Wright Pushes RPI Over Brown

Photo by DSPics.com

Box score

TROY, N.Y. - Sophomore Allison Wright (Oakville, ON/Oakville) tallied two goals, including the game-winner and added an assist to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey team to a 3-1 victory over Brown University in ECAC Hockey action this afternoon. The Engineers, who are now undefeated in their last six contests, improve to 5-1-1 overall and 1-0-1 in league play. The Bears fall to 1-1-0.

Notted at 1-1 entering the second frame, Wright, who assisted on the game's first goal, scored the go-ahead tally at the 5:30 mark for Rensselaer. Intercepting the puck in the neutral zone off of a Brown player, Wright broke in on Bears goalie Nicole Stock (Buffalo Grove, IL/Connecticut Polar Bears) for the unassisted tally and a 2-1 advantage.

Early in the third period, Wright once again found the back of the net for RPI after corralling a pass from junior Melissa Boik (Allen Park, MI/Michigan Capitals) from the opposite end of the ice.
The Engineers opened the scoring in the first frame with a goal by sophomore Allysen Weidner (Wichita, KS/Shattuck St. Mary's). On the power play, forward Whitney Naslund (Bloomington, MN/Bloomington Jefferson) corralled the puck from Wright and sent a shot to Weidner in the near circle. Chipping the puck up in the air, it bounced off the shoulder of Bears goalie Nicole Stock (Buffalo Grove, IL/Connecticut Polar Bears) and in at 8:13.

Brown wasted little time in scoring the equalizer as sophomore Erin Connors (Newburyport, MA/Assabet Valley) capitalized off a rebound at 16:28. Classmate Andrea Hunter (Fulton, NY/Syracuse Stars) earned the assist on the tally after her shot was saved by RPI goalie Sonja van der Bliek (Toronto, ON/Toronto Jr. Aeros), who was unable to control the rebound, which went out to Connors.

The Engineers, which outshot Brown, 34-12 in the contest, including 23-5 in the final two periods, saw van der Bliek stop 11 shots to improve her personal record to 3-0-0. Stock recorded 31 saves in the Bears' loss.

Rensselaer returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts nationally-ranked Connecticut at 7pm at the Houston Field House. Brown will battle league traveling partner at home on Saturday at 2pm.