EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's hockey downed Western New England, 2-1, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference affair Saturday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating. The Rams, who honored the military in the outing, secured the regular-season series sweep of the Golden Bears with the victory. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Western New England 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (13-5-1, 11-1-1 CCC) | Western New England (11-6-3, 6-5-2 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Jenna Caballero chipped in the puck on the Rams' first and only power play of the day to open the scoring. The man-up goal came just 19 seconds after Allison Walker sat down in the pen for holding. Shana Cote won the face off to gain possession for the host. The captain dished to Miranda Gaudet and relocated in front of the cage with Cabellero stationed just in front of the opposite post on the right side of the sheet Gaudet set a shot towards the net that hit off Cote's stick and bounced to Caballero, who was there to tap it in. 

Maddy Tucker managed to level the playing field for WNE 4:29 into the middle period to make things interesting.  

Suffolk regained control five minutes later. Madison Ricardo found Gaudet on a breakaway, who zoomed into the Golden Bears zone and sniped a shot past Rieley Jessie-Gerelli to give the Rams the upper hand. Madison Duff helped set-up the play, which led to the eventual game-winner, by securing the puck in the blue-and-gold's defensive zone. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Hannah Gordon secured 29 saves in the victory. 
• Jessie-Gerelli had 34 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Gaudet recorded one goal and one assist.
• Caballero netted one goal. 
• Cote, Duff and Ricardo each dished out one assist. 
• Suffolk outshot Western New England, 36-30, and won the face off battle, 28-21. 
• The Rams went 1-for-1 on the power play and successfully skated off their lone penalty.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk swept the regular-season series with Western New England. 
• The Rams rattled off their fifth straight win against the Golden Bears. 
• Suffolk improved to 5-1-0 all-time against WNE. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten, 3-0-0, versus WNE in Eastie. 
• The blue-and-gold has outscored Western New England, 20-6, all-time.
• Caballero (3g, 2) and Duff (3a) each stretched their point streak to three games. 
• Gaudent produced her second game-winning goal of the season. 
• Ricardo recorded her first point of the season on an assist. 
• Gordon remains undefeated (9-0-0) in between the pipes in her collegiate career. 

POST-GAME PIC
 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk ventures to the University of New England Friday, Feb. 3 for 7:00 p.m.