Weekend Update: Convincing Wins

ALBANY, N.Y. - In the six games involving ECAC Hockey women’s teams last evening the winning team in each contest won by two goals or more highlighted by Harvard’s 8-0 blanking of rival Yale.

No. 2/2 Cornell 6 at St. Lawrence 4
*Cornell extended its winning streak to nine games to claim the longest streak in the country. St. Lawrence had nine games without a loss before falling on home ice to the Big Red.
*Senior forward Rebecca Johnston scored two goals including an insurance empty netter with 11.0 seconds left to pace Cornell.
*Big Red netminder Lauren Slebodnick stopped 21 shots improving her record to a prefect 9-0-0 on the season after she relieved starting goaltender Amanda Mazzotta who left the game in the first period after a collision in front of the net which removed her from the contest.

Rensselaer 3, Union 1
*The Engineers top line of Jordan Smelker, Eleeza Cox and Jill Vandegrift combined for two goals and six assists in the game.
*RPI rookie netminder Kelly O'Brien improved to 4-9-1 on the season, stopping 16 of the 17 shots she faced against Union.
*Dutchwomen sophomore defender Maddy Norton found the back of the net in the third period to break the shutout. It was her first goal of the season.
*Senior Kate Gallagher made 18 saves in net for the home Dutchwomen.

No. 10/10 Dartmouth 3 at Brown 1
*Junior defender Sasha Nanji scored the Big Green's first two goals on the evening.
*The Big Green committed three penalties in the game, while Brown was whistled for two. Dartmouth went 0-for-2 on the power-play and the Bears went 0-for-3.
*Junior goaltender Katie Jamieson finished with 30 saves for the Bears, while sophomore Lindsay Holdcroft stopped 25 shots to improve her record to 10-5-2 on the season.

At Quinnipiac 3, Syracuse 0
*Sophomore forward Erica Uden Johansson led the attack for the Bobcats against Syracuse, netting the game-winning goal and providing assists on the two other goals.
*Freshman goaltender Chelsea Laden played a solid game in net, earning her first career shutout for the Bobcats. She stopped all 19 of the Orange shots for her fourth straight victory.
*Syracuse was 0-for-3 on the power-play against the Bobcats, who have taken the fewest penalties in the nation this season. Quinnipiac was 0-for-3 on the man advantage as the Orange, which had the least amount of penalties since Dec. 2 against Lindenwood.

At Clarkson 4, Colgate 1
*The two teams combined for 30 penalty minutes, but Clarkson had more power-play chances, going 3-for-8, while the Raiders were 1-for-6.
*Golden Knights forward Jamie Lee Rattray and Juana Baribeau each netted two goals for the winners.
*Sophomore Erika Howe made 14 saves in the Clarkson goal, while Kimberly Sass made 29 stops for Colgate.
*Sophomore Rachel Walsh scored the Raiders' long goal with assists from classmate Shannon Doyle and junior Brittany Phillips.

No. 8/9 Harvard 8 at Yale 0
*Seven different Harvard players scored in the game which saw the Crimson match its season-high for goals in a game.
*Goalie Laura Bellamy needed just nine saves to record her second consecutive shutout and fourth of the season. The nine shots allowed marked a season-best mark for the Crimson defense.
*Junior forward Kaitlin Spurling collected four points on two goals and two assists for the Crimson.
*Freshman goalie Jaimie Leonoff got the start for the Bulldogs making 20 saves with Genny Ladiges coming in relief stopping 18 Crimson shots.

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