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Carley Daly
Clarus Studios Inc.
4
Winner Amherst Amherst 4-1-0, 2-1-0
2
Middlebury MIDWH 4-2-0, 2-1-0
Winner
Amherst Amherst
4-1-0, 2-1-0
4
Final
2
Middlebury MIDWH
4-2-0, 2-1-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Amherst Amherst 1 0 3 4
Middlebury MIDWH 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey |

#11 Mammoths Score Three Third-Period Goals to Upset #3 Middlebury, 4-2

MIDDLEBURY, VT. -- Ellie DeCarlo's first goal of the season snapped a 2-2 tie and was part of a three-goal third period for the 11th-ranked Amherst College women's hockey team, which snapped #3 Middlebury's 21-game win streak at its own Chip Keynon Arena with a 4-2 come-from-behind victory Friday night. 

The Mammoths improved to 4-2-0 overall and 2-1-0 in conference play while Middlebury fell to 4-2-0 overall and 2-1-0 in the NESCAC. The two teams will meet again Saturday for a 3 p.m. puck drop. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* The Panthers took a 2-1 lead with 4:55 elapsed in the final stanza. Cece Ziegler sent a pass from the top of the left circle to Vira on the right, before Molly MacQueen redirected Vira's slap shot into the goal. 

* Less than two minutes later the Mammoths found the equalizer. Alejandra Ubarri made a nice play to win the puck back just inside the center red line and banged a puck past a Panther defender to Maeve Reynolds, who broke into the Panthers' zone 2-on-1 with Carley Daly. Reynolds slide a pass across the slot to Daly, who drew the defender and slid a pass back to Reynolds, who deftly used her skate to get the puck on her blade and backhand a shot into the goal with 13:50 remaining in the game.

* Amherst took a 3-2 lead with 8:13 remaining in the period. Alyssa Xu won a puck over on the left boards, skated into the circle and fired a shot that was saved. The rebound went out to Ubarri just inside the top of the right circle and one-time a shot on goal that DeCarlo got her blade on to re-direct into the lower left-hand corner of the goal. 

* The Mammoths iced the win with 1:01 left. Middlebury pulled its goalie with 1:17 to go for the extra skater. Daly stole the puck at her own blue line skated alone to the Panthers' blue line and fired a puck into the empty goal to account for the -2 score. 

BY THE NUMBERS: 

* Reynolds scored twice in the game for Amherst, including her second short-handed goal in two games in the first period, giving the Mammoths a 1-0 lead.

* Amherst out shot Middlebury, 31-12, in the game and 16-7 in the decisive third period. First-year Amherst goalkeeper Natalie Stott made 10 saves in the victory.

* The loss was the first for the Panthers in Kenyon Arena since March 8, 2020, ending a 21-home game winning streak. 
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