from the Bears with the extra skater on over the final two-plus minutes, Holy Cross put the exclamation point on the win with an empty netter with two seconds remaining.

UP NEXT
The Bears will have exactly four weeks off until their next game, when they will reopen ECAC play at home against RPI on January 7.

Gallery: (12-10-2021) Women's Hockey at Holy Cross