STEVENSON, MD - The No. 10 Utica University women's hockey team completed the weekend sweep of the Stevenson University Mustangs with a 7-1 win on Saturday afternoon.
Seven different players scored for Utica including newcomer
Autumn Mish (Long Lake, NY/University of New Hampshire (NCAA DI)), who notched her first goal as a Pioneer in the third period.
Hailey Modlin (Phoenix, AZ/Boston Shamrocks),
Erica Sloan (Potsdam, NY/St. Lawrence Steel),
Cortney Staniszewski (Buffalo, NY/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles),
Erica Sheaffer (New Hartford, NY/Wilkes University),
Molly Pedone (Trinity, FL/Shattuck-St. Mary's) and
Sydney Mintz (Kelowna, BC/Okanagan Hockey Academy) also scored in the win.
Tess Barrett (Tewksbury, MA/St. Mark's) led the team with a pair of assists while
Ava Suda (Cheektowaga, NY/Buffalo Bisons),
Cameran Evans (Emsworth, PA/Pittsburgh Penguins Elite),
Madison Novotny (Wesley Chapel, FL/Northwood School),
Angelina Garganese (Winter Springs, Fl/Florida Alliance),
Carly Stefanini (Framingham, MA/Brooks School) and
Maggie Rylott (Cobourg, Ontario/West Northumberland) each had one.
Between the pipes,
Angela Hawthorne (Santa Clara, CA/Meijer) picked up the win with nine saves and just one goal allowed on a Mustangs power play.
In all, Utica outshot Stevenson 60-10 and controlled 36 of 58 faceoffs led by Sheaffer's 10 and Modlin's seven.
The Pioneers wasted little time finding the board and Staniszewski got the party started at 2:50 in the first period. Midway through the period, Utica rattled off two goals in a 27 second span with Pedone finding the back of the net at 13:58 and Modlin at 14:25.
Stevenson found an opportunity late in the first following a
Rachael DeLong (Ballston Spa, NY/Sacred Heart (NCAA DI)) slashing call. On the advantage, the Mustangs' Carleigh Barwick scored to trim the Utica lead to two goals as the first came to a close.
Despite 22 shots on goal in the second, the Pioneers couldn't capitalize on any while Hawthorne also kept Stevenson off the board to go into the final 20 minutes still ahead 3-1.
Utica regrouped offensively in the third with four goals coming in spurts. The first two scores came under a minute apart with Sheaffer coming through at 6:51 followed by Mintz at 7:20.
The final two Pioneer goals came on power plays as Mish recorded her first goal as a Pioneer at 12:47 while Sloan put the finishing touches on the win at 18:36 with Barrett recording her second assist of the game on the goal.
Utica (13-1-2, 10-0-2 UCHC) will travel to Oswego State at 3 p.m. on January 19 for its final non-conference bout of the year, as well as its last of six-straight road games.
