Manchester, NH-The Castleton State College women's ice hockey team fell 5-0 on the road to St. Anselm, falling to 2-3-3 (1-1-3 ECAC East) on the seasonn. Led by Kelsey Johnson's hat trick, St. Anselm made it seven straight winsimproving to 7-0-0, 6-0-0 ECAC East.

The Hawks tallied their first goal when Johnson found the back of the net at the 7:46 mark, assisted by Arianna Rigano. The Spartans had a quality opportunity to tie it up with less than 30 seconds remaining in the period, but Andrea Berlin made a pair of saves with a scramble in front of the net.

The Hawks extended the lead to 3-0 in the second period with goals from Rigano and Kathleen Twomey. Rigano's goal came at the 6:05 mark, assisted by Johnson and Arden Lyons , while Twomey's goal came just 16 seconds later, assisted by Samantha Rowe and Daniella Lyons.

The Hawks added two more goals in the third, both shorthanded goals by Johnson. Johnson's second goal of the game came unassisted just 24 seconds into the period, while she added her third goal at the 11:28 mark, assisted by Rigano and Cindy Lebel.

Castleton returns to the ice December 9 at UMass-Boston for an ECAC East face-off at 2:00 pm. After an extensive break for finals and holidays, the Hawks return to the ice on January 4th, hosting Bowdoin at 6:00 pm at Sullivan Arena.