Engineers Remain Unbeaten
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer (2-0-2, 0-0-0 ECAC) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Vermont (0-1-2, 0-0-0 HEA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 2nd - 03:33 | SH - Svoboda, Ali (Rensselaer) |
| 2nd - 08:51 | Harrison, Alisa (Rensselaer) |
| 2nd - 13:28 | PP - Svoboda, Ali (Rensselaer) |
| 3rd - 12:28 | PP - Donne, Andie Le (Rensselaer) |
| Rensselaer | Vermont |
|---|---|
|
G:
Ali Svoboda - 2
A: 2 Players (#16, #19 - 2) Sh: Ali Svoboda - 5 Sv: Kelly O'Brien - 18 |
G:
N/A
A: N/A Sh: McNally, Delia - 3 Sv: Lanthier, Kelci - 17 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Rensselaer | Vermont |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 2 for 3 | 0 for 5 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 5 (10) | 4 (8) |
| Shots on Goal | 21 | 18 |
| Face Offs Won | 25 | 26 |
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Freshman Ali Svoboda scored a pair of
special teams
goals in the second period to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI) women’s hockey team to a, 4-0, victory over
the
University of Vermont, this afternoon, in non-conference action
from
Gutterson Fieldhouse. With the win, the Engineers improve to 2-0-2
on
the season, while the Catamounts drop to 0-1-2.
After a scoreless first period in which the Engineers held an 8-1
edge
in shots, Svoboda (Arlington Heights, IL/Chicago Mission) tallied
the
game’s first goal at 3:33 of the second, burying a
short-handed
marker, with classmate Kathryn Schilter (Aurora, ON/Toronto Jr.
Aeros)
picking up the lone assist.
Senior captain Alisa Harrison (Vienna, VA/Washington Pride) gave
the
visitors a 2-0 lead, just over five minutes later (8:51), when
she
beat Vermont junior netminder Kelci Lanthier (Mt. Airy,
MD/Mercyhurst
College) on a low shot. Junior Sierra Vadner (Apple Valley,
MN/Minnesota Thoroughbreds) and sophomore Jordan Smelker
(Anchorage,
AK/Team Alaska 19U) earned the assists on Harrison’s fourth
goal in as
many contests.
Svoboda put the Engineers up, 3-0, with a power-play goal at 13:28
of
the second stanza. Her slap-shot from the left point found its
way
through traffic and in off the left post. Vadner worked the puck
to
senior Laura Guillemette (Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, PQ/Notre Dame),
who
dished to to Svoboda at the blue line.
At the 11:24 mark of the third period, Svoboda nearly finished off
the
hat-trick, but her break-away try was stop by the left pad of
Lanthier
(0-1-1), who finished with 17 saves.
Junior Andie LeDonne (Toronto, ON/Durham Lightning) capped the
scoring
just a minute later, when her drive from the right point slipped
past
a screen in front of the Catamounts net and in for her first of
the
year. The power-play goal came with assists to Smelker and
Harrison.
Rensselaer freshman goaltender Kelly O’Brien (Madison,
WI/Madison
Capitals) earned her second shutout in as many starts this
year,
stopping all 18 shots she faced, including 10 in the second
period
alone.
The Engineers win over Vermont was the first since February 6,
2000,
when RPI took home a, 3-1, victory in the ECAC East Division
III
league tournament.
Rensselaer is back on the ice next weekend, when it visits Niagara
for
a two-game series, beginning Friday at 7pm. The Catamounts head
to
Grand Forks, N.D., to take on sixth-ranked North Dakota for a pair
of
games on Saturday (3pm) and Sunday (3pm).
