Northeastern defeated Yale 5-0 in an ECAC game Sunday afternoon at Matthews Arena.
Michelle Lorion had a pair of goals and Kim Vallone had three assists to lead the Huskies. NU improves to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in ECAC while Yale falls to 0-2 and 0-2 in the league.
Senior Lisa Giovanelli opened the scoring with her second goal in as many days at 5:07 of the first. Lorion then scored on the power-play at 16:01 for a 2-0 lead at the end of one. NU senior goalie Erika Silva made five saves in the first period before giving way to Chanda Gunn (17 saves) for the final two.
Lorion made the score 3-0 when she finished off a nice pass from Giovanelli at 14:39 of the second. Colleen Coen (one goal, one assist) redirected a Jessica Ferwerda slap shot from the blue line at 16:09 for NU’s fifth goal. Brooke Whitney closed the scoring for the game with a nifty move cutting in front of the Yale goal for the score at 9:33 of the third.
Nicolette Franck made 27 saves for the Bulldogs. NU outshot Yale 32-22.