WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Five different Rams scored a goal and Lily O'Neil turned aside all 27 shots she faced to help Suffolk women's hockey blank Western New England, 5-0, in Commonwealth Coast Conference play Friday night  at the Olympia Ice Center. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Western New England 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (12-5-1, 10-1-1CCC) | Western New England (11-5-3, 6-4-2 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Leslie Steiner's power play goal at the 8:16 mark of the first period kick started Suffolk's scoring-heavy contest. 

The Rams' offensive output doubled in the second stanza. First Sofia Scilipoti scored a shorthanded strike at the midway point, while Livia Brehm potted the puck with 37 seconds remaining in the middle period to give Suffolk a 3-0 upper hand. 

Suffolk scored two more in the second over a 2:42-span for the lopsided 5-0 final. Jenna Caballero poured in the first strike of the third at the 13:25 mark and Sam Molind etched her name on the scoresheet with the Rams' fifth strike with 3:53 left on the clock in regulation. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• O'Neil had a 27-save effort in the cleansheet. 
• Kayla Ireland recorded 34 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Caballero and Molind finished with identical one-goal, one-assist stat lines. 
• Brehm, Steiner and Scilipoti each found the back of the net once. 
• Jesse Kennedy had two points on a pair of assists. 
• Madison Duff, Liliana Moose, Taylor Nowak and Kiley Searles all dished out one assist. 
• Suffolk had the advantage in shots, 39-27, and face offs, 32-23. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk defeated Western New England for the fourth straight meeting to move to 4-1-0 all-time against the Golden Bears. 
• All, but one game between Suffolk and WNE has been decided via shutout. 
• The Rams moved to 2-1-0 against the Golden Bears on the road. 
• The blue-and-gold has outscored WNE, 18-5. 
• Suffolk logged its third shutout of the season. 
• The Rams last two victories have come via identical five-goal margins. 
• Duff has dished out an assist in back-to-back games. 
• Steiner (2g, 1a) and Moose (2g, 3a) have produced points in back-to-back games.  
• Caballero has tallied one goal and one assist in back-to-back games. 
• Caballero matched a career-high two points.
• Molind pushed her point streak to three games. In that span, she notched two goals and two helpers. 
• Kennedy (5a) extended her point streak to four games. 
• Nowak recorded her first point as a Ram on an assist. 
• Searles produced her first point of the season. 
• O'Neil produced her third career shutout, second cleansheet of the year. 

POST-GAME PIC
  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up the CCC home-and-home series with Western New England tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 28 at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink. The rematch between the Rams and Golden Bears will serve as a Military Appreciation contest. Puck drop is set for 4:50 p.m.