(Box
Score)
WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. - Junior Molly Golden (Milton,
Mass.) and sophomore Drew Chernisky (Valley View, Ohio) recorded
one goal and two assists apiece Saturday afternoon as the Salve
Regina University women's ice hockey team defeated Plymouth State
University, 6-2, in the ECAC Women's East Conference regular season
finale at Waterville Valley Arena.
The Seahawks
scored the first three goals of the game before PSU was able to get
on the scoreboard, and pulled away with the first three scores of
the second period. Salve heads into the post-season with a
13-9-3 overall record and 10-6-2 conference mark while the Panthers
complete their season at 0-24-0 and 0-19-0.
Sophomore
Brianna Davis (Framingham, Mass.) provided the
highlights for the Panthers, scoring both goals on power plays.
Davis, who missed the first eight games of the year with an injury,
finished off a three-goal weekend to give her a team-high four
goals for the season.
Freshman Rachel
Porter (Franklin, Mass.) scored her team-leading 10th
goal of the season on the power play to give the Seahawks an early
lead. Golden and sophomore Shannon Ellis (Colorado Springs,
Colo.) tallied goals just 11 seconds apart to lift Salve to a 3-0
advantage, with Golden's score coming on a penalty shot.
Davis put the Panthers on the board with a PPG at 17:14 to make it
3-1 after one period.
Sophomore Jen
Thiesing (Sandwich, Mass.) tallied her first career goal just 39
seconds into the second period, and Chernisky and freshman Samantha
Zitzer (River Forest, Ill.) tacked on goals to make it 6-1.
Davis answered for PSU with another power play goal at 10:02, which
ended up being the final goal of the game as neither team could
score over the final 30 minutes.
Salve finished
with a 30-20 advantage in shots on goal. Freshman Ali
Muehlbronner (Glenside, Pa.) made 18 saves to record the win and
improve her record to 8-2. PSU sophomore Nicole
Provencher (Guilford, Conn.) went the distance in the
Panther goal and finished with 24 saves.
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