BOX SCORE

The Utica College women's hockey team lit the lamp twice in each of the first two periods and added an insurance goal in the final stanza to earn a convincing 5-0 victory over visiting Cortland State Tuesday night in an ECAC Women's West Conference contest at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. Senior forward Meagan Sudik (West Bend, WI/Wisconsin Wild) netted a season-high two goals and added one assist to pace the Pioneers to their third straight conference victory.

The Pioneers (6-2, 5-2 ECAC West), who received one vote in the latest USCHO.com national poll, got 14 saves from Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca, NY/Northwood School) as the freshman goaltender earned her first collegiate shut out. Senior Samantha Glockling (Carleton Place, ONT/Tilton School) totaled two assists, while eight other Pioneers tallied one point in the victory.

Utica outshot the Red Dragons 39-14 on the evening and the Pioneers penalty-kill unit fended off seven power play opportunities. The same unit also added two shorthanded goals.

Senior defender Rebecca Heim (Westwood, NJ/New Jersey Rockets) opened the scoring midway through the first period of play off assists from sophomore Carmen Johnson (Falls Church, VA/Washington Pride) and freshman Meredith Tice (Hershey, PA/Washington Pride). Reigning ECAC Women's West Rookie of the Week Megan Myers (Las Vegas, NV/LA Selects) added her team-high eighth goal of the season just over four minutes later to give the home squad a commanding 2-0 lead. Lindsay Norton (Eden, NY/Buffalo Bisons) and Darcy Hier (Centennial, CO/Colorado Selects) assisted on the second goal of the contest.

Sudik then added a shorthanded goal 7:26 into the second period off an assist from Glockling before sophomore Meghan McMahon (Gardner, MA/St. Marks (MA)) tallied the fourth goal of the game with 12 seconds left in the second.

Sudik wrapped up the scoring 6:02 into the third period when she tallied her second shorthanded goal of the evening of an assist from classmate Tiffany Bichrest (Harpswell, ME/Hebron Academy).

Cortland goalie Sarah Ribarich stopped 34 shots in goal for the visitors.

The Pioneers return to action Saturday Dec. 4 as they host conference rival Elmira College in a two-game series at “The Aud”. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7 p.m. The Soaring Eagles are currently 5-2-1 overall, including a 3-0-1 mark in conference play.


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