Late Rally Lifts Maine to Weekend Sweep of UNH

Saturday, December 12

Durham, NH

1:00 PM EST

University of Maine

3-1-0

University of New Hampshire

1-5-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Maine	0	0	2	2
New Hampshire	0	1	0	1

12/12/2020 3:09:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. - Third period goals from Ali Beltz and Ida Kuoppala lifted the Maine women's ice hockey to a 2-1 victory of New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon, sweeping the weekend series and raising their overall record to 3-1.

UNH struck first in the second period, finally breaking through Loryn Porter's defense. Porter was exceptional in goal again today, allowing just the one goal alongside 21 saves. She now sits second in Hockey East with a 1.26 GAA through the first four contests.

Maine waited until the 11:46 mark of the third period to knot things up, but they did so in great fashion with an Ali Beltz missile beating the UNH goaltender low on the stick side to even things at 1-1:

Seven minutes later, with just barely 90 seconds left in regulation, Ida Kuoppala stepped up again for the Maine offense, notching her fourth goal of the season off a beautiful wrap-around play assisted by freshman Rahel Enzler:

Early contender for celebration of the year 👋

Ida with the cold blooded go-ahead goal 🚨#BlackBearNation | #HockeyEast pic.twitter.com/sNFqF5uFPM
— Maine Women's Ice Hockey (@MaineWHockey) December 12, 2020

That proved to be the game-winner, as Porter stopped all three UNH shots in the final ninety seconds to seal the 2-1 victory.

Maine improves to 3-1 on the season following the weekend sweep at UNH. Their next scheduled contest is at home on December 19th and 20th against Providence.