Weekend Update: Crimson Dominates in Victory

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ALBANY, NY -- Victories by Harvard and St. Lawrence keep them tied at the top of the ECAC Hockey standings and make today's 4 p.m. showdown that much more special; ECAC Hockey teams fall to non-league opponents. 

At Harvard 5, Clarkson 0:  The first of two opening-period goals by freshman Katharine Chute was all Christina Kessler needed, as the sophomore goalie posted her third straight shutout in the No. 5 Harvard women's hockey team's 5-0 win against 10th-ranked Clarkson Friday night at Bright Hockey Center.  Junior Sarah Vaillancourt notched a goal and three assists to help the Crimson (5-0-0, 5-0-0) become the nation's last remaining unbeaten team. Senior Caitlin Cahow assisted on three Harvard goals, as juniors Sarah Wilson and Jenny Brine also made the scoresheet.  The Crimson continued its power-play dominance, scoring on two of its three chances on the advantage and killing all five power plays by the Golden Knights (10-3-2, 3-2-0). Kessler made 22 saves for her sixth career shutout. Harvard has not allowed a goal in its last 206 minutes, 13 seconds of play.  The Crimson gets another test from a ranked opponent Saturday, as No. 3 St. Lawrence visits Harvard at 4 p.m.  

At Dartmouth 3, St. Lawrence 4:  Junior forward Alison Domenico, playing for the first time since November 3rd, scored the go-ahead power play goal with only 51 seconds remaining in regulation as the No. 3/2 St. Lawrence University women's hockey team knocked off previously unbeaten Dartmouth 4-3 in Hanover, NH on Friday evening.  With the win, St. Lawrence (9-2-0, 5-0-0) now boasts the nation's longest unbeaten streak at eight games while the loss snapped the Big Green's three game win-streak over the Saints and moved them to 6-1-1 (4-1-0) on the season. Senior forward Chelsea Grills and sophomore forward Tara Akstull also each extended their active point scoring streaks to nine games as each player landed on the score sheet against Dartmouth.

At Princeton 1, Mercyhurst 3:   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.  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. 

At Brown 2, Robert Morris 4:  While finally able to break through for two power play goals, the Brown women's ice hockey team (1-7-1) lost to Robert Morris at Meehan Auditorium on Friday afternoon, 4-2. The Bears held a 1-0 lead heading into the second period, but three Robert Morris goals in a span of under five minutes, all of which came on deflected shots from the point, to take the lead and notch the eventual game-winner. In the first period, Brown outplayed its guests on all fronts, outshooting the Colonials 14-4, taking two penalties to RMU's five, and scoring the game's first goal. On a five-on-three, during which there were actually three Robert Morris players in the penalty box, freshman defenseman Erica Kromm skated in from the right point and sent a waist-high shot through traffic and past goaltender Brianne McLaughlin. The goal was the first of Kromm's career, and sophomore Sasha Van Muyen and senior Rylee Olewinski picked up helpers on the play.   

At Colgate 2, Wayne State 4:  Wayne State scored four unanswered goals in the final 30 minutes of the game to defeat Colgate, 4-2 last night, dropping the Raiders' record to 3-7-1 overall.  Colgate Junior Elin Brown banged home a rebound off a shot by freshman Hannah Milan for the Raiders' first goal.  The Raiders made it 2-0 at the 6:28 mark on the power play. Freshman Jessi Waters had the puck at the right point, and she found sophomore Marissa Dombovy just to the left of the crease.