RPI Falls at No. 3/3 Cornell
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer (8-17-4 (5-10-2 ECAC)) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell (20-3 (15-2 ECAC)) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 2nd - 08:31 | Jenner, Brianne (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 09:49 | Karpenko, Chelsea (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 17:28 | Gagliardi, Alyssa (Cornell) |
| Rensselaer | Cornell |
|---|---|
|
G:
N/A
A: N/A Sh: Alisa Harrison - 4 Sv: Kelly O'Brien - 34 |
G:
3 Players (#2, #11, #26 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#7, #19, #20, #77 - 1) Sh: Chelsea Karpenko - 6 Sv: Lauren Slebodnick - 12 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Rensselaer | Cornell |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 0 for 4 | 0 for 7 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 7 (14) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 12 | 37 |
| Face Offs Won | 18 | 26 |
ITHACA, N.Y. - Despite a 34-save performance from rookie
netminder Kelly O'Brien, the Rensselaer women's hockey team could
not overcome Cornell's offense, falling to the #3 Big Red, 3-0 on
Friday at Lynah Rink. The Engineers slip to 8-17-4 overall
with a 5-10-2 mark in ECAC Hockey play.
The evening started slowly for the Big Red, who had three
opportunities on the power play in the first period but came up
short on all of them. Cornell (20-3-0; 15-2-0 ECAC Hockey) had 58
seconds of four-on-three hockey at one point and outshot the
Engineers 12-5 in the period but came up empty.
The second period, though, saw Cornell convert on three shots to
take command of the contest.
The first blow came at the 8:31 mark of the period off a slap shot
from the blue line by Lauriane Rougeau. Receiving a pass from the
right point from Jillian Saulnier, Rougeau fired toward the net.
The puck went off the shin pads of Jenner and trickled through the
legs of O'Brien to put the Big Red on the board.
Just 78 seconds later, the Big Red doubled its lead. Senior captain
Catherine White got in front of an Engineers shot near the blue
line and then picked up the rebound of her block. White started a
two-on-one breakout, and Chelsea Karpenko finished from the right
side of the net after receiving a last-second pass from White.
The last goal came with 3:32 remaining in the period on another
long shot from the point. This one went off the stick of Alyssa
Gagliardi from the right side, traveling all the way past O'Brien
for the third goal.
Slebodnick, who entered last weekend's games at St. Lawrence and
Clarkson with the nation's best goals against average, returned to
form in earning her fourth shutout. She made an excellent series of
saves in the first period on a shot and its rebound, and her night
concluded with 12 saves total.
The Big Red get right back to action on Saturday afternoon, facing
off against Union in Lynah Rink at 4 p.m. Rensselaer is at Colgate,
also on Saturday, for a 4pm game at Starr Rink.
