UTICA, NY - For a second consecutive day, the No. 9 Utica University women's hockey team shutout the visiting Neumann University Knights, this time 11-0, from the Utica University Nexus Center.
By picking up the win,
Angela Hawthorne (Santa Clara, CA/Meijer) broke the program's career win record with her 41st. She made four saves in her 20 minutes of play. The other 40 minutes belonged to
Maddie Esposito (Ashburn, VA/Boston Shamrocks) who kept the Knights off the board while notching 10 saves.
A grand total of 17 different Pioneers recorded a point in the win, none more than
Hailey Modlin (Phoenix, AZ/Boston Shamrocks), who had two goals and two assists, and
Nicole Flak (Middleton, MA/Boston Shamrocks), who totaled one goal and three assists.
Carolyn Whitney (Raleigh, NC/Milbrook School) matched Flak with a team high three helpers while
Maggie Rylott (Cobourg, Ontario/West Northumberland) and
Erica Sheaffer (New Hartford, NY/Wilkes University) shared the team lead of two goals with Modlin.
Madison Novotny (Wesley Chapel, FL/Northwood School),
Molly Pedone (Trinity, FL/Shattuck-St. Mary's),
Emma Corbett (Rochester, NY/Adrian College (NCAA DIII)) and
Tess Barrett (Tewksbury, MA/St. Mark's) also found the back of the net for Utica. Corbett's goal served as her first with the Pioneers. Novotny and
Kaci Ryder (Shrewsbury, MA/WC Swans) each had two assists while Sheaffer, Pedone, Corbett,
Abby Lillis (West Seneca, NY/Buffalo Bisons),
Erica Sloan (Potsdam, NY/St. Lawrence Steel),
Ava Suda (Cheektowaga, NY/Buffalo Bisons),
Cortney Staniszewski (Buffalo, NY/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles),
Hannah Keating (North Andover, MA/HPNA),
Alexa Carlon (Lancaster, NY/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) and
Carly Stefanini (Framingham, MA/Brooks School) all had one.
As a unit, the Pioneers outshot the Knights 66-14 and controlled faceoff battles 47-16.
Utica replicated its five-goal first period on Friday with another one on Saturday. Pedone got the ball rolling 3:03 into the frame before Novotny pushed the score to 2-0 just over a minute later. Later at 12:53, Rylott notched her fourth of the season while Flak and Barrett scored less than 50 seconds apart at 17:02 and 17:46 to go into intermission up 5-0.
Rylott opened the scoring in the second period with her second tally of the game at 5:21. Sheaffer recorded her goal at 8:14 while Corbett celebrated her first as a Pioneer just before the end of the period at 19:19.
The finishing touches were put on in the third period by Modlin not once, but twice, with goals at 5:33 and 10:11 while Sheaffer notched her second of the contest at 16:51 as the Pioneers completed the season sweep of Neumann.
No. 9 Utica (9-0-2, 6-0-2 UCHC) will make the short trip to Clinton, NY on Saturday, December 9 to take on No. 6 Hamilton College. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m.
