Weekly Release: RPI Sweeps North Dakota
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Rensselaer picked up its
first win of the season powering past visiting North Dakota 3-1
last Friday The Engineers recorded 33 shots in the contest
and limited their opponents to 23 shots on net. It was a
similar story the following evening as four RPI players tallied
multiple points to lead a balanced Engineers attack which resulted
in their second straight victory, improving their record to
2-1-0.
Playing on its home ice, Clarkson improved its record to 3-0-1 with
a 2-0 shutout victory over Niagara and earned a 2-2 OT tie with the
Purple Eagles on Saturday. Freshman goaltender Eve Grandmont-Berube
posted 20 saves, including several in the last minute of action
leading Clarkson to the shutout victory. The following night
Clarkson had to overcome a some costly penalties, which resulted in
a 2-0 deficit to salvage a 2-2 tie against Niagara.
Quinnipiac hosted two Hockey East foes during its opening
weekend. On Friday, Goaltender Jamie Miller recorded 29 saves
and Chelsey Jones scored twice in helping the Bobcats win their
opener 4-3 over Northeastern. The following night the
Bobcats' rally fell short in falling to Boston College
4-2.
Union dropped two games over the weekend to Vermont falling to
0-4-0 in the young season. The Dutchwomen were outshot 35-18
in Friday's contest, as they were blanked by the Catamounts
4-0. Goaltender Lundy Day making 31 saves for the Dutchwomen
on Friday. On Saturday Union fell 4-1; however freshman
Courtney Kerslake scored her first career goal, which was the first
of the season for Union.
In other ECAC Hockey action, Colgate had the ambitious task of
taking on two national powers in its opening weekend. The
Raiders came up short in both contests losing to No. 8 Boston
College 3-0 and falling to No. 3/4 New Hampshire Sunday by a count
of 1-0. The Raiders' freshman netminder Lisa Plenderleith,
recorded 41 saves versus New Hampshire.
For information on the ECAC Hockey and its 12 teams, log online to
www.ecachockey.com.
