Eleven different members of the St. Lawrence women's hockey team recorded a point in the team's 7-2 statement win over 15th-ranked Providence College on Friday night in Canton, N.Y.
 
Early in the first period, the Saints headed to their first power-play of the game after Providence's Peyton Blaney was called for interference. SLU appeared to take an early lead on the player-advantage, but Anna Segedi's goal was called off because she kicked the puck across the goal line.
 
SLU would quickly re-grab the first goal of the contest, as sophomore forward Kiley Mastel gathered the puck in the offensive-zone corner and passed to captain Julia Gosling. Gosling demonstrated patience, drawing two Friar defenders, and fed defenseman Mae Batherson backdoor. Batherson then scored her first goal as a Saint, beating Providence goaltender Hope Walinski.
 
The Saints capped off a strong first frame with another goal in the waning seconds of the first. With 8.3 seconds remaining, from the high-slot, junior forward Sarah Marchand riffled a shot past Walinski's glove to put the Saints up 2-0 at the end of the first period.
 
After one, the Saints outshot the Friars 17 to 7.
 
The Scarlet and Brown utilized the momentum from Marchand's goal at the end of the first period to sustain a strong forecheck and generate numerous chances to start the second period.
 
Providence was able to shift some of the momentum back after heading to their first power-play of the game halfway through the period, but Saints' goaltender Emma-Sofie Nordström held strong to maintain the Saints two goal lead.
 
Then, late in the middle frame, senior Melissa Jefferies collected a loose puck after a scrum in front of Providence's net and beat a sprawling Walinski.
 
St. Lawrence led 3-0 after two periods of play, with a 29-17 shot advantage.
 
Just over three-minutes into the third period, Katina Duscio stickhandled around a Friar and fed a gorgeous cross-ice pass to Abby Hustler, who, on one knee, slapped in the goal for the 4-0 lead.
 
Later, Providence cashed in on the player-advantage. Senior KC Brooks sent a shot towards Nordström, which hit a player in-front of her, and then bounced to Brooker Becker, who sent the puck into the wide-open net.
 
St. Lawrence would respond to extend the lead back to four goals. On the power-play, Gosling's shot was sent wide, but Batherson corralled the rebound and tucked it near-side for her second of the game. The high-powered Saints offense has scored five goals in every game so far this season.
 
The game was on pace to end 5-1, but, with 1:56 remaining, Providence's Ashley Clark beat Nordström five-hole to cut St. Lawrence's lead back to three.
 

 
This Friars goal ignited a potential comeback, so they pulled Walinksi for the extra attacker. Senior Rachel Bjorgan took advantage of the empty net and netted her first of the season.
 
The Saints were not done yet, as senior forward Gabi Jones chipped the puck off the boards and around a Providence player to send herself on a breakaway. Jones went forehand-backhand-forehand, and it appeared Walinski made the stop; however, after review, the puck had crossed the goal line. Jones' goal put the exclamation mark on an emphatic 7-2 victory!
 
"It took us a bit to get going tonight," said head coach Chris Wells. "But we were very happy with how we played once we did. We moved the puck well and had some nice goals to show for it. Providence gave a good push in the third and we were able to get some late goals to put it away and another great crowd showed up again to watch and it's great to see!"
 
St. Lawrence outshot Providence 68-54 in attempts and 40-29 in shots-on-goal. Nordström finished with 27 saves, while Walinski had 33 saves in defeat. St. Lawrence finished 1-5 on the power-play, while Providence finished 1-3.

The Scarlet and Brown improved to 3-0-0 with the victory, while No. 15 Providence fell to 0-1-0.
 
The Saints and the Friars will meet again tomorrow, October 7th at 2:00pm at Appleton Arena.