SOUTH BURLINGTON — Host Rice defeated the Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team on Monday, 5-0. 
Division I Rice improved to 9-0. Lisa McNamara and Kate Buckley each scored twice, and Green Knight goalie Emily McDonald made six saves in a game postponed from Saturday night. 
Goalie Lydia Deppman made 24 saves for MUHS, which dropped to 4-5, but remained in first place in D-II.
The Tigers were set to host North Country/Lyndon on Wednesday, and Brattleboro will visit the Memorial Sports Center on Saturday at 7 p.m.