Box Score

Western New Eng. WNE 18-8-1

Endicott ECW 21-4-2

Western New Eng. WNE

18-8-1

Final

Mar. 07, 2026

Endicott ECW

21-4-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
Western New Eng. WNE	0	0	0	0	0
Endicott ECW	0	0	0	1	1

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey | 3/7/2026 6:27:00 PM

Irving’s 55 Saves Not Enough as No. 13 Endicott Defeats WNE 1-0 in Overtime

BEVERLY, Mass. (March 7, 2026) – The Golden Bears and Gulls met in the Conference Championship for the first time in the two programs' history on Saturday. Neither team would score a goal in regulation, leading to a sudden-death overtime to decide the championship. Endicott's Maddie DiNardo would score 6:19 into overtime to lift them to a 1-0 overtime championship victory, sending the Gulls to the NCAA tournament.

Records:
Western New England: 18-8-1 (13-4-1)
No. 13 Endicott College: 21-4-2 (15-2-1)

How it Happened:
First Period:

The first period of play tilted in Endicott's favor for most of it. After WNE's Mabel Gerard had the first shot of the contest, Endicott had the next ten shots, with many being saved by Rachael Irving.
WNE responded momentarily after that run of shots from the Gulls. However, Endicott would go on the power play with 3:40 remaining in the first. They had eight shots during the extra-skater chance, but could not capitalize, and the score stayed stuck at zero.
The teams battled for the final 1:40 of the first period of play. However, they kept a 0-0 scoreline after one. Endicott had more shots on goal, 23-6, but WNE had more faceoff wins, 9-3. Endicott had more blocked shots, 3-2, and WNE had more saves, 23-6.

Second Period:

The second started with another WNE shot, but once again, Endicott went on the attack with another 10-shot run. WNE would answer with their own four-shot run before the teams started to trade shots, with both teams coming close to getting on the scoreboard but ultimately not finding the net.
Endicott drew another power-play with 8:57 left in the second. However, once again, WNE and Rachael Irving stood strong against nine shots. The teams went back to trading shots, with WNE's best chance coming from a shot by Jenna Lynch getting saved before a rebound shot from Lynch was saved again by Lauren Ferrari.
The teams played out the second without a goal once again. Through two periods of play, Endicott had more shots on goal, 39-13, but WNE had more saves, 39-13, faceoff wins, 15-14, and blocked shots, 13-5.

Third Period:

The final period of regulation play saw a slower start than the other two periods of play. The teams traded shots early before a wave of 12 shots from Endicott, like in the other two periods of play.
Irving made save after save before the offense started to find a few shots on goal for WNE. Ferrari would deal with the shots, and neither team would find the back of the goal as the end of regulation loomed.
Each team would have a late chance, but neither scored, and the contest went to overtime. The stats for regulation were: shots on goal favored Endicott 53-17, saves favored WNE 53-17, faceoff wins favored WNE 25-18, and blocked shots favored WNE 17-8.

Overtime:

The teams traded shots early in overtime before Maddie DiNardo led a rush at Irving and sent a shot into the back of the net to claim the championship for the Gulls, 1-0.

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