WORCESTER, Mass. –  The Rivier University women's ice hockey team dropped its regular season finale to Worcester St., 3-2, in a Massachusetts Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) matchup Saturday night at the Worcester Ice Center.

With the result, the Raiders fell to 16-8-0 (8-4-0 MASCAC), while the Lancers improved to 16-9-0 (10-2 MASCAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first 20 minutes of play saw lots of back-and-forth action with neither team able to capitalize to go into the second knotted 0-0. 
• At the 8:17 mark of the second frame, first-year Lexi Davies put the Raiders ahead on feeds from seniors Jessica Driscoll and Molly Dukesherer, on a power-play opportunity.
• First-year Chloe Bryda struck late in the period, finishing a feed from classmate Marina Bassett and senior Jillian Hallee to push Rivier's lead to 2–0 with 1:48 remaining.
• Worcester St. cut the deficit in half on a power-play goal at the 4:43 mark of the third period.
• The Lancers capitalized on another man-advantage opportunity to tie the game at 2–2 with 3:23 remaining in regulation.
• Coming out of a Worcester St. timeout, the Lancers buried the go-ahead goal with 26 seconds left on the clock. 

BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN

• The Lancers outshot the Raiders 38-35
• Junior Taylor Bruno made 35 saves in the outing
• Rivier controlled faceoffs 35-28.

UP NEXT

The Raiders have secured the No. 2 seed and will host No. 3 Salem St. on Friday, February 27, for the MASCAC semi-final round, at Conway Arena. Puck drop is set for 6:50.