WORCESTER, Mass. — The University of New Hampshire women’s ice hockey fell late to Holy Cross (19-12-3, 10-11-3 HEA) in the Hockey East Quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon) at the Hart Center, dropping a 5-4 decision to the Crusaders.

New Hampshire broke open the scoring in the closing minutes of the first period, when Josie Linn (Excelsior, Minn.) found Kelly Harty (Billerica, Mass.) in the neutral zone with a pass, before the captain skated into the high slot, firing on net and beating Abby Hornung high blocker-side for the 1-0 lead. Callista Printz (Buffalo, N.Y.) earned the secondary assist on the go-ahead score.

Holy Cross found the equalizer just 3:29 into the second frame, when Charlotte Sonntag finished on a one-timer feed in the slot.

The Crusaders got their first lead of the game just under five minutes later when Lulu Rourke fired on net from a close angle, before watching the puck as it bobbled in the air, landing in the cage and giving Holy Cross the 2-1 edge.

With 2:35 to play in the middle period and the ‘Cats on the power-play, Sadie Makokis (St. Albert, Alberta) fired on net, connecting with the skate of Alyson Hush (Scarborough, Ontario) before finding the back of the goal to tie things up at 2-2.

Holy Cross regained their one-goal edge just 1:32 into the third period, when Reghan Chadwick fired on net, beating Noemi Martinez (Glen Ridge, N.J.) on the power-play to make it a 3-2 contest.

The Crusaders extended their lead 3:15 later, when Sonntag fired on net from a tight angle, beating Martinez and putting Holy Cross up 4-2.

Holy Cross found their third of the period with 8:08 to play when Alexia Moreau tipped the puck in at the post, making it a 5-2 contest.

The Wildcats got one back with 3:22 to play, when Danika Botterill (Portage La Prairie, Manitoba) fed Kristen Hartman (Newmarket, Ontario) in front, who netted the puck to pull it within a pair of goals.

UNH cut the lead to a single goal with 1:27 left in the game when Callista Printz fired on net from the blue line, bringing about the final 5-4 score.

MEN’S HOCKEY

PROVIDENCE 3, UNH 2

Freshman defenseman Alex Carr scored his first collegiate goal and junior forward Marty Lavins scored but the Wildcats fell to the No. 6 Friars at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex in Hockey East action. Providence wins the season series, 2-1-0.

The Wildcats fall to 14-17-1 (8-13-1 Hockey East), while the Friars advance to 22-9-2 (17-5-1 Hockey East).

At 6:57 of the third period, Will Elger put the Friars in the lead 2-1 on the penalty kill when he blasted a shot from the left faceoff circle into the top right corner of the net.

Providence extended its lead 3-1 when John Mustard found the back of the net at 9:56 of the third period.

Next up for the Wildcats will be a game at No. 13 UConn on Thursday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UNH 45,ALBANY 42

Junior guard Eva DeChent scored a team-high 14 points, including a pair of free throws with eight seconds remaining to secure a Wildcat comeback victory at Lundholm Gym.

DeChent finished with 14 points, six rebounds and three steals. Graduate student guard Sydney Lusher recorded a season-high 11 points, including three 3-pointers, in her first start of the season. Senior forward Lucia MeleroSabat grabbed a game-high nine rebounds and junior guard Maggie Cavanaugh (led all players with six assists.

UAlbany’s leading scorer was Amaya Stewart, who recorded 19 points and six rebounds. Delanie Hill had 12 points and nine rebounds.

UNH advances to 10-19 overall and 4-12 in America east. UAlbany moves to 14-15 overall, 4-12 AE. The Great Danes had taken a 30-24 lead into the fourth quarter.

With the win and series sweep of the Great Danes, UNH is the No. 7 seed in the 2026 Air Force Reserve America East Women’s Basketball Playoffs and will travel to play second-seeded University of Maine in a quarterfinal game Thursday at 6 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

ALBANY 84, UNH 61

Junior guard Jack Graham scored a game-high 17 points but UNH was defeated at Broadview Center.

Graham shot 6-for-9 from the floor, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and made a pair of free throws to finish with 17 points. He also had four rebounds, three steals, a block and an assist.

Sophomore forward John Squire finished with 12 points and team-high seven rebounds, as well as three assists, two steals and a pair of blocks.

Okechukwu Okeke and Miles Rose scored 16 points apiece for UAlbany. Amir Lindsey (15 points) and Zach Matulu (14) also scored in double digits. Okeke pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds while Lindsey led all players with seven assists.

UNH moves to 8-20 overall and 4-11 in America East while UAlbany improves to 11-19, 7-8. UNH ends the regular season Tuesday at 6 p.m. with a home game vs. Bryant University.