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Providence (Senior Day)
Women's Ice Hockey Takes Two From No. 9 Providence
February 21, 2006 | Women's Hockey
Feb. 19, 2006
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Eagles beat the Providence Friars for the second time in two days as BC hosted providence at Kelley Rink on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Lee-J Mirasolo scored her first goal of the season and the eventual gamewinner as the Eagles topped the Friars, 4-2. The Eagles are now 18-9-4 overall and 15-3-1 in Hockey East play.
Senior Jill McInnis started off the scoring drive for the Eagles for the second day in a row as she drove a slap-shot goal past Providence goalie, Jana Bugden for her sixth goal of the season. Freshmen Shannon Webster and Becky Zavisza assisted on the play as they earned their third and 11th assists on the season respectively.
Providence would strike next as junior Sonny Watrous snuck a power-play goal past senior goalie Alison Quandt for her 19th goal of the season. Defensemen Erin Normore and Kathleen Smith were credited with assisting on the play.
With the score tied at one a piece both teams continued their offensive attacks. But at 18:47 in the first, sophomore Deborah Spillane found the net as she tipped in the goal off passes by freshmen Brie Baskin and Meghan Fardelmann to put the Eagles up, 2-1, going into the second period.
Freshman goalie, Stacey Scott, came in relief of Bugden in the second period. The scoring continued for both teams in the second period as Mirasolo found the net for the first time this season at 2:34, while adding to the Eagle's lead. Senior co-captain Sarah Courtney connected with Mirasolo for the score as she notched her first assist of the season.
Watrous eventually found the net again three minutes later for her second score of the game as she notched an even-strength goal at 5:59 from freshman Katy Beach and senior Katelynn Laffin to bring the score within one. The Eagles would score once more in the second as Zavisza tallied her second point of the game on a breakaway short-handed goal. Classmate Fardelmann assisted as she recorded her second assist of the game. The Eagles protected their net well for the remainder of the period as the team went into the locker room with a two-goal lead.
In the third, both teams played aggressively, with multiple penalties occurring in the final period of play, but neither team could convert on the power-play as the final score was, 4-2.
Senior Alison Quandt ended the night with 19 saves. Bugden had seven saves in one period of play and Scott finished the night with 17 total saves. The Eagles outshot the Friars, 28-21.
Boston College will finish its regular-season play next weekend as the Eagles travel to Maine for an away-and-away series against the Black Bears. The puck drops at noon on both Saturday and Sunday.
