Weekend Update: Home Ice Advantage
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Four out of the five ECAC
Hockey women's contests Friday were won by the home team.
Teams have sported a 38-35-16 home record in conference action on
the season. Three of yesterday's games featured shutouts, as
Clarkson, Princeton, and Rensselaer all blanked its opponents.
At No. 3/3 Clarkson 3, Colgate 0: The Golden
Knights picked up their fifth shutout in league play with a 3-0
victory over Colgate. Sophomore Juana Baribeau figured in on
all the scoring with two goals and one assist, and junior Lauren
Dahm posted 25 saves for Clarkson at Cheel Arena. Clarkson
outshot Colgate 28-25. Dahm made eight saves in the first,
nine stops in the second, and eight more over the final 20 minutes
to post her seventh shutout of the season and 17th career
whitewash. Only three penalties were called in the
contest. Colgate was 0-of-2 on the power-play, while the
Golden Knights did not connect on their only man-advantage
opportunities. Sophomore netminder Kimberly Sass made 25 for
the Raiders.
No. 7/7 Harvard 4 at Dartmouth 1: Kate
Buesser scored two goals and added an assist, while Randi Griffin
and Liza Ryabkina each dished out two helpers to lead the
seventh-ranked Harvard women's hockey team to a 4-1 victory over
Dartmouth Friday afternoon at Thompson Arena. Laura Bellamy
earned the win in goal, making a career-high 37 saves.
Kathryn Farni and Kaitlin Spurling also found the back of the net
for the Crimson. The Big Green outshot the Crimson by a count
of 38 to 28. Harvard held the Big Green scoreless on five
power-play attempts, while going 1-for-3 with the
man-advantage. Dartmouth got its lone goal from freshman
Sally Komarek with the assists going to classmates Lisa Berreman
and Margaux Sharp. Dartmouth senior netminder Mariel Lacina took
the loss, making 24 saves.
Princeton 3 at Union 0: Freshman Corey
Stearns had two goals and an assist as the Tigers skated to a 3-0
win at Union Friday night. Stearns had the primary assist on
Princeton's first goal late in the first period and then scored two
in the second period in the team's fourth shutout of the season.
Princeton outshot Union 41-16 in the game. Rachel Weber made
all 16 saves to earn the win for Princeton, while Alana Marcinko
stopped 38 in a losing effort for the Dutchwomen. Princeton
netted two power-play goals on three chances, while Union went
scoreless on its two opportunities with a man-advantage. The
Tigers are now 2-0-1 in their last three games and are tied for
fourth in ECAC Hockey standings with 19 points.
At Rensselaer 1, Quinnipiac 0: The Bobcats
saw their six-game winning streak come to an end Friday evening at
Houston Field House as junior Kendra Dunlop's goal at 4:24 of the
third period proved to be the game-winner for Rensselaer, who edged
Quinnipiac, 1-0. RPI, which has now won each of its last
three league contests, remains in fourth-place in the conference
standings with 19 points. They are tied with Saturday's
opponent Princeton, which also has 19 points after a 3-0 victory
over the Dutchwomen Friday. Quinnipiac falls to sixth-place
in the standings, tied with St. Lawrence with 17 points.
Sonja van der Bliek finished with 17 saves in the contest to earn
the shutout win for the Engineers. Bobcats' Victoria
Vigilanti finished with 24 stops in the loss for Quinnipiac,
posting eight saves in the first period, 10 in the second, and six
in the third.
At St. Lawrence 2, Cornell 2 (ot):
Cornell junior Karlee Overguard scored a goal late with 1:14
remaining in regulation that lifted the Big Red women's hockey team
to a 2-2 tie at St. Lawrence Friday night in Canton,
N.Y. Laura Fortino added the other goal for the Big
Red, while Hayley Hughes, Catherine White, and Melanie Jue each had
an assist. Netminder Amanda Mazzotta stopped 26 shots in
earning the tie for the Big Red. The Scarlet and Brown's
senior assistant captain Britni Smith netted a power-play goal past
Mazzotta for a 1-0 lead. Senior assistant captain Courtney
Sawchuk made her first goal of the season count, as she gave St.
Lawrence its lead back at 2-1 midway through the third
period. Cornell finished with a 34-28 advantage on shots
thanks to a 10-5 second period, but finished 0-for-5 on the
power-play to St. Lawrence's 1-for-3 mark. Mazzotta closed
with a game-high 26 saves, while Brittony Chartier finished with 17
and Maxie Weisz with 15 for the Saints.
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