Lake Forest College Sports Information
November 13, 2004
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Sweeps St. Mary’s in Season’s First Home Series
Bevis surrenders just one goal on the weekend

  

Sally Bevis saved 48 of 49 shots on goal this weekend.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Forester women’s hockey team ran its record on the year to 2-0-2 with a sweep of St. Mary’s University (MN) at home over the weekend (November 12-13). Lake Forest shut out the Cardinals 3-0 Friday night and added a 2-1 victory Saturday afternoon. St. Mary’s is now 2-2-0.

The Foresters scored a goal in each period Friday night, beginning with the first of freshman Kerry Gotowka’s (West Simsbury, CT/Westminster School) career at the 10:34 mark of the opening stanza. Junior Erin McGrath (Chippawa, ON/Niagara Rapids) as credited with her team-high fourth assists of the season on what turned out to be the game winner.

Freshmen Ali Neal (Wolfboro Falls, NH/Holderness School) and Laura Wilson (Coronna, ON/Sarnia Sting) each converted Forester power play opportunities to account for the team’s other two goals. Neal’s unassisted score occurred at the 14:14 mark of the second period and she assisted Wilson at 17:11 in the third. Both players now have two goals this season.

Sophomore goaltender Sally Bevis (Huntington, NY/North American Hockey Academy) tallied 24 saves en route to her first career shutout. She added 24 more stops on Saturday while surrendering just one goal to post a stellar .980 save percentage on the weekend.

Freshman Courtney DeHoey (Chatham, ON/Bluewater Jr. Hawks) also scored her second goal of the year at the 11:45 mark of Saturday’s opening period. Wilson assisted on the power play score.

After more than 31 minutes of scoreless hockey, the home team pulled ahead by two with a goal by senior Nichole Greco’s (Franklin Park, IL/Chicago Young Americans) at the 3:14 mark of the third period. Sophomore Darby McGrath (Chippawa, ON/Niagara Rapids) and junior Lil Caligiuri (Wheaton, IL/Culver Academy) were each credited with an assist on Greco’s first of the season. St. Mary’s finally scored its only goal of the weekend with 9:51 remaining in the contest.

Lake Forest will open Northern Collegiate Hockey Association play at home next weekend (November 20-21). The Foresters will host UW-Stevens Point, last year’s NCAA Division III runner-up, Saturday night at 7:30 and UW-Eau Claire Sunday afternoon at 2:00.

Friday's Box Score
Saturday's Box Score