WATERVILLE, Maine – All of Suffolk women's hockey's comeback attempts fell just short as the nationally-ranked Mules of No. 12 Colby used its early 3-goal edge to skate past the Rams, 6-3, Tuesday night at the Jack Kelley Rink. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | No. 12 Colby 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-5-0) | No. 12 Colby (1-0-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Colby charged out to a comfortable 3-0 cushion in the first 20 minutes. 

The first goal came at the midway point as Breanna Studley put away a feed by Jo Tatersall and Sophie Meisness away. 

Just about six minutes later, Lulu Gray etched her name on the scoresheet with help from Courtney Schumacher to pad the margin to a pair. 

Less than a minute later Anna Staton struck thanks to assists from Georgia Pettergrove and Schumacher to put the Rams in a three-goal hole at the first intermission.  

Kate Pohl erased the shutout as she lit the lamp 3:32 into the middle period. The grad student took the puck from a pair of Colby players on the boards for a one-on-one with Grace Caligiuri. The Ram snuck the puck by the netminder stick side to put the blue-and-gold on the board.  

Colby restored its three-goal advantage at the 10:54 mark of the second stanza when Pettygrove potted a goal of her own. Sydney McCormack aided on the goal that made it a 4-1 game. 

Suffolk had another burst of energy out of the locker room. This time Jenna Caballero had the puck on the left side of the boards, dished down to Katie Newkirk, who sat behind the net. Newkirk found Bella Schmidt waiting in front of the cage for a quick wrister that trimmed the margin down to two, 4-2, with 13:26 to go in the third.  

The Mules once again answered for Suffolk's score with one of its own when Audrey Shirer found the back of the twine with 4:01 left on the clock. 

A power play goal by Sam Molind with 2:22 on the clock made things interesting. The senior sniped a shot on the man-up advantage thanks to a set-up by Alexia Hill to pull the Rams back within two, 5-3.  

Katelyn Michals left her post from in between the pipes at the 19:15 mark to give Suffolk the extra skater boost. It was the Mules that capitalized, however, as Molly Lefebvre scored the empty netter to restore the three-goal gap, which remained at the final whistle.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Michals made 38 save including 17 in the first period and 15 in the second. 
• Caligiuri stopped seven shots en route to the win in net in 29:06 of action. 
• Paige Bolyard registered 10 saves in the final 30:54 of action in net for Colby.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Pohl, Molind and Schmit scored Suffolk's goals. 
• Hill, Newkirk and Caballero had one assist apiece. 
• Colby commanded the pace of play and outshot Suffolk, 44-20. 
• The Rams 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Mules converted two of their seven man-up opportunities. 
• Colby won the face-off battle, 38-26.

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk played at Colby for the first time in program history. 
• The three goals scored against Colby are the second-most versus a NESCAC program behind the four the Rams put away in a 4-3 overtime win at Trinity Dec. 10, 2021. 
• The three goals in regulation versus the Mules tie a program-record against a NESCAC team, which Suffolk set in 60 minutes at Trinity Dec. 10, 2021.
• Pohl became the first player in program history to score against the Mules. 
• Pohl has potted a goal in back-to-back games. 
• Hill tallied one assist in two consecutive contests. 
• Newkirk handed out her first assist of the season. 
• Schmidt scored her first goal of the year, third of her collegiate career. 
• Molind poured in her third goal of the season, first power play marker. 
• Caballero notched her second assist of the year.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to entertain Framingham State Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:20 p.m. at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.