Carpenter Hat Trick Helps Boston College Top St. Lawrence, 7-3
Senior forward Alex Carpenter 200 career points on second hat trick this season for Eagles

Senior forward Alex Carpenter had a hat trick and an assist for the Eagles
Prd Time  Team Score Type Scored By Assists
1st 2:32  BC1-0 EV Alex Carpenter (6)Grace Bizal/1, Makenna Newkirk/3
1st 5:33  BC2-0 EV Makenna Newkirk (2)Alex Carpenter/5, Kenzie Kent/5
1st 15:59  BC3-0 EV Meghan Grieves (1)Tori Sullivan/2, Lexi Bender/3
2nd 2:20  STL1-3 EV Kailee Heidersbach (1)Lydia Grauer/1
2nd 5:17  BC4-1 PP GW Alex Carpenter (7)Haley Skarupa/4, Kali Flanagan/2
3rd 4:41  BC5-1 EV Alex Carpenter (8)Makenna Newkirk/4
3rd 6:54  BC6-1 EV Tori Sullivan (2)Andie Anastos/2, Kali Flanagan/3
3rd 13:28  STL2-6 EV Kennedy Marchment (5)Hannah Miller/3, Lydia Grauer/2
3rd 15:20  STL3-6 EV Kayla Nielsen (2)Justine Reyes/2
3rd 17:46  BC7-3 EV EN Megan Keller (4)Haley Skarupa/5, Kristyn Capizzano/2
Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final
St. Lawrence  0123
Boston College  3137
Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG
St. Lawrence  36312
Boston College  14231047
Team Stats and Records  PP PIM SHGF
St. Lawrence (0-5-1)  0/3 3/6 0
Boston College (4-0-0)  1/3 3/6 0
St. Lawrence Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves
Grace Harrison (L, 0-2-1)59:186 1122740
Empty Net0:421     
Boston College Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves
Gabriella Switaj (W, 1-0-0)60:003 3519

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The No. 2 Boston College women's hockey team moved to 4-0-0 on the season behind today's 7-3 win over St. Lawrence in the second of the teams' two-game series. Alex Carpenter scored her second hat trick in three games and also recorded her 200th career point in the win, while Makenna Newkirk, Meghan Grieves, Tori Sullivan and Megan Keller all added single goals to help lift the Eagles to the win.

#2 Boston College 7, St. Lawrence 3
Kelley Rink, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Monday, October 12, 2015

BC HIGHLIGHTS

- Alex Carpenter became the second women's hockey player in BC history to reach the 200-point plateau, and finished the game with 203 career points

- Makenna Newkirk scored one goal and added two assists

- BC jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one period and extended it to 6-1 early in the third period, but St. Lawrence responded with two goals in less than two minutes to pull within three goals at 6-3

- Megan Keller scored her third goal of the weekend - an empty netter - to cap the scoring and help the Eagles claim the 7-3 win

- Gabri Switaj made her second career start in goal, earning the win with nine saves

QUOTABLES

Head coach Katie Crowley
"I thought we were much better today than yesterday; much cleaner, at least in the first two periods. We talked about some things before the game and I thought the kids really did a great job of doing what we said and what we asked them to do. I think it showed especially in those first two periods. I thought we came out hard, didn't give them too many chances at all, made some really nice plays and played together as a team."

HOW IT HAPPENED

1-0 BC - 1st / 2:32 - Alex Carpenter tallied her 200th career point when she took Grace Bizal's pass from the point and beat Saints goaltender Grace Harrison. Makenna Newkirk got the play started when she found Bizal at the far point from the near boards with a pass through the slot.

2-0 BC - 1st / 5:33 - Newkirk picked up her second goal in as many nights when she took a feed from Carpenter and beat Harrison. Kenzie Kent started the play down the boards, sending Carpenter in down the wing.

3-0 BC - 1st / 15:59 - Meghan Grieves scored her first goal of the season when she took a pass from Tori Sullivan and beat Harrison at the doorstep. Lexi Bender got the play. going with a cross-ice pass in her own zone, finding Sullivan who raced down the left wing.

3-1 BC - 2nd / 2:20 - St. Lawrence got on the board when Kailee Heidersbach pocketed the rebound of Lydia Grauer's shot and beat Gabri Switaj.

4-1 BC - 2nd / 5:17 - Carpenter converted on the power play when she took down Haley Skarupa's re-direction on the edge of the crease. Kali Flanagan got the puck into the mixer with a pass in from along the boards, where Skarupa got a stick on it before Carpenter knocked it in.

5-1 BC - 3rd / 4:41 - Carpenter recorded her second hat trick of the season when she sniped a shot past Harrison from the edge of the crease. Kent dug the puck out from a scrum and sent it along to Newkirk behind the net, and she found Carpenter at the doorstep.

6-1 BC - 3rd / 6:54 - Sullivan knocked in a goal after Andie Anastos laid a short pass off to her at the edge of the crease. Kali Flanagan got the puck to Anastos through traffic with a pass from the right point.

6-2 BC - 3rd / 13:28 - Kennedy Marchment took a pass off the boards from Hannah Miller, turned and snuck a shot under Gabri Switaj for the Saints' second goal. Lydia Grauer started the play when she broke down the wing, into the zone and behind the net before connecting with Grauer along the far side.

6-3 BC - 3rd / 15:20 - Justin Reyes stripped a BC defender at the blueline, walked in and then fed Kayla Nielsen, who saw her rocket find the next past Switaj.

7-3 BC - 3rd / 17:46 - With Harrison pulled from goal, Kristyn Capizzano broke free with the puck along the boards and fed Skarupa, who found Keller at the point. The defenseman blasted a shot past the covering defender for the Eagles' final goal.

GAME NOTES

- Alex Carpenter became the second women's hockey player at BC to record 200 or more points when she scored her first-period goal ... she entered the game with 199 career points ... Carpenter is the sixth BC hockey player - male or female - to reach the 200-point mark at The Heights

- Alex Carpenter's four points today moved her career total to 203 points ... with a hat trick today, she moved into a second-place tie with Kelli Stack '11 on the BC career goal scoring chart with 98 goals ... Carpenter is 18 goals back of career goals leader Erin Magee '99 (116) and just six points back of Stack's career scoring record of 209 points

- Grace Bizal recorded her first collegiate point when she was credited with the primary assist on Alex Carpenter's first-period goal

- Makenna Newkirk scored her second goal in as many nights when she converted in the second period ... the freshman now has six points in four games (2-4-6), recording at least one point in each contest so far this season

- Megan Keller's empty-net goal in the third period extended her point streak to four games, and her goal-scoring streak to three games - a career high ... Keller's four goals on the season through four games has matched her 37-game total in 2014-15 as a freshman

- Meghan Grieves extended her point streak to four games when she scored her first goal of the season in the first period ... she entered the game with three assists, one in each contest to start the season ... this is the first four-game point streak of her four-year career

- Tori Sullivan extended her point streak to three games with her assist on Meghan Grieves' goal in the first period, then later added her second goal in as many games in the third period

- Kenzie Kent now has at least one point in each of the team's first four games, picking up an assist on Alex Carpenter's first goal of the game ... she now has five points - all assists - in four games

- Kali Flanagan recorded the second multiple-point and multiple-assist game of her career with her pair of helpers today ... with an assist yesterday, this also marks the first point streak of her career.

- Lexi Bender picked a single assist, her third in as many games ... she now has 52 career assists, and has moved into a fifth-place tie on the BC defenseman assists record chart, matching Maggie Taverna's 52-assist mark from 2005-09.

- Gabri Switaj made her second-career start today, and her first start since Jan. 7 when she drew the 4-3 win over Boston University at home

- BC's home unbeaten run is now 37 games, including 31 straight wins, dating back to Oct. Oct. 19, 2013 ... the last time the Eagles lost at Kelley Rink was Oct. 16, 2013, a 3-1 loss to New Hampshire

THREE STARS

1. Alex Carpenter, BC 2. Makenna Newkirk, BC 3. Kali Flanagan, BC

TEAM RECORDS

St. Lawrence: 1-5-0, 0-0-0 ECAC
Boston College: 4-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA

UP NEXT

Boston College returns to action next Saturday, October 17, when the Eagles host Maine at 2 p.m. at Kelley Rink.