The Niagara women's hockey team (7-7-5) fell in the second game of its weekend series against the Ohio State Buckeyes (9-5-2) on Saturday afternoon at the OSU Ice Rink.
"It was a frustrating loss today," said head coach Josh Sciba. "We defeated ourselves in many aspects such as the powerplay and 1-on-1 battles. We have some players who need to elevate their competition level moving forward."
Sophomore Jessica Hitchcock opened the scoring for Niagara, netting her ninth goal of the year in the first period to make it 1-0. The goal was assisted by Erica Owczarczak and Kelsey Welch. The Buckeyes responded less than two minutes later on a goal from Annie Svedin to even out the game before the buzzer sounded.
The Buckeyes grabbed their first lead of the game 2:38 into the second period after Kelly Wild found Hokey Langan who slipped one under netminder Abby Ryplanski.
Freshman Kalli Funk connected on a shot from Jocey Kleiber and Owczarczak on Niagara's first powerplay to tally her fifth of the season at 6:39. The Buckeyes regained the lead with their own tally on the man-advantage, scored by sophomore Ally Tarr which would stand as the game-winning goal.
Langan and Brittany Carlson added two more in the final period to solidfy the victory for the Buckeyes.
Hitchcock and Welch finished the weekend each with one goal and one assist, while Owczarczak added two assists. Ryplanski made 26 saves for the game. The freshman is currently 11th in the nation in goals-against average with a 1.99 mark and 16th in save percentage (.920).
"We did have some spurts of great things," added Sciba, "but it was too inconsistent. Abby gave us a chance to win all weekend."
Niagara finish up its 2011 schedule next weekend when it hosts Clarkson in a non-conference matchup. The teams see action on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. and the following day at 2 p.m.
"It was a frustrating loss today," said head coach Josh Sciba. "We defeated ourselves in many aspects such as the powerplay and 1-on-1 battles. We have some players who need to elevate their competition level moving forward."
Sophomore Jessica Hitchcock opened the scoring for Niagara, netting her ninth goal of the year in the first period to make it 1-0. The goal was assisted by Erica Owczarczak and Kelsey Welch. The Buckeyes responded less than two minutes later on a goal from Annie Svedin to even out the game before the buzzer sounded.
The Buckeyes grabbed their first lead of the game 2:38 into the second period after Kelly Wild found Hokey Langan who slipped one under netminder Abby Ryplanski.
Freshman Kalli Funk connected on a shot from Jocey Kleiber and Owczarczak on Niagara's first powerplay to tally her fifth of the season at 6:39. The Buckeyes regained the lead with their own tally on the man-advantage, scored by sophomore Ally Tarr which would stand as the game-winning goal.
Langan and Brittany Carlson added two more in the final period to solidfy the victory for the Buckeyes.
Hitchcock and Welch finished the weekend each with one goal and one assist, while Owczarczak added two assists. Ryplanski made 26 saves for the game. The freshman is currently 11th in the nation in goals-against average with a 1.99 mark and 16th in save percentage (.920).
"We did have some spurts of great things," added Sciba, "but it was too inconsistent. Abby gave us a chance to win all weekend."
Niagara finish up its 2011 schedule next weekend when it hosts Clarkson in a non-conference matchup. The teams see action on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. and the following day at 2 p.m.
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