Thompson, Assumption edge Sacred Heart in women’s hockey Saturday

WORCESTER, Mass. (Interstat) — Taylor Thompson stopped 40 of 42 shots, and Caroline Lilley scored the third-period winner as Assumption beat Sacred Heart 3-2 Saturday in a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game at Laska Gymnasium. Assumption improved to 4-0-1; Sacred Heart dropped to 0-4-0. Bria Holm opened the scoring in the first, and Shae Carroll made it 2-0 in the second for the Pioneers, with Reese Pascucci assisting. Annie Forker and Isabella DiReda answered for the Greyhounds in the second, DiReda tying it. Lilley then scored, with Ava McGaffigan and Kayla McGaffigan assisting. Carroll had a goal, an assist, four shots and two penalty minutes. Holm had four shots. DiReda had a goal, an assist and two shots. Forker added a goal, three shots and two penalty minutes. Lilley recorded seven shots. Pascucci had five shots for Sacred Heart. Assumption held on in the third period after Lilley’s goal. The Greyhounds remained unbeaten.