RUTLAND, Vt. - The visiting Western Connecticut State University Wolves scored the game's first goal but the Vermont State University Castleton Spartans responded with the next seven, handing a 7-1 setback to WestConn in the Little East Conference (LEC) women's ice hockey opener for both teams this evening at Spartan Arena. WestConn falls to 11-2 and 0-1 in the LEC and Castleton improves to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the league. The Wolves will visit No. 2-ranked Norwich tomorrow at 3 p.m. in another LEC contest. The game was the first in the LEC for WestConn, which debuted its women's ice hockey program as a varsity sport last weekend,
WestConn junior forward
Mackenzie Day (New Hudson, Mich.) scored 4:55 into the game on assists by
Grace King (New Milford, Conn.) and
Aaliyah Osawamick (Sudbury, Ontario). Castleton rattled off five goals before the first intermission, including two by Alicia Perron. The Spartans finished with a 63-to-10 shooting advantage, as freshman goalie
Lucy Kimberly (Trumbull, Conn.) came up with 56 saves between the pipes for the Wolves. Eryn O'Connor had nine stops for Castleton.
