By: Kathryn Uggerholt, News Correspondent

Freshman forward Katie MacSorely continued her successful rookie campaign Sunday as she recorded her first career hat trick in the women’s hockey team’s 5-1 victory over Providence College.

“It felt amazing,” MacSorely said after the game Sunday. “I’ve gotten two goals before but you don’t think the third one is ever going to come. I don’t know, it just felt great.”

After scoring a goal in Saturday’s 4-1 road loss to the Friars, MacSorely spearheaded the Huskies offense and helped split the weekend series at home.

“Yesterday for us was like them today,” head coach Dave Flint said after the home victory. “We got some bounces, they got some bounces. A couple things went right for us. A big thing was our effort through the course of the whole game.”

The Huskies improved to 8-3-4 overall, and 2-2-3 in Hockey East play. MacSorely leads the team with 10 goals and 13 points.

The Huskies had to battle from behind as the Friars opened up the scoring when forward Ashley Cottrell lifted the puck over junior goaltender Florence Schelling’s right shoulder 6:24 into the first period.

But with 50 seconds left in the period, NU evened up the score when forward Dani Rylan, a graduate student in her first of two seasons of eligibility, found MacSorley streaking across the crease, and the freshman knocked in her first goal of the contest.

MacSorley got her second goal of the match 5:44 into the second stanza with an assist from linemate Rylan and freshman forward Claire Santostefano.

Santostefano added a goal of her own, scoring her third of the season when she redirected a hard shot from MacSorley at the point. Friar goaltender Genevieve Lacasse said she was was unhappy with the score and the goal was under review. However, to Lacasse’s dismay, the call stood and Northeastern was ahead 3-1.

MacSorely worked her magic in the third period and completed the hat trick 13:32 into the third period, and again received assists from Rylan and Santostefano. It was the first hat trick for NU since senior defensman Julia Marty notched one in 2008.

Five minutes later, Santostefano scored again. The three combined for 11 points in the victory.

After assembling the line in Saturday’s game, Flint said he was happy with the production.

“They played really well so we kept them together,” Flint said. “They have some good chemistry right now.”
In the 4-1 loss on Saturday, Providence took advantage of power play opportunities and scored two goals while on the advantage. Schelling turned aside 27 shots in the loss.

The Friars got on the board first with a goal from forward Katie Bacon on a power play after Huskies senior forward Kristi Kehoe landed herself in the box for high sticking. Providence struck again the first period when forward Rebecca Morse notched her second of the season.

In the second period, Bacon added another power play goal, extending the lead to 3-0.

MacSorley buried a shot in the third period, but Providence quickly erased any hopes of a comeback and forward Ashley Cottrell scored again to seal the 4-1 victory.

Lacasse was the Hockey East Goaltender of the Month in October and Flint said he knew it would be a struggle to get the puck past her over the weekend.

“The one thing I stress is to get traffic in front of their goalie – she’s really good,” he said. “We had to put a lot of pucks to the net and create a lot of traffic and crash it hard.”

MacSorely and Huskies look to keep their momentum going when they host Brown University Sunday at 2 p.m.

Freshman forward Katie MacSorely continued her successful rookie campaign Sunday as she recorded her first career hat trick in the women’s hockey team’s 5-1 victory over Providence College.
“It felt amazing,” MacSorely said after the game Sunday. “I’ve gotten two goals before but you don’t think the third one is ever going to come. I don’t know, it just felt great.”
After scoring a goal in Saturday’s 4-1 road loss to the Friars, MacSorely spearheaded the Huskies offense and helped split the weekend series at home.
“Yesterday for us was like them today,” head coach Dave Flint said after the home victory. “We got some bounces, they got some bounces. A couple things went right for us. A big thing was our effort through the course of the whole game.”
The Huskies improved to 8-3-4 overall, and 2-2-3 in Hockey East play. MacSorely leads the team with 10 goals and 13 points.
The Huskies had to battle from behind as the Friars opened up the scoring when forward Ashley Cottrell lifted the puck over junior goaltender Florence Schelling’s right shoulder 6:24 into the first period.
But with 50 seconds left in the period, NU evened up the score when forward Dani Rylan, a graduate student in her first of two seasons of eligibility, found MacSorley streaking across the crease, and the freshman knocked in her first goal of the contest.
MacSorley got her second goal of the match 5:44 into the second stanza with an assist from linemate Rylan and freshman forward Claire Santostefano.
Santostefano added a goal of her own, scoring her third of the season when she redirected a hard shot from MacSorley at the point. Friar goaltender Genevieve Lacasse said she was was unhappy with the score and the goal was under review. However, to Lacasse’s dismay, the call stood and Northeastern was ahead 3-1.
MacSorely worked her magic in the third period and completed the hat trick 13:32 into the third period, and again received assists from Rylan and Santostefano. It was the first hat trick for NU since senior defensman Julia Marty notched one in 2008.
Five minutes later, Santostefano scored again. The three combined for 11 points in the victory.
After assembling the line in Saturday’s game, Flint said he was happy with the production.
“They played really well so we kept them together,” Flint said. “They have some good chemistry right now.”
In the 4-1 loss on Saturday, Providence took advantage of power play opportunities and scored two goals while on the advantage. Schelling turned aside 27 shots in the loss.
The Friars got on the board first with a goal from forward Katie Bacon on a power play after Huskies senior forward Kristi Kehoe landed herself in the box for high sticking. Providence struck again the first period when forward Rebecca Morse notched her second of the season.
In the second period, Bacon added another power play goal, extending the lead to 3-0.
MacSorley buried a shot in the third period, but Providence quickly erased any hopes of a comeback and forward Ashley Cottrell scored again to seal the 4-1 victory.
Lacasse was the Hockey East Goaltender of the Month in October and Flint said he knew it would be a struggle to get the puck past her over the weekend.
“The one thing I stress is to get traffic in front of their goalie – she’s really good,” he said. “We had to put a lot of pucks to the net and create a lot of traffic and crash it hard.”
MacSorely and Huskies look to keep their momentum going when they host Brown University Sunday at 2 p.m.