BEVERLY, Mass. — The No. 12 Endicott women's ice hockey team defeated Suffolk, 3-1, on Saturday evening in the Conference of New England (CNE) Tournament semifinal round at Raymond J. Bourque Arena.
Samantha Fantasia (Billerica, Mass.) highlighted the Gulls with a pair of tallies (7th career multi-goal game) and one assist in the victory.
Fantasia opened the scoring at 9:46 of the first — stuffing home a rebound through the five-hole — and buried a one-timer in the slot at 5:47 of the second to give the hosts a 3-1 lead.
The senior forward also had the primary assist on Endicott's second goal of the contest.
Fantasia slipped a puck from the bench side boards behind Suffolk's defense to Rivers Morris (Braintree, Mass.) in stride and the right winger took care of the rest, potting her own second-chance opportunity off the rush just 53 seconds into the period.
In goal, Lauren Ferrari (Bridgewater, N.J.) made 24 saves in her first career playoff start (8-1-1 career).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott leads the all-time series 14-4-0 (8-2-0 at home).
- The Gulls are 11-1-1 at home; Suffolk is 5-10-0 on the road this season.
- Fantasia tied Courtney Sullivan (44g-27a—71p, 86 career games) for second all-time on the career goals leaderboard (44g-40a-84p, 103 games).
- Fantasia also extended her point streak to five straight games (5g-3a—8p; 2/14 — 3/1).
- Teaghan Hall (West Springfield, Mass.) finished the game with two assists, her sixth multi-helper game of her career.
- Hall has registered at least one point in all four contests against Suffolk this season (3g-5a—8p).
- Endicott's win-loss record is 11-0-1 this season with 40-plus shots on goal.
- The Rams pulled their goalie with 2:28 remaining in the third but were held scoreless.
- Lily Anderson (St. Paul, Minn.) won a team-high eight faceoffs for the Gulls.
WHAT'S NEXT
No. 12 Endicott (21-4-1) will host the winner of UNE/Curry in the CNE Championship on Saturday, March 8 at 3 PM. Suffolk sees its 2024-25 campaign come to a close at 10-16-1.
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(Photo Credit - Kaeli Talora '25)
