NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack Warriors scored a power-play goal in the second period and then held off a late shooting surge by the No. 9/9 Boston College women's hockey team for the 1-0 win on Saturday at Lawler Rink.
Making the first start of her career, made 14 saves in the first period, including five while the Eagles were killing a penalty. On the other end, Samantha Ridgewell had 11 stops and the game was scoreless after one.'
Merrimack finally broke the deadlock with 5:21 remaining in the middle frame, going up 1-0 on a Paige Sorensen power-play goal.