Recap by student-staff writer Rich Rosa

WINCHENDON, M.A. (10/28/2023) -- In the final game of the two-game series, the LIU Sharks picked up the weekend sweep as they defeated the Franklin Pierce women's hockey team, 4-1. 

Score: Franklin Pierce 1, LIU 4
Records: Franklin Pierce (2-4-0, 2-2-0, NEWHA); LIU (4-4-0, 4-0-0, NEWHA)
Location: Winchendon, M.A. (Jason Ritchie Ice Arena)
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• LIU's Maggie Culp was a force for the sharks after she tallied a hat trick in the game including two goals in the first period and a third in the second.
• Franklin Pierce University freshman defender Courtney Swenson (Bolingbrook, III) was the Raven's lone goal scorer after she fired a shot from the blue line that was redirected by a Shark defender and into the net three minutes into the second period.
• After five goals were scored between the two teams in the first two periods, neither could find the back of the net in the third.

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS:

• Jill Hertl (Highland Park, III.) made 21 saves on 25 shots after playing 58:20 of the game. Hertl was pulled late in the third to bring on the extra skater.
• Neither team found success on the power play; LIU: 0 for 4, FPU: 0 for 5.
• FPU's Mikayla Kelley (Eagan, Minn.) had a solid night of faceoffs winning 11 of 15.

NEXT FOR THE RAVENS:

• Franklin Pierce women's hockey hits the road this week for a two game series away at Sacred Heart. The teams will faceoff at 7PM on Friday, November 3^rd and Saturday, November 4^th.