Box Score Cortland, NY (12/6/14)- Junior Morgan Reed (Fort Myers, FL/Cushing Academy) registered her second career hat trick to help lift the Utica College women's hockey team over SUNY Cortland, 5-2, in ECAC West Conference action Saturday afternoon. 
 
With the win, the Pioneers improve to 4-2-1 overall and 3-2 in the ECAC West Conference.  The Red Dragons fall to 2-6 on the year and 1-4 in the conference.  The teams will wrap up the series Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.
 
After a scoreless first period, Utica used two goals in 24 seconds to go up 2-0.  Reed netted her sixth of the year at 4:24 of the second, assisted by seniors Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, PA/Millbrook School) and Samantha Pucci (Pearl River, NY/Connecticut Polar Bears).  The next shift, Emily Coope (Phoenix, AZ/Colorado Tigers) found the back of the net for her first of the season, off assists from Victoria Pelton (Sterling Heights, MI/Belle Tire) and Nikki Kieffer (Rome, NY/Lysander Lightning). The Pioneers were not done however, as Gabrielle Schnepp (Northville, MI/Belle Tire) netted her second short handed tally of the season at 18:34 to send UC into the locker room with a 3-0 lead headed into the third period.
 
Reed added two more power play tallies in the final 20 minutes to secure the victory.  Kieffer finished with three assists, while Steele-Norton had two and Janessa Haasbeek (Grand Forks, ND/Canadian International Hockey Academy) added her third helper of the season.
 
Sophomore Keira Goin (Dobbs Ferry, NY/Hotchkiss School) made 19 saves for her second win of the year, while her counterpart, Deanna Meunier made 20 saves in the loss.  Utica was 2-for-6 on the power play, while holding the home team scoreless on six opportunities with the man advantage.  


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