Weekend Update: Road Warriors
ALBANY, N.Y. -- With ECAC Hockey now in full
swing, Friday night’s games witnessed road teams coming out
on top in four out of the five games involving the League’s
women’s teams. Last night’s games also produced
the highest goal output, six by Dartmouth, from a single team in
League play this season and saw Cornell flex its muscles in a
battle of top 10 ten teams, earning a 3-0 shutout win over visiting
Harvard.
At No. 2/2 Cornell 3, No. 10/10 Harvard 0:
The Big Red rebounded from a 4-3 overtime loss to No. 4/4
Mercyhurst this past week by blanking No. 10/10 Harvard, 3-0 Friday
evening at Lynah Rink. Senior forward Hayley Hughes had two
goals and one assist and junior netminder Amanda Mazzotta recorded
her 13th career shutout for Cornell. Both of Hughes’
goals were of the power-play variety. Harvard evens its
overall and conference records at 1-1-1 while the Big Red improves
to 5-1-0 overall and 3-0-0 in ECAC Hockey action. Mazzotta
ended the game with 24 saves and her first shutout of the season
while sophomore Laura Bellamy had a season-high 26 saves for
Harvard.
Dartmouth 6 at Colgate 2: Dartmouth remained
undefeated on the young season after winning its first road game at
Colgate Friday. The Big Green used six goals by six different
players to achieve the 6-2 victory. Dartmouth improves to
3-0-0 overall and 3-0-0 in ECAC Hockey play. The
Raiders fall to 3-6-0 overall and 1-2-0 in conference play.
Sophomore defender Sasha Nanji netted a goal in the first 13
seconds of the game to spark the Big Green. Senior Lisa
Plenderleith made 24 saves for Colgate, while freshman Lindsay
Holdcroft had 17 for the Big Green. Dartmouth has six players
record multiple point nights with forward Kelly Foley leading the
way with three points on one goal and two assists.
Clarkson 3 at Syracuse 2: In its first-ever
meeting with Syracuse, three different Golden Knights scored goals
and senior goaltender Lauren Dahm played a solid game in goal as
Clarkson edged the Orange, 3-2 in Central New York Friday
night. Syracuse out shot Clarkson 27-24. Dahm made 25
saves, including 10 in a scoreless first period, while her
counterpart freshman Kallie Billadeau earned her fifth start in
goal and turned away 21 shots. Both teams were 1-of-4 on the
power-play.
Princeton 2 at Rensselaer 1: The Tigers held
on to an early lead to edge the Engineers, 2-1 at Houston Field
House Friday night. Freshmen Denna Laing and Sally Butler
each scored their second goals of the season to lead
Princeton. Princeton netminder sophomore Cassie Seguin made
21 saves for the win while senior netminder Sonja van der Bliek
stopped 15 shots in the loss. Freshman forward Jordan Smelker
tallied the lone goal on the evening for Rensselaer.
Quinnipiac 3 at Union 2: Freshman forward
Kelly Babstock netted one goal and added an assist in the first
period helping visiting Quinnipiac earn a hard fought 3-2 win over
Union at Messa Rink Friday evening. Quinnipiac improves its
overall record to 7-3-1 and its ECAC Hockey record to 2-2, while
Union falls to 1-8-0 overall and 0-3-0 in ECAC Hockey action.
Quinnipiac's first of three first period goals came just 30 seconds
into the contest, as freshman forward Lindsay Burman netted her
first career goal. The Bobcats dominated the Dutchwomen in
total shots taken, with a 42-20 advantage. Quinnipiac
goaltender Victoria Vigilanti made 18 saves on the evening.
In her short 3:47 minute outing, Alana Marcinko made five saves
while her replacement Kate Gallagher turned away 34 throughout the
rest of the contest.
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