November 23, 2007

Princeton Falls to Mercyhurst

Box Score

PRINCETON, NJ -- Mercyhurst broke open a scoreless game with two goals in the second period and went on to defeat the Princeton women's hockey team 3-1 on Friday night at Hobey Baker Rink. Junior Christine Foster scored Princeton's lone goal in the loss.

After a scoreless first period that saw junior Annie Greenwood appear to open the scoring, only to have her goal waved off, the seventh-ranked Lakers jumped on the scoreboard when Stephanie Jones scored her fifth goal of the season on the power play. Melissa Dianoski took a shot from the faceoff dot that Princeton junior goaltender Kristen Young stopped, but Jones shoved the rebound by her to put the Lakers on top. Meghan Agosta made the score 2-0 four minutes later when she capped an end-to-end rush by sliding the puck under Young.

Agosta's second goal of the game came 4:32 into the third period when she scored from the top of the slot off a feed from Sherilyn Fraser to put Mercyhurst ahead 3-0. Princeton finally broke through 14 seconds later when Foster netted her third of the season, but could come no closer. Greenwood and junior Katherine Dineen added assists on the goal.

Young finished the game with 33 saves, while Mercyhurst goaltender Courtney Drennen made 19 saves for the win. Princeton fell to 4-5-2 with the loss, while the Lakers are now 9-2-2. The teams complete their series tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.