Kelley Claims 100th Career NCAA Head Coaching Win with Victory over MCLA

Worcester, MA- After a competitive first meeting of the week yesterday afternoon, the Worcester State Lancers Women’s Ice Hockey (8-8, 5-1) looked to sweep the weekend series with MCLA. Also in the balance with the night’s game was NCAA career win number 100 for Head Coach Eliza Kelley, who entered the game just a single win away.

Worcester St.

9-8-0, 6-1-0

Mass. Liberal Arts

1-11-1, 0-7-0

Final	1	2	3	T
Worcester St. 9-8-0, 6-1-0	1	2	2	5
Mass. Liberal Arts 1-11-1, 0-7-0	0	1	0	1

Kelley Claims 100th Career NCAA Head Coaching Win with Victory over MCLA

January 24, 2026

Scoring Summary

1st - 06:28 - Fiona Hatton (Worcester St.)

2nd - 02:21 - PP - Milena Monell (Mass. Liberal Arts)

2nd - 05:04 - Cailey Ryan (Worcester St.)

2nd - 08:38 - Cailey Ryan (Worcester St.)

3rd - 02:14 - Emily Johns (Worcester St.)

3rd - 11:47 - Emily Curran (Worcester St.)

Game Leaders

Worcester St.

G: Cailey Ryan - 2

A: 4 Players (#4, #13, #24, #57) - 1

Sh: 2 Players (#7, #15) - 8

Sv: Maverick Margraf - 14

Mass. Liberal Arts

G: Milena Monell - 1

A: 2 Players (#11, #19) - 1

Sh: Belle Wurmser - 5

Sv: Katherine Moose - 67

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Worcester St.	Mass. Liberal Arts
PowerPlays	0 for 3	1 for 3
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	3 (6)	3 (6)
Shots on Goal	72	15
Face Offs Won	34	23

Full stats

Worcester, MA- After a competitive first meeting of the week yesterday afternoon, the Worcester State Lancers Women's Ice Hockey (8-8, 5-1) looked to sweep the weekend series with MCLA. Also in the balance with the night's game was NCAA career win number 100 for Head Coach Eliza Kelley, who entered the game just a single win away.

Final

Worcester State: 5

MCLA: 1

How it Happened:

It would be another quick start for the Lancers as they found the back of the next six and half minutes into the game as junior Fiona Hatton (Homer, AK) would meet with success. Each team would have their chance on the power kill to add additional scores to the board but defense was the art form of the rest of the period as Worcester prevented the Trailblazers from recording an attempt while recording 23 attempts in the opening action.

In a similar script to last night MCLA would get on the board in the second, but Worcester answered back quickly with senior Cailey Ryan (Acton, MA) collecting a junior Olivia Fehl (Sergeant Bluff, IA) pass for goal number two. A few minutes later Ryan would record a second, this time junior AJ Villandry (Westfield, MA) would provide the assist. The remainder of the game would find each team fighting for additional scores, with Worcester still holding the significant shot advantage at 52-6.

Sophomore Emily Johns (Clinton, MA) would add to the success in the third off a first year Lindsay Wagner (Waterbury, VT) pass, to continue the Worcester success. A fifth goal would be added to the tally by sophomore Emily Curran (Fall River, MA) with the add on support by senior Lea Gaspar (Chelmsford, MA) for the 5-1 lead. Sophomore goalie Maverick Margraf (Chaska, MN) had a great output, with 15 and 0.93% save percentage, allowing only 1 one goal on the night.

With the win Head Coach Eliza Kelley secured her 100th career NCAA coaching win.

What's Next:

Worcester State (9-8, 6-1) returns home next Friday with a 6:40pm meeting with the Salem State Vikings.