Golden Knights Suffer Setback
Burlington, VT - With three goals in the second
period, the University of Vermont quickly reversed the momentum and
shocked the fourth-ranked Clarkson University Women's Hockey team,
4-1, Saturday afternoon.
The Golden Knights lost their first game of the season, falling to
4-1-1 on the season, Vermont improved to 3-1. Clarkson will try to
get back on the winning track when it hosts the University of New
Hampshire next Friday.
Early on it appeared as if the Knights were going to pick up from
where they left off on Friday when they shutout the Catamounts,
4-0. Junior Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) tallied on the power
play just 1:40 into the first period with assists going to Juana
Baribeau (Amos, QUE) and Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT).
Unfortunately for the Green and Gold, the early score was all that
they would get. Vermont would even the score at 7:13 in the second
period on a goal from Saleah Morrison, but the game would remain
tied for the next nine minutes. However, in the final four minutes
Vermont scored two power-play goals that would break the game open.
Following a holding penalty, the Catamounts scored at 16:14, and
late in a two-minute hooking penalty, Vermont scored again, at
19:04.
Clarkson held a 10-3 edge in shots in the final frame, but was
unable to make any traction against the Catamounts. An empty net
goal produced the final score of the contest.
Clarkson finished with a 27-17 lead in shots, but Clarkson was
whistled for 18 minutes worth of penalties, which proved to be
costly. Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) stopped 13 shots for
Clarkson, while Kristen Olychuck made 26 saves for Vermont.












