WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Sophomore Natalie Stott made 21 saves en route to her eighth shutout of the season as the fourth-ranked Amherst College women's hockey team blanked rival Williams College, 3-0, at Lansing Chapman Rink Friday night.

Emily Hohmann, Maeve Reynolds and Alyssa Xu scored goals in the win, while Rylee Glennon and Anna Baxter added two assists each. 

With the win, Amherst improved to 19-2-2 overall, 11-2-2 in conference play. The Ephs saw ther record fall to 8-12-2 overall, 5-9-1 in te NESCAC.  The two teams conclude the regular season Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Rink. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst took a 1--0 lead with 10:01 remaining in the first period. Glennon stole the puck behind the Williams' net and passed it to Baxter in the left corner. Baxter skated out of the corner and into the left face-off circle, where she delivered a pass to Hohmann, stationed just inside the blue line in the high slot. Hohmann's wrist shot seemed to knuckle as it neared the goal and slipped past a screened Erin Pye for the 1-0 lead. 

* The Mammoths had a power-play late in the first, but Williams killed it off. As it was ending, Eph Maddie Zack came out of the penalty box and receive da pass at the Amerst blue line, skating in alone on Stott, but the goalie smothered the shot to keep the Mammoths in the lead. 

* The second period was scoreless despite two more power-play opportunities for Amherst.  The Mammoths outshot Williams 25-3 in the middle period, but could not slip another shot past Pye. 

* That frustration ended 48 seconds into the third period thanks to an all-out effort by Maeve Reynolds. Reynolds picked up a loose puck in her own right circle and skated it out of the zone, passing one Williams defenders ashe cut to her rihgt across the neutral zone. She then took on another Eph in the Ephs' zone, making a move ot her left in the right face-off circle that got her some one-on-one space with Pye, and she beat the goaltender with a shot into the top right corner on the near side. 

* With 3:03 left in the game, Baxter threw a puck into the William zone that Glennon gathered behind the net, flicking a pass to her left to Xu, who skated out of the left corner and into the slot/crease area, where she maneuvered around Pye as she went to her right and slid a pass along the ice into the right side of the net for a three-goal lead. 

* With 2:52 remaining, Williams pulled Pye off the ice after Amherst's first and only penalty of the game. The Ephs had a 6-on-4 for a full two minutes but could not get the sphere behind Stott, who made severl outstanding saves before the clock ran out. 

BY THE NUMBERS: 

* Amherst finished with a 50-21 shot advantage. Stott made 11 of her 21 saves in the third period. Pye finished with 47 saves. 

* Amherst won 32 of the 52 face-offs. Jayna Park won 13 of 16 and Baxter 11 of 15.