BURLINGTON, Vt. – The 14th-ranked Vermont women's hockey team rallied from two, two –goal deficits to force overtime against No. 15 Boston College Saturday evening in Hockey East action from Gutterson Fieldhouse on Vermont Lottery Night. Kelly Browne won the game 4-3 for the Eagles 1:18 into the extra session to earn the extra league point. With the setback Vermont is now 5-4-1 on the campaign and 3-2-1 in league play.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"Tough way to end this game after we battled back and had the momentum in the third period," Head Coach Jim Plumer said. "Credit to BC's goalie on a tremendous weekend. We simply dug ourselves a hole again and this time we couldn't complete the comeback. I love the way we pace we played with and the energy we had. Penalties certainly hurt us and we have to clean up a few things but we are going to back to work on Monday to get better."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Boston College opened the scoring on the power play 3:57 into the contest. Gaby Roy's cross-crease pass deflected off BC's Kate Ham in front and found its way past UVM's Jessie McPherson.
• Cayla Barnes added another power play tally with 9:11 to go in the opening period. McPherson made an initial save on Abby Newhook but Hannah Bilka directed the rebound to Barnes alone at the backdoor and she tapped it home.
• Vermont cut the lead in half with 50 seconds left in the first period. In transition Krista Parkkonen found Theresa Schafzahl in stride and she wired a wrist shot past Abigail Levy for her eighth goal of the season. Bella Parento was credited for the secondary assist.
• Bilka reestablished the two-goal advantage with 12:04 to go in the middle frame. She cut into the slot skating to her right and lifted a perfectly placed backhander that McPherson never saw.
• With 1:45 to go Schafzahl added another goal on the power play this time. She skated into the slot and fired a hard-low shot that Levy had no chance on. Sini Karjalainen earned the assist on the play.
• The Catamounts equalized with 6:34 to play in the third period. From behind the net Maddy Skelton found Lilly Humphrey cutting to the net. Humphrey gathered the pass in the slot and roofed a wrist shot past Levy for her second goal of the season.
• In overtime Browne took advantage of a UVM turnover at the BC line and skated in alone on McPherson. Her shot went off the bar and in for her ninth career game-winner.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Graduate forward Theresa Schafzahl extended her own program record for goals with 56 in her career now. In her career as a Catamount she now has 56 goals and 56 assists for 112 points.
• BC's overtime win snapped a program record five-game unbeaten streak for Vermont against the Eagles.
• BC goaltender Abigail Levy made 81 saves over the weekend against the Catamounts. She had 40 today.

UP NEXT
Vermont heads back out on the road next weekend as they travel to Maine for a two-game Hockey East series. Friday night the teams will faceoff at 6 p.m. and then again on Saturday at 2 p.m. Both contests will air live on ESPN+.
 
The games will also be available on a pay-per-view basis internationally at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games.
 
The Windjammer Inn and Conference Center is the presenting sponsor of the UVM women's hockey program