With the score tied at one through 40 minutes of play, Clarkson scored three goals in 7:30 to open the third period and sweep the Syracuse ice hockey team (2-4-0) on Saturday afternoon at Cheel Arena, 4-2. Holly Carrie-Mattimoe scored both goals for the Orange, while Jenesica Drinkwater made 27 saves in goal for SU, which will begin a five-game home stand beginning on Wednesday against Colgate at 7:00 p.m.
The Orange had two power play tallies on the day (2-of-5), while Clarkson was 1-of-4 on the man advantage. Clarkson held a 31-22 edge in shots.
The Golden Knights came at the Orange in the first period, outshooting SU 14-7 and taking a 1-0 lead eight minutes into the game on a power play goal from Carly Mercer. With Syracuse in the box for tripping, Drinkwater made back-to-back stops on Jamie Lee Rattray on the doorstep. Mercer then grabbed the loose puck along the boards, circled towards the net and fired a shot that beat Drinkwater over the right shoulder.
SU had two chances on the power play during the opening frame, and had its best chance of the stanza with 1:45 to go when Caitlin Roach found Jordyn Burns in between the hashmarks for a one-timer that was stopped by Howe.
Syracuse quickly responded to the game at one as Carrie-Mattimoe scored just 52 seconds into the second period off a faceoff in the Clarkson defensive zone.Nicole Ferrara gathered a loose puck in the corner and fed Carrie-Mattimoe behind the goal, who then skated out and stuffed the puck between the post and the pad of Howe for her second goal of the season.
The Orange nearly took a 2-1 lead with less than five minutes left in the period when freshman Julie Knerr took a pass from out of the right corner and flung a backhand from atop the crease that just sailed over the crossbar.
Clarkson reestablished its lead with three goals in the first 7:30 of the third period. Gabrielle Kosziwka scored her third goal of the weekend after taking a feed from Kali Gillanders following a failed clearing attempt by the Orange and beating Drinkwater with a low shot.
The Golden Knights extended their lead to two on the power play three minutes later when Shelby Nisbet fired a shot through traffic and past the pad of Drinkwater for her second goal of the year. Clarkson made it 4-1 with 12:30 left in regulation as Rattray beat Drinkwater with a wrist shot under the glove.
SU continued to battle, and cut the Clarkson lead down to two midway through the frame as Carrie-Mattimoe got her second of the afternoon, capitalizing on a rebound off a Shiann Darkangelo shot from the opposite post with the Orange on the power play.
(Press release sent by Syracuse University)
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