| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 1st | 10:54 | MER | 1-0 | EV | Allison Sexton (3) | Katelyn Rae/6, Jessica Kuhlman/1 |
| 2nd | 14:22 | PRV | 1-1 | EV | Neve Van Pelt (1) | Cassidy Carels/9 |
| 3rd | 2:22 | MER | 2-1 | EV | Mikyla Grant-Mentis (3) | - |
| 3rd | 4:29 | PRV | 2-2 | EV | Cassidy Carels (13) | Lauren Klein/1, Kate Friesen/9 |
| 3rd | 11:25 | PRV | 3-2 | SH GW | Brooke Boquist (11) | - |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Merrimack | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Providence | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| Merrimack | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| Providence | 9 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| Merrimack (6-13-2) | 0/6 | 2/4 | 0 |
| Providence (9-10-1) | 0/2 | 6/12 | 1 |
| Merrimack Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Léa-Kristine Demers (L, 5-9-0) | 58:44 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| Empty Net | 1:16 | 0 |
| Providence Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Madison Myers (W, 5-7-1) | 60:00 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
The Providence College women's hockey team defeated the Merrimack College Warriors, 3-2, on Dec. 9 at Schneider Arena. The Friars finish the first half of the season with an overall record of 9-10-1 and a 5-6-1 Hockey East record, while Merrimack moves to 6-14-2 and 2-11-0 in Hockey East.
Merrimack jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first period at 10:54 from Allison Sexton.
Providence evened the score in the second period, when Neve Van Pelt (Mitchell, Ontario) scored her first collegiate goal at 14:22. Cassidy Carels (Bruxelles, Manitoba) forced a turnover deep in the offensive zone and passed to an open Van Pelt in the slot, who one-timed it home.
Merrimack took back the lead less than three minutes into the third period when Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored, putting the Friars down, 2-1.
The Friars scored two goals in the third period to win the game, 3-2. At 4:29 of the third period Carels scored after batting a feed from Lauren Klein (Shoreview, Minn.) out of midair and the roofed the puck to even the score at 2-2.
Brooke Boquist (Thunder Bay, Ontario) scored her eleventh goal of the season on an unassisted short-handed tally at 11:25 of the third. Boquist forced a turnover in the neutral zone and skated into offensive territory, deked Merrimack's Lea-Kristine Demers, and backhanded the puck home to put the Friars up, 3-2.
Providence and Madison Myers (Colchester, Vt.) held off the Warriors for the remainder of the game with Myers making 30 saves.
The Friars will be back in action on Jan. 6 in Ithaca, N.Y. for a non-conference series against Cornell.