SALEM, Mass.—The William Smith College hockey team shut out Salem State University 5-0 to complete a season sweep of the Vikings. The Herons' Amanda Aalto went the distance in goal making 15 saves for her third shutout of the season.
 
William Smith got goals from five different players. Annabel Ziskin led the way with a goal and an assist. The Herons outshot Salem State 47-15.
 
Alisa Canney took advantage of a Vikings' turnover to give William Smith the lead just over two minutes into the game. A defender tried a cross-ice clearing pass from the right faceoff dot, but Canney jumped in front of the puck before it cleared the zone and ripped a wrist shot into the bottom right corner of the cage. The goal stood alone at the first intermission.
 
The Herons added to their lead just over six minutes into the second period. William Smith broke into the zone with a 4-on-1 rush, Emily Martino created the opportunity with a pass through the neutral zone to Ziskin, who skated up the left side and slid a cross-ice pass to Elizabeth MacMurray. She buried her shot from six feet off the right post for her first collegiate goal.
 
William Smith made it 3-0 with under seven minutes left in the period. Lauren Legler took a shot from the left slot that Salem State goalie Kaia Hollingsworth stopped, but the puck trickled behind her and Faso was there to poke it home for her second goal of the season.
 
Two minutes later, Taylor Ettore sniped the top left corner with a shot from straight out in front. Ava Cornforth was credited with an assist on Ettore's third goal of the season, which sent William Smith into the second intermission leading 4-0.
 
Aalto was at the top of her game in the second period, making nine saves.
 
Five minutes into the final frame, Ziskin joined the scoring parade with a goal that was nearly identical to Canney's first period tally.
 
Hollingsworth was under pressure all night, making 42 saves.
 
William Smith, which defeated Salem State 3-1 back on Nov. 6, improved to 4-11-1 overall, 3-6-1 in the New England Hockey Conference. The Viking dropped to 2-11-0, 1-8-0.
 
The Herons will wrap up their five-game road trip Saturday, Jan. 15 at Southern Maine (7-7-0, 5-4-0). The game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. William Smith is looking to split the season series with the Huskies, who won 4-1 in Geneva on Nov. 5.