BEVERLY, Mass. – Trailing 3-2 headed into the third, Suffolk women's hockey scored two unanswered goals in the final period to overtake No. 8 Endicott Friday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at Raymond J. Bourque Arena. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | No. 8 Endicott 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (14-2-0, 9-1-0 CCC) | No. 8 Endicott (11-4-1, 9-2-1 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Leslie Steiner sniped a shot from the blue line 6:22 into the action and Sofia Scilipoti tipped it in to get the Rams on the board first. Vanessa Stuart dished up to Steiner to set-up the shot, that was put away by Scilipoti. The Gulls got the goal back 2:28 later thanks to Kellie Popkin and a new game stood. '

That tied score did not last long as Julia Franklin regained the edge for the blue-and-gold just over a minute after. From behind Endicott's cage, Shana Cote fed Franklin, who was stationed in front of Michaela O'Brien. Gulls crowded Franklin, but she managed to get a shot off and past O'Brien to regain the edge in the Rams' favor, 2-1, at the 9:58 minute mark. 

Endicott potted a pair of pucks in the middle period, one on the penalty kill, to put the Rams in a 3-2 hole as the game transitioned into the third. 

At the midway point of the final frame, the Rams' righted those wrongs and even the game at 3-all. From the right-side blue line, Natasha Savage fired a slap shot towards the goal. Kat Keith blocked Suffolk's senior's initial shot, but it was the rebound that the blue-and-gold defenseman sent towards the cage and past O'Brien.   

The Rams took advantage on the power play 5:51 later. With a cluster in front of O'Brien, Steiner barreled the puck from the blue line towards the net where a cluster waited in front of O'Brien. Sam Molind managed to chip it away to give Suffolk the go ahead, 4-3. Maddy Burton and Steiner aided on the go-ahead goal.  

Over the final six minutes, Suffolk controlled the pace the action, limiting the Gulls to two shots. Lily O'Neil did her job for the shot that came on target to preserve the upset victory.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• O'Neil stood on her head with 47 saves in the victory. 
• O'Brien recorded 32 stops in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Franklin, Molind, Savage and Scilipoti all scored for the Rams. 
• Steiner supplied a pair of assists. 
• Cote, Cassidy Gruning, Madison Scheinberg and Stuart each dished out one helper. 
• Endicott outshot Suffolk, 50-36. 
• The Gulls won the face-off battle as well, 33-22. 
• Suffolk went 1-for-3 on the power play and successfully killed off its five penalties.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk played against a nationally ranked opponent foe the sixth time in program history. 
• The Rams defeated a top-10 opponent for the first in the program's record book. 
• Suffolk defeated Endicott for the first time in the all-time series. 
• The Rams four goals are the most against a nationally-ranked rival and versus the Gulls. 
• O'Neil recorded a career-high 47 saves. 
• O'Neil's 47 stops are the most for a Suffolk goaltender since Julia McLellan notched 59 saves at then-No. 7 Norwich Feb. 8, 2020.
• Steiner finished with a personal-best two handouts. 
• Cote (2g, 1a) and Franklin (1g, 1a) has notched a point in back-to-back games. 
• Burton (2g, 3a) has stretched her point streak to five outings. 
• Scilipoti (1g, 2a) has tallied a point in the last three games. 
• Savage scored her first goal of the season.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

COMING UP
Suffolk has the rest of the weekend off due to inclement weather and will wrap up the series with the Gulls Monday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. in Beverly, Massachusetts.