WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Suffolk women's hockey scored four unanswered goals over the final 10 minutes of the third period to take down Western New England, 4-0, Friday night at the Olympia Ice Center in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Western New England 0 
RECORDS: Suffolk (10-2-0, 5-1-0 CCC) | Western New England (5-8-2, 3-5-0 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
It may have taken a while for Suffolk's scoring to get going, but once it did the Rams did not leave anything up to chance. Emily Bozzi's strike at the 10:05 minute mark sparked a trio of pucks that floated past Golden Bears' goalie Sierra Dennis over the next 2:45. The freshman's game-opening goal came with help from Julia Volpe and Leslie Steiner.  

Just 1:24 later, Maddy Burton doubled the distance as the graduate student was set-up by Jesse Kennedy and Sam Molind. Payton Dockus wrapped up the three-minute scoring stretch with her second goal of the season thanks to help from Sydney Tietz and Volpe. 

Leading 3-0, Sofia Scilipoti etched her name on the scoresheet at the 17:42 minute mark with assists from Natasha Savage and Shana Cote for the final 4-0 margin.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Lily O'Neil registered 16 saves in the shutout. 
• Dennis logged 55 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Eleven different Rams produced a point on the night. 
• Volpe led the way with a two-point night with a pair of helpers. 
• The blue-and-gold's goals came off four different sticks: Bozzi, Burton, Dockus and Scilipoti. 
• Cote, Kennedy, Molind, Savage, Steiner and Tietz each dished out one assist. 
• Suffolk commanded shots 59-16. 
• The Rams won the face-off battle, 28-23. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk has secured the double-digit win mark with its 10th win of the year for the third time in program history, first since 2019-20. 
• The Rams defeated Western New England for the first time in program history. 
• Suffolk moved to 1-1-0 all-time versus the Golden Bears. 
• Both games in the Suffolk, WNE series have been played at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts. 
• Both contests between the Rams and Golden Bears have been decided in shutout fashion. 
• Both games between Suffolk and WNE have been decided via 4-0 scores. 
• Bozzi became the first player to score a goal against Western New England in program history. 
• The Rams shutout an opponent for the first time since blanking Anna Maria March 13, 2021. 
• O'Neil produced her first collegiate shutout. 
• Volpe matched a career-high two assists.  

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk and Western New England are in store for a rematch tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 15 at 4:50 p.m. at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.