SHELTON, Conn. - Stevenson women's ice hockey junior Megan Alexander scored twice while junior Rachel Martell picked up two assists as the Mustangs won their third-straight game, scoring four or more goals for the ninth time this season with a 5-2 road victory over Sacred Heart Friday at the Sports Center of Connecticut.

With 13 wins, Stevenson (13-6) has assured itself of its first winning season in school history and is just one win shy of equaling the team's win total from its first two seasons combined. The Mustangs also improved to 8-2 on the road this year and 9-0 in games in which they score four or more goals.

The first period got off to a frantic pace with the two teams combining for three goals in the first 5:02 and all three coming in a span of just 1:47. Junior Erin McLoughlin started the scoring at 3:15 with her fourth goal of the season assisted by Martell and freshman Monica Pozuc.

The goal marked the 11th time this season that Stevenson struck first as the team is now 11-0 when doing so.

The Pioneers' Casey Stathopoulos tied the game at 1-1 a mere 1:33 later before Alexander found the back of the net for the first time just 14 seconds later to give the Mustangs a 2-1 lead at the first intermission. Martell and junior McKenzie Taggart each picked up assists on the play.

Alexander and Taggart hooked up again at the 6:42 mark of the second period, giving Taggart her team-leading 10th assist this season. She holds the school's career record with 28.

Alexander's first two goals keyed a stretch of four unaswered goals for Stevenson as the Mustangs broke a 1-1 tie and took a 5-1 lead with just 2:09 left in the third period. Junior captain Tori Emoff scored a power play goal at 17:32 of the second period before junior Brooke Webber scored at 17:51 of the third.

Emoff finished with a plus-2 rating, further adding to her school record plus-minus total for the season. She is now at plus-17 while freshman Allie Bruns is second at plus-12.

Sacrd Heart's Alanna Woodford capped the scoring with a power play goal with just 24 seconds remaining in the game. It marked only the second power play goal allowed by the Mustangs in the last nine games and 31 chances.

Stevenson, who is 2-0-1 in the last three meetings against the Pioneers after starting 0-3, got 28 saves from junior Sarah Modzelewski. She is now 10-4 this season and has won five of her last seven starts.

Amanda Fontaine had 30 saves for Sacred Heart (5-12-1) while Stathopoulos and Woodford each had a goal and an assist.

The two teams continue their four-game series on Saturday. Faceoff is at 2:00 p.m.