MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – Suffolk women's hockey potted a pair of goals over a two-minute span in the middle period and Julia McLellan had a perfect performance in net en route to a 2-0 Commonwealth Coast Conference victory over Salve Regina at St. George's Rink. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Salve Regina 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-1-0, 1-0-0 CCC) | Salve Regina (0-1-0, 0-1-0 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Following a scoreless first frame, Shana Cote started the scoring for Suffolk in the second. The graduate student captain put away a Miranda Gaudet set-up 7:48 into the second to push the Rams on the scoreboard.   

Just 2:08 later, Sam Molind padded the margin with her first goal of the year with help from Cassidy Gruning. 

Suffolk maintained that advantage the rest of the way as McLelaln did her job, stopping Salve Regina's attempts over the final 20 minutes to secure the shutout.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• McLellan finished with 21 saves. 
• Elle Kopecky had 22 stops in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cote and Molind were responsible for Suffolk's goals. 
• Gaudet and Gruning dished out one assist apiece. 
• Suffolk edged out Salve Regina in shots, 24-21. 
• The Rams held the upper hand in face-offs, 27-26.  

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams have never lost in a conference opener, 4-0-0. 
• The blue-and-gold played Salve Regina in the CCC debut for the first time. 
• The Rams played on the road for its first league outing of a season for the second time in program history and second straight season. 
• Suffolk moved to 3-0-0 when playing its league debut on the road. 
• This is the second shutout for the Rams in their first conference contest of a campaign. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten, 4-0-0, all-time versus Salve Regina. 
• The shutout is the third for the Rams against the Seahawks. 
• On the road, the blue-and-gold moved to 3-0-0 against SRU. 
• Suffolk has outscored SRU 12-1 in the all-time meetings. 
• Cote extended her point streak to 11 games. In that span she has nine goals and 12 assists. 
• Molind scored her first goal of the season. 
• Gaudet registered her first assist as a Ram. 
• Gruning notched her first point of the season, an assist.  

POST-GAME PIC

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk and Salve Regina will wrap up a home-and-home series tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4:50 p.m. at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.