Another Shutout for Snikeris as Yale Beats Quinnipiac

Final	1	2	3	Final
Quinnipiac (3-25-5, 2-14-5 ECAC)	0	0	0	0
Yale (12-15-1, 8-12-1 ECAC)	0	0	1	1

Scoring Summary
3rd - 15:38	Bray Ketchum (Yale)

Quinnipiac	Yale
G: N/A A: N/A Sh: Kallie Flor - 4 Sv: Nanna Holm-Glaas - 30	G: Bray Ketchum - 1 A: 2 Players (#8, #15 - 1) Sh: Helen Resor - 5 Sv: Jackee Snikeris - 20

TEAM STATISTICS	Quinnipiac	Yale
Power Plays	0 for 2	0 for 4
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	4 (8)	2 (4)
Shots on Goal	20	31
Face Offs Won	26	36

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Boxscore

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale sophomore goaltender Jackee Snikeris came into Friday night's game on a roll, with shutouts in back-to-back games. The Bulldogs needed her to keep her shutout streak intact down to the last second Friday night, as they managed only one goal against Quinnipiac netminder Nanna Holm-Glaas.  Snikeris did just that, blanking the Bobcats 1-0 with 20 saves to run her scoreless streak to 220:38. She is the first Yale goaltender in 21 years with three shutouts in a row. Sophomore forward Bray Ketchum netted the game-winner at 15:38 of the third.

Snikeris ended the night fifth in the country in save percentage (.937) goals-against average (1.58). Her work comes at the tail end of a season where the only thing she hasn't been able to do is stay healthy; she was out of action at two different points in the season and missed more than a month in total.

 "Snik is just solid," said Yale head coach Hilary Witt. "She's always focused. After missing so many games, it's clear she doesn't want to miss any more opportunities."

Holm-Glaas provided a challenge for the Bulldogs at the other end of the ice, starting two minutes in with a nice save on senior defenseman Helen Resor after a set-up from junior forward Caroline Murphy. Seven minutes in, with Yale on its first power play, Resor sent a diagonal pass from senior forward Crysti Howser just over the net.

Snikeris did not have to make her first save of the game until nearly 12 minutes had passed, but after that the Bobcats had a flurry. One of Snikeris' best stops of the night came with 6:30 left in the period as she and sophomore defenseman Samantha MacLean worked in tandem to deny a 2-on-1 for Quinnipiac.

Midway through the second period, shortly after Resor dove to the ice to block a shot by forward Trudy Reyns, the Bobcats nearly caught Snikeris out of position during a flurry in front of the net, but they were unable to get the puck through. Holm-Glaas turned aside all eight Yale shots in the second, including a wraparound attempt by freshman forward Aleca Hughes in the last two minutes.

A minute into the third Quinnipiac forward Kate Wheeler managed to get off a shot despite MacLean diving to the ice to stop it, but Snikeris made the save. Five minutes later Holm-Glaas was shaken up as the Bulldogs poked away at a rebound, but after a visit from the trainer she stayed in the game. She made a nice save on a Resor wrister that was set up by Howser forcing the Bobcats to give the puck up while trying to break it out of their zone.

Quinnipiac had a goal waved off with 10 minutes to play due to high-sticking during a scrum in the crease. With five minutes to go, shortly after a diving poke-check by MacLean broke up a play, the Bulldogs were whistled for interference. But 15 seconds into the penalty kill Quinnipiac was hit with an interference call of its own, so the two teams were skating 4-on-4.

That was when Ketchum struck. Resor tracked down a puck loose along the boards behind Snikeris and was able to push it towards Ketchum behind the net before being taken out of the play by a Quinnipiac player. Ketchum skated up along the right wing, then criss-crossed with Howser entering the Bobcat zone. She took advantage of the screen to wrist the puck past Holm-Glaas' right shoulder at 15:38.

"We just kept saying, get pucks to the net," Witt said. "Bray used a screen and made if difficult for the goalie. That's how you score goals."

A minute after the goal Snikeris made a diving cover of a loose puck just outside the crease. The Bulldogs controlled play for much of the final minutes, but Quinnipiac pulled Holm-Glaas and got a faceoff in the Yale zone with 38.1 seconds on the clock.

That entire time was spent in the Yale zone, but Hughes and Resor wisely tied the puck up along the boards for much of it, with help from MacLean. Howser finished the game by diving to the ice to block a shot from defenseman Trudy Reyns as time expired.

Yale hosts Princeton Saturday at 4:00 p.m.