Knights Salvage Point Against Quinnipiac
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HAMDEN, CT - Earning an overtime tie against
Quinnipiac, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team slipped
into a tie for first-place in ECAC Hockey with Cornell University,
but the team still clinched home-ice advantage in the first round
of the playoffs in two weeks with a 1-1
tie against the Bobcats Saturday afternoon.
The Golden Knights, ranked fourth in the country in the last poll,
moved to 20-8-4 overall and 14-4-2 in ECAC Hockey with 30 points
through 20 league contests. Quinnipiac moved to 16-8-8 overall and
9-4-7 in league play.
Despite peppering the Quinnipiac cage in the first period,
Clarkson found itself trailing after 20 minutes. The Bobcats opened
the scoring late in the frame with a goal in the final minute when
Brittany Lyons finished off a chance at the 19:02 mark for her
fourth goal of the season. Kelly Davies and Bethany Dymarczyk
assisted on the goal. The Knights closed the frame with a 15-6 edge
in shots.
The shot advantage wasn't as pronounced in the second period for
Clarkson (11-7 in the period, 26-13 overall), but the Knights were
able to even things up thanks to a power-play score. Forty-one
seconds after Quinnipiac was whistled for body checking, junior
Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) scored her 14th goal of the season,
and league-best eighth on the power play, at the 10:43 mark of
the middle frame. Seniors Dominique Thibault (L'Orignal, ONT) and
Carlee Eusepi (Oakville, ONT) each were awarded assists on the
score, Thibault's 17th helper on the season and Eusepi's 11th
assist.
The two teams remained scoreless through the third period and
overtime as the Knights finished with a 38-26 edge in shots and
went 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Bobcats were held
scoreless in four chances with an extra skater. Junior Lauren
Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY), who finished with 25 saves, allowed just
two goals all weekend but had a record of 0-1-1. Victoria Vigilanti
had 37 saves for Quinnipiac.
