AMHERST, Mass. – First-year goaltender Natalie Stott recorded her sixth shutout of the season as the Amherst College women's ice hockey team allowed only nine shots on goal and won their 13th straight game with a 5-0 victory over Norwich University on Tuesday night at Orr Rink.

The Mammoths, ranked fourth in the nation in the latest USCHO Division III poll and first in the Pairwise Rankings that determine selections to the NCAA Tournament, improved to 14-1 overall as they extended the longest winning streak in the nation. The Cadets, ranked eighth in the USCHO poll, fell to 10-5-1.

The Mammoths return to action on Friday (Jan. 20), visiting Little Three rival Wesleyan at 7 p.m. for a NESCAC clash.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* The Mammoths struck first when senior Kate Pohl scored her team-leading ninth goal of the season. Junior Rylee Glennon passed the puck from behind the net to Pohl, who was wide open in the slot and blasted in the goal at the 9:28 mark in the first period.

* Sophomore Alyssa Xu doubled the Amherst lead before the first period was over. With the Mammoths on the power play, Xu was in the slot to take a pass from senior Leslie Schwartz and deposit her fourth goal of the season.

* The Mammoths scored another power-play goal in the second period. With the final seconds ticking off the extra-skater advantage, first-year Emily Hohmann got the puck in the zone to senior Carley Daly at the point, who found first-year Maeve Reynolds streaking towards the net. Reynolds made a move to beat the goaltender with a backhand shot for her seventh goal of the season.

* In the first minute of the third period, Glennon picked off a pass and got free on a breakaway, roofing the shot for her sixth goal of the season.

* The Mammoths added one more goal at the 8:08 when Xu won the puck against the boards in the defensive zone and took it up the ice, centering the pass for junior Mary Thompson, who was in behind the defense and used a backhand shot to net her fourth goal of the season.



BY THE NUMBERS:

* The Mammoths outshot the Cadets by a 31-9 margin, the fewest shots Norwich has been held to in over a decade. The Mammoths have outshot their opponents in every game this season and held an opponent under 10 shots for the third time this season.

* Stott stopped all nine shots she faced for her sixth shutout of the season, which ties Stott for the national lead.

* The Mammoths won 32 of 52 faceoffs, led by sophomore Anna Baxter, who went 15-3 at the dot.