The Hamilton College women's hockey team opened play at the Doubletree Classic with a 3-0 shutout of host St. Michael's Friday in South Burlington, Vt. The Continentals, the tournament's defending champion, are 4-1-1 in their last six games.

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Hannah Bartlett '16 scored a pair of goals and Jaime Meroz '19 earned a shutout in her collegiate debut.

The Continentals scored a goal in each period, en route to their third shutout of the season (two short of the program's year-old single-season record). Bartlett's two-goal game was her third of the season, giving her a team-leading 10 points this winter.

Jade Alvillar '18 opened the scoring with her first goal of the season, skating above the right face-off circle and tucking a shot inside the near post with 80 seconds left in the first period. Andrea Rockey '19 and Casey Brown '16 assisted on the goal, with Rockey picking up her first career point on the play.

Bartlett added a goal in each of the final two periods, with Olivia Hawes '19 assisting on both. Hawes and Bartlett turned a two-on-one break into Hamilton's second goal just over eight minutes into the second. Bartlett received a pass at the blue line, deked a Purple Knight defender then beat goaltender Abby Burke with a shot into the upper right corner from the high slot.

Hawes set up Bartlett again late in the third, sending a pass from behind the net to the high slot. Bartlett couldn't get a solid shot off initially but maintained enough control of the puck to put it in the net. Alvillar was also credited with an assist – her first of the year.

Meroz faced a total of 26 shots, including five during the Purple Knights' two power play opportunities. She made 14 stops in the second period. She's the sixth Continental to record a shutout in the last four years.

Burke finished with 33 saves for St. Michael's (2-8-1).

The two-day tournament concludes Saturday with Hamilton facing Plymouth State at 1 p.m.