Friday, the Blue Devils took another step toward the rejuvenation of a program that won the inaugural MPA-sanctioned state tournament, vanquishing a nemesis that’s haunted them in recent years.

Sophomore Erica Lemieux notched a hat trick and Erin Hubbard added a goal on an Orr-esque end-to-end rush to lead Lewiston to a 4-1 victory over Brunswick at Sid Watson Arena on the campus of Bowdoin College.

The win is the Blue Devils’ seventh in nine games this season and firmly entrenches them in second place in the East.

“We’ve been laying in the weeds just kind of seeing how it all plays out,” Dumont said. “We just want to keep working, keep posting wins when we can and build some confidence. The girls are coming along good.”

“Good” Friday was a 42-11 margin in shots on goal, a shorthanded tally, another on the power play and a 10-save performance from a senior goaltender.

“Coach puts our players, we each have a certain role,” Lemieux said.

Lemieux’s role Friday was finding the back of the net. Three times.

After a scoreless first frame, the Devils struck quickly in the second when Lemieux reached a loose puck in the Brunswick zone and roofed a wrister past Brunswick keeper Claire Mendes.

But the Dragons struck back at 9:22 when Eliza Brooks fired a low wrister through a crowd in front of Lewiston goalie Brianna Lajoie and the puck found its way past the keeper.

“In a game like this where we’re controlling it, but we’re still in it, they get one, that can make all the difference,” Dumont said. “You could see, they had a spark for a few minutes after they scored that one.”

The Blue Devils kept firing, though, but with minimal success.

“We’re pretty lucky; we have a strong goalie,” Brunswick coach Bill Bodwell said. “Kind of our defensive structure, we don’t mind giving up what we consider weak shots from the outside.”

There was nothing weak or outside about Lemieux’s next offering, though, a one-timer from the low slot on a power play, on a pass from Makaela Field.

“The puck went into the corner, and in practice, we learned to go down (into the slot), and Makaela saw me open and passed it,” Lemieux said. “We’ve been practicing one-timers.”

Hubbard gave the Blue Devils (7-2) some breathing room 5:17 into the third. She gathered a short pass from Mikaela Brown at her own blue line, eluded two Brunswick defenders in the center zone and skated around a third at the right circle before cutting to the net and popping a backhander short side past Mendes.

“The critical goal was Erin Hubbard’s goal, the third one,” Dumont said. “She’s just solid as a rock. The kid is like Iceman, she’s always on and there’s never an emotion, no highs, no lows, she just goes to work every day.

“It was like, ‘I’ve done this before,'” Dumont added. “It was a beautiful goal, and it allowed us to have some breathing room.”

Lemieux capped her hat trick later in the third on a rush up the middle, precipitated by another Brown assist.