The women’s hockey team was handed their first loss this weekend in a 5-3 defeat by the Princeton University Tigers – but the squad did not let it dictate the rest of their weekend, answering with a 7-0 blow out of the Yale University Bulldogs the following afternoon.

Seven different skaters scored goals in the team’s first road trip of the season and Florence Schelling got her 12th career shutout.

“We came out a little flat [Friday],” senior defender Stephanie Gavronsky saiid. “But then we gathered back together that night and really came out to beat up Yale.”

Saturday’s bout saw five Huskies record multi-point games, with freshman forward Lucie Povova netting two goals and three assists. A native of the Czech Republic, Povova opened up the scoring 9:48 into the first period. Junior center Rachel Llanes picked up the assist to extend her point streak to three games.

Llanes said she owes her success to trying to be an all-around player and trying to make her line mates, Rylan and Povova, better. After a slow start to the season Llanes says she knew she had to change something.

“Instead of putting more pressure on myself, I was trying to make everyone around me better; try to make more passes and get more team work going with Povova and Rylan going.”

The win Saturday was the first time Llanes had a multi-assist game since Feb. 26.

“I think I’m a pretty good passer, more than a goal scorer,” she said. “So I just do what I do best.”

The Huskies offense broke out in the middle frame when the lead was extended thanks to a goal from graduate Dani Rylan. The forward took a pass from Llanes and found the back of the net for her first point on the season.

It was not until the last three minutes of the period that Northeastern would score again. Gavronsky lit the lamp at 17:43 and the line of Rylan, Llanes and Povova continued to be a force when Llanes scored just 12 seconds later at 17:55.

The Huskies took no penalties in the final 20 minutes of play and took advantage of the power play on three different occasions to continue their domination. Povova notched her second score of the game at 9:30 and Gavronsky did the same less than a minute later to bring the score to 6-0. In her debut with the team this season, freshman defender Maggie DiMasi notched Northeastern’s seventh goal of the game at 18:12. The three power play goals were important to Northeastern as they have struggled early in the season to score on the man advantage.

The line of Rylan, Llanes and Povova combined for 10 points in the win and Llanes said it was a break out game for them.

“It showed the coaches what all three of us are capable of,” she said. “Hopefully we will be able to stay consistent down the line.”

Friday night the Huskies were not so lucky offensively or defensively when they lost their first game of the season, falling to Princeton 5-3. The players had a two-goal deficit to come back from after the opening period when Sally Butler and Olivia Mucha scored for Tigers.

Gavronsky said that she and her teammates just had to essentially tone things down.

“We kind of sat down and said, ‘Hey guys, we need to calm down, relax with the puck and let the puck do its work,’” she said of a discussion in the dressing room. “We just came out as strong as we could.”

Northeastern battled hard in the second period, and held Princeton to only one shot on goal the entire 20 minutes. Junior forward Kelly Wallace broke the shut out with a goal late in the period at 16:55. With one of the assists, freshman forward Chelsey Goldberg tallied her first collegiate point. Llanes also got an assist on the goal.

Butler and Mucha each scored again to put the Huskies in a three goal hole. Katie MacSorley eased the pain and put the Huskies within two again when she scored unassisted at 5:10 of the period. The team kept battling and Gavronsky pulled Northeastern within a goal when she scored on the power play less than a minute later. Freshman Kendall Coyne, who has had a point in every game and sophomore Sonia St. Martin got the assists.

Schelling, who had let in four goals on just 12 shots, was pulled to give the Huskies the extra attacker but they could not find the back of the net. Tigers player Kelly Cooke ended any hopes of a Northeastern comeback with an empty netter with 10 seconds to go.

“It was almost a comeback,” Gavronsky said, “It was really heartbreaking to see that last goal go in.”

The Huskies hit the road again this Friday to take on the University of Maine Black Bears at Orono. It will be the first time they face a Hockey East team this season and Gavronsky said the team is ready to give it their all.

“It’s a more important game because Hockey East is a really close match up this year with Vermont and Maine actually being top runners too instead of as in the last couple years,” she said.

The puck drops at 2 p.m. for the only game this weekend.