St. Lawrence Scores Victory

 The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team finished with a 2-for-3 mark on the power play on Friday night, riding solid special teams play to a 3-1 win over Union College in Canton, NY.



The Dutchwomen move to 3-12-1 and 1-5-1 in the ECAC, while the Saints are now 7-7-3 and 4-4-1 on the season. St. Lawrence finished with a 38-13 advantage in shots on goal while holding Union to a 0-for-2 mark with the extra skater.



St. Lawrence would score the only goal of the first period at 4:45, as a trio of first-year students got the home team on the scoreboard. Amanda Boulier sent a pass to Ellie Williams who hammered a shot off Union goalie Kate Gallagher. However, the rebound lofted into the slot where Jessica Hon was waiting to knock the puck out of the air into the goal for her third goal of the year.



St. Lawrence, which finished the opening 20:00 minutes with a 10-3 advantage in shots, would take a 2-0 lead on the power play a mere 2:05 into the second stanza. Boulier again got the play started as she cycled the puck to the blue line to sophomore Mel Desrochers. Desrochers fed classmate Bailey Habscheid, who rifled a slap shot that beat Gallagher’s glove for her second goal of the year.



The Dutchwomen would cut their deficit back to a goal midway through the second as freshman Christine Valente’s fourth goal of the season got Union within striking distance. Molly Kate Devin found Emma Rambo who bounced a shot off of St. Lawrence goalie Carmen MacDonald’s leg pads. However, the loose puck found Valente, who lifted a soft shot just out of MacDonald’s reach into the net to get the visitors on the scoreboard trailing 2-1.



St. Lawrence, which tied Union 2-2 earlier this season, would assert itself in the final period, using a dominant 12-2 advantage in shots to keep the Dutchwomen from threatening the lead. Captain Karell Emard’s sixth goal of the year at the 15:24 mark sealed the win for the Saints, with assists going to juniors Kelly Sabatine and Brooke Fernandez. Fernandez started the attacked with a shot from the blue line that Sabatine re-directed to Emard on the near post who wristed a shot past Gallagher for the team’s second power play goal of the game and a 3-1 win.



Gallagher closed with 35 saves in the loss for Union, while MacDonald stopped 12 of the 13 shots she saw.