Conway’s First Period Hat Trick Spurs Lancers to Big Win

CANTON, Mass. -- Clare Conway (Billerica, Mass.) scored a hat trick in less than 14 minutes and Worcester State took a 5-0 lead on their way to a 9-1 victory over Curry College in non-conference women's ice hockey action on Tuesday evening at Canton Ice House.

Worcester State (8-5-2) had just 11 skaters, and nine of them got on the scoresheet, including six players with multi-point games in their biggest win in the history of the first-year program.

Reigning ECHA Player of the Week Emily Pavoni (Granby, Mass.) continued her hot streak of scoring with two goals and an assist. Shelby Reaugh (Raleigh, N.C.) scored twice and had two assists, while Brandi Lee (Nashua, N.H.) had a goal and a pair of helpers.

Conway got the Lancers on the board 3:47 into the action with her seventh goal of the season. Amy MacGlashing (Marlborough, Mass.) and Sydney Vautour (South Hamilton, Mass.) picked up assists on the goal, starting off their multi-point nights. Vautour scored the fourth goal of the period, midway through the frame, and MacGlashing had three assists in the win.

Reaugh doubled Worcester's lead with a shorthanded goal three minutes after Conway's opener, before Conway scored on the power play at 8:29, a minute and a half and Vautour made it 4-0 on a feed from Kylian Kelly (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

Conway finished her hat trick at 17:24 to make it 5-0 before Grayson Goolgasian put the Colonels on the board with less than thirty seconds left in the period.

Pavoni scored both of her goals in the second, finding the back of the net just 3:04 apart to give her six goals on the season.

Lee and Reaugh netted early in the third period, with Reaugh's power play goal helping Worcester finish the game 2-3 on the PP.

Gabby Petrisin (High Bridge, N.J.) and Julia Ravenelle (Barrington, N.H.) each had assists in the win as well.

Amber Lee (Nashua, N.H.) made 37 saves on 38 shots to earn the win in between the pipes for Worcester State, who was actually outshot 38-34 by the Colonels (3-11).

After getting back in the win column, Worcester will return home for a Friday evening game against Assumption. Puck drop is set for 5:00 PM at Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center.