Jan 26, 2008

Clarkson Nets Another Shutout, Blanks Rensselaer

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TROY, N.Y. -- Sophomore Ashleigh Moorehead (Clinton, NY) scored twice and freshman Eve Grandmont-Berube (Drummondville, QUE) posted 17 saves to lead the 10th-ranked Clarkson University Women's Hockey team past Rensselaer 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in Troy, NY.

The Golden Knights, who blanked Union 6-0 on Friday, have won four straight to improve their record to 18-5-3 overall. With eight games remaining in the regular season, the Knights are in third place in ECAC Hockey, owning a 9-4-1 league slate. Clarkson plays a home-and-home series with North Country rival St. Lawrence this coming weekend.

After a scoreless first period at Houston Field House, Moorehead tallied the only goal the Knights would need with an unassisted marker at 6:51 of the middle frame.

Moorehead connected again with another unassisted score, her third goal of the season, at 4:49 of the third. With 37 seconds left to play, junior Marie-Jo Gaudet (Sherbrooke, QUE) scored her team-high 17th goal of the season with an empty-net tally.

Clarkson out shot the Engineers 23-17. Grandmont-Berube posted 10 saves to complete her fifth shutout of the season while improving her record to 11-4-3.

The Knights went 0-of-1 on the power play, while RPI was o-of-3 with the man advantage.




Pts ECAC All
Harvard 44 22-0-0 32-2-0
St. Lawrence 37 18-3-1 28-10-1
Dartmouth 30 13-5-4 18-9-6
Clarkson 29 13-6-3 24-9-5
Princeton 25 11-8-3 14-12-6
Colgate 22 9-9-4 12-17-5
Yale 20 8-10-4 11-14-6
Cornell 19 9-12-1 12-17-1
Rensselaer 16 6-12-4 13-15-5
Brown 12 4-14-4 5-19-5
Quinnipiac 8 2-16-4 5-24-5
Union 2 0-20-2 3-27-2
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