Reading, Pa. (January 9, 2026) - Alvernia University (7-4-0, 6-3-0) dropped game one of its MAC women's ice hockey doubleheader to Hood College (7-4-2, 5-4-2), 2-1, Friday night at the Body Zone. 

The Golden Wolves and the Blazers were tied at one after the first two periods of play but the Blazers netted the game winner with eight minutes to play in the contest to secure the 2-1 victory over the Golden Wolves. Alvernia had an opportunity to find the leveler in the final 1:30 after a Hood penalty gave the Golden Wolves the advantage but Hood's Maggie Grijalva made four clutch saves for the Blazers to keep Alvernia out of the net. 

How it Happened 

• The Golden Wolves and the Blazers traded shots back and forth in the first 18 minutes of the first period with both teams recording 12 shots with Alvernia tallying nine on goal. 
• Hood opened the scoring with just over a minute to play in the first period when Dakota Ormiston assisted Lillian Scardicchio to give the Blazers a 1-0 advantage heading into the first intermission. 
• Both the Blazers and the Golden Wolves continued to send shots at each other's goals with both teams sending ten shots on goal but it wasn't until the final four minutes of the period that someone put the puck into the back of the net. Alvernia leveled the score with 3:29 to go in the second period when Carolyn Burton fired a shot toward the Hood goal that Marissa Caswell deflected into the back of the net to send the game to the second intermission leveled at one. 
• The Blazers grabbed the 2-1 lead with eight minutes to play in the third period when Alyssa Wilson assisted Sofie Ancona to give Hood the one goal advantage late in the game. 
• The Golden Wolves sent eight shots at the Hood goal and fired five of those on goal but Hood's Grijalva saved all four including four in the final 1:30 of the game while the Golden Wolves were on a power play to secure the 2-1 victory over Alvernia. 

Inside the Box Score

• Marissa Caswell tallied the lone goal for the Golden Wolves and Emma Hart and Carolyn Burton both recorded the assists on the goal. 
• Hart also added five shots on goal herself and six faceoff wins. 
• Alexis Oliveira tallied six shots and five of which went one goal and also recorded six faceoff wins. 
• Stephanie Skorupa recorded 29 saves in net for the Golden Wolves. 

Up Next 

• Alvernia is back in action tomorrow when they host Hood for game two of the MAC series. Puck drop is at 1:00 PM.