Julia Gosling scored the first two goals of her collegiate career and Brittney Gout added two more to lead the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team to a 4-0 win over Brown University in an ECAC Hockey contest on Friday night at Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Saints posted a season high 47 shots on goal and allowed just 13 to improve to post their third straight win and improve to 8-7-5 overall, 3-3-2 in ECAC Hockey. Brown fell to 1-12-1, 1-7-1. 

"It took us awhile to get going tonight, but once we did we were able to generate a lot of chances and real good opportunities around the net," said St. Lawrence head coach Chris Wells '92. "We had some really hard working goals and both Gosling and Gout were rewarded for it. It's going to be a real good test tomorrow at Yale as it's always a great up and down game with them."

Gosling's first career goal gave the Saints a 1-0 lead late in the first period. She received a feed from Shailynn Snow deep in the Saints' own zone and skated 160 feet through defenders before beating Brown goaltender Calla Isaac with a wrist shot from the left circle high on the short side. Claire Dudley also picked up an assist on the play.

Brown almost tied the game just 15 seconds later, as Mel Anderson hit the post and Abby Nearis swiped at the loose puck in the crease with a wide open net, but didn't connect.

Gosling scored her second goal of the game just as a power play expired halfway through the second period. Kayla Vespa sent a pass into the slot from behind the net, and Gosling went down on one knee with a one-timer low to the right side. Jacquie Diffley also assisted on the play.

Later in the second, St. Lawrence killed off a two-minute 5-on-3 power play and actually had the best scoring chance during the stretch, with Snow feeding Gosling at the right post an a 2-on-1 rush, but Gosling was unable to get a shot off as a Brown defender checked her stick.

Gout gave the Saints a 3-0 lead with a power play goal late in the second period. Amanda Butterfield started the play with a pass to Kalie Grant, who sent the puck into the slot from the left half boards. Gout redirected the puck just inside the right post for her second goal of the season.

Gout capped the scoring, taking advantage of a Brown turnover behind the net to sliding the puck into a wide-open net at the 12:40 mark of the third.

Caitlin Whitehead earned the win in net for St. Lawrence, making five saves in the first period, including a sprawling glove save on Madie Stockfish late in the period. Jaimie Rainville made five saves in the second period, making her best stop on Shay Maloney late in the period. Lucy Morgan made three saves in the final period for the Saints.

Isaac made 43 saves for the Bears.

St. Lawrence returns to action on Saturday afternoon, facing Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, at 3 p.m.