McClellan Gives No. 10 Women’s Hockey An OT Win over William Smith

Photo, recap courtesy of UMass Boston

BOSTON, Mass. – With 53 seconds left in overtime freshman Kateri McClellan (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) fired the puck through a wall of players including the goaltender to give the 10th ranked Beacons a come-from-behind 3-2 overtime win over William Smith College Saturday afternoon in the Edward T. Barry Ice Rink.

THE BASICS

#10 UMass Boston 3, William Smith College 2 (OT)

UMass Boston (8-2-0)
William Smith College (3-5-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED

With UMass Boston controlling almost every second of the overtime period, McClellan got a great look from right inside the blue line.  The freshman forward fired the puck on goal and hit the far post perfectly as the puck ricocheted in past William Smith goaltender Maggie Salmon.

The goal which was unassisted, capped-off the Beacons come-from-behind win and a sluggish first two periods.  William Smith came out looking to pull-off the upset and held a 1-0 lead going into the first intermission.  UMass Boston did eventually even the game at 1-1 thanks to a beautiful coast-to-coast play by Katie Jeter (Winthrop, Mass.).

Unfortunately William Smith would respond late in the second on the power-play, as a shot by Laura Rollins floated over Rachel Myette's (Duxbury, Mass.) glove to give the Herons a 2-1 lead heading into the second break.

In the third, UMass Boston took over and never looked back as they outshot William Smith 15-3.  However they were only able to get the puck past Salmon once, which forced the crucial overtime period.  Score the then equalizer was Kaleigh Beauregard (Gaylord, Mich.) on a laser of a one-timer at the 7:57 mark.

Kristen Embrey (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) found her teammate wide open at the point.  Beauregard would then blast the puck past the William Smith defense, who did not expect the hard one-timer.

Between the pipes Myette made 25 saves to earn her fifth win of the year (5-2-0).  Salmon, who entered the game as the national leader in total saves, made 35 stops in the non-conference loss.

BY THE NUMBERS

UMass Boston is now 3-2 all-time against William Smith
The Beacons overtime win, was their first of the year, and extended their home game win streak to five straight
On the day, UMass finished 1-for-6 on the power play, while William Smith went 1-for-4
The Beacons wore custom pink jerseys for Saturday's game as part of their annual Pink the Rink game to honor former teammate Katherine Wall '08 and everyone who has lost their lives or continues to battle breast cancer.
WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons will travel to Connecticut College next Saturday for a 7 p.m. non-conference game.