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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Freshman Makenna Wiljanen scored three goals and sophomore Hailey Redders added a pair for visiting Nazareth Friday as the Golden Flyers blanked Anna Maria, 8-0, in non-conference women's hockey action.

Wiljanen's three goals boosts her season total to five (with two assists) through the Golden Flyers first three games, all victories. Nazareth and Anna Maria meet again Saturday at 3 p.m. The Amcats dropped to 0-3.

Sophomore Taylor Hudon and freshmen Rae Rice and Madison Schroeder also scored goals for the Golden Flyers, who have outscored the opposition 17-1 through the first three games. Two of the goals Friday came on the power play and one was short-handed.

Wiljanen scored twice for Nazareth in the first period as the Golden Flyers opened a 2-0 lead. The first goal came on the power play with assists from Schroeder and Keeley Rose.

Nazareth poured it on in the second period with five more goals as the lead ballooned to 7-0. Redders scored her first two goals of the season, including one on the power play, and Schroeder added a short-handed goal at 18:43 after teammate Kyla Thompson was accessed a two-minute roughing infraction.

Wiljanen's third goal came at 3:59 of the third period. She became the third Nazareth player to score three times in a game, joining Redders and Rose, who each achieved that milestone last season.

Nazareth had a whopping 51-5 edge in shots on goal. Sophomore Noelle Giroux made the start in goal and stopped all five Amcat scoring chances to gain her second career shutout. Delaney Carle, Abbey Luth, Morgan Leuenberger and Olivia Miller-Johnson also were credited with assists.