Golden Knights Sweep Maine
Potsdam, NY - Four different players scored
goals in the final two periods as the Clarkson University Women's
Hockey team swept the weekend against Maine with a 4-1 victory in
front of 277 fans Saturday afternoon at Cheel Arena.
The Golden Knights reached double figures in victories with the
win, moving to 10-6-4 overall. Maine fell to 4-15-2 overall.
Clarkson continues its home stand next weekend when it hosts ECAC
Hockey opponents Yale and Brown.
After a scoreless first period in which the Knights held a 14-2
advantage in shots, Clarkson took little time getting on the
scoreboard in the second. Freshman Danielle Boudreau (Whitsby, ONT)
tipped in a shot from the blueline by classmate Katelyn Ptolemy
(Dinsmore, SASK) that slipped through the leg pads of Maine goalie
Genevieve Turgeon at 1:50 of the first period. Sophomore Daris
Tendler (Verwood, SASK) also assisted. Maine responded with a
tipped-in goal of its own as Melissa Gagnon took a shot from the
center of the blueline that was redirected by Amy Stech in the
center of the slot. The power-play goal by the Black Bears was
scored just 13 seconds in the extra-man advantage at 4:12.
Two minutes later, Clarkson got back on top when juniors Genevieve
Lavoie (Delson, QUE) and Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT) combined
on a score. Selina dropped the puck back to her classmate near the
top of the right circle and Lavoie skated through the circle,
avoiding defenders, before making a couple of stick-handling moves
to flick the puck past the goalie. The goal was Lavoie's fifth of
the season and the assist was Selina's team-high 18th.
Clarkson iced the game in the first few minutes of the third
period, tallying twice in a span of 37 seconds. At 2:21, the
school's all-time leading goal scorer, Marie-Jo Gaudet (Sherbrooke,
QUE), scored her fourth goal of the weekend when she skated around
the net and found the back of the net with a shot from up close in
the slot. At 2:58, freshman Gabrielle Kosziwka (Limehouse, ONT)
scored her first collegiate goal with a tip in on a shot from the
point. Selina earned her second assist of the game and Courtney
Olson (Brunswick, CA) also assisted.
Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) recorded 12
saves for her eighth victory of the season, while Turgeon made 34
saves for Maine.
Selina and Gaudet continued their race to become the first Clarkson
Women's Hockey player to reach 100 career points. Selina's two
points pushed her to 97, just one shy of the school's career mark,
which matches Gaudet's 97 career points.












