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PURPLE KNIGHTS SHUTOUT BY HOLY CROSS, 6-0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                               FOR MORE INFORMATION November 5, 2005                                                                               Contact: Daniel O’Reilly                                                                                                          Phone: (802) 654-2929 SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College women’s ice hockey team (1-1-0, 1-1-0 ECAC East) was defeated by the College of the Holy Cross (2-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC East) by a score of 6-0 in ECAC East hockey action Saturday afternoon at Cairns Arena. For the Crusaders, senior Kolt Bloxson (Fitchburg, Mass./Tabor Academy) had two goals and an assist, as fellow classmates Sarah Wetherbee (Canton, Mass./Canton) and Kate Remsberg (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) each had a goal and two assists. Junior Casey McCullion (Philadelphia, Pa./Middlesex School) turned aside 33 shots en route to the victory.             For the Purple Knights, senior Annice Mason (Berlin, Vt./U-32) had 17 saves, while freshmen Melanie Cullen (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy) and Kristen Salierno (Ridgefield, Conn./Connecticut Stars) had 13 and five saves respectively as each goaltender played one period.             Holy Cross broke the scoreless tie 6:43 into the first period, as Amy McGhee (Newtown, Pa./Notre Dame HS) sent a pass that connected with Melissa Flanagan (Manchester Ctr., Vt./Burr and Burten) right in front of the net, and the junior was able to slip the puck past Mason for the eventual game winner. At the 10:09 mark, the Crusaders went up 2-0 thanks to a goal by Bloxson and assists by Wetherbee and Remsberg. That same combination struck again at 15:15 following a Purple Knights penalty. Just under eight minutes into the second period, Wetherbee skated in front of Cullen and sent a backhander past the freshman goaltender. Casey Harvell (Lexington, Mass./Lexington) put the Crusaders up 5-0 just 27 seconds later, off of assists from Sam Rush (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield) and Sam Murphy (Canton, Mass./Canton) At 14:46, Remsberg lit the lamp off of an assist from Bloxson, to close out the game’s scoring. Saint Michael's returns to action Friday night when they travel to Castleton State to face off against the Spartans at 7 p.m. Holy Cross plays again Saturday in a home contest with New England College at 2 p.m. For complete box score, click here ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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