After a tough weekend against Plattsburgh the week before, the Oswego State Women's Hockey Team bounced back very nicely against Buffalo State with a sweep of the weekend series. The series started off Friday night with a 7-0 Oswego victory. The recap of the game to follow was provided by Oswego State Athletics Department.
The Oswego State women's ice hockey team (8-8-2, 7-4-2 ECAC West) scored four power-play goals en route a 7-0 victory over host Buffalo State (6-10-2, 3-7-1 ECAC West) Friday night. Senior Mackenzie Lee had a strong performance with two goals, including the eventual game-winner, and an assist to help the Lakers pick up two critical points in the conference standings.
Lee got Oswego State off on the right foot, as she scored 29 seconds into the contest with classmate Kelly Collins earning the assist. Forty seconds into Oswego State's first power-play opportunity of the game midway through the first period, senior Lauren Gilpin scored her third goal of the season at 9:42. Just two minutes later, Lee scored her second of the night, putting the Lakers ahead 3-0 at the end of the first.
The second period started with a penalty on Buffalo State's bench, giving the Lakers' another power play. Chelsea Hunt capitalized on the chance with her first goal of the year 41 seconds into the period to put the Lakers up 4-0. Jillian Bergeron got the assist on the goal.
Later in the second, Gilpin tallied her second power-play goal of the night with Kathryn Sbrocchi and Carly Marchment getting the assists at 9:59. The goal prompted the Bengals to replace goalie Jordan Lee, who made 17 saves, with Jess Garland, who finished with ten.
However, Oswego State was not finished scoring, as Kathryn Sbrocchi scored the fourth power-play marker of the game at 17:51 and was followed by an even-strength goal by Megan Howe under a minute later to make the score 7-0 at the end of two periods. Lee assisted Sbrocchi's goal, while Emma Smetaniuk and Leslie Jarvis recorded assists for Howe's goal.
Freshman goalie Bridget Smith registered 17 saves to help force the Bengal power play go 0-for-6, while also posting her first collegiate shutout win. Oswego State ended the game 4-for-6 with the extra attacker.
So after taking care of business quite easily on Friday, the two teams met again on Saturday. The result was once again the same this time a 3-1 win for Oswego State. Here again is the game recap courtesy of the Oswego State Athletic Department.
The Oswego State women's ice hockey team (9-8-2, 8-4-2 ECAC West) scored three third period goals to defeat Buffalo State (6-11-2, 3-8-1 ECAC West), 3-1, for the come-from-behind win Saturday afternoon.
Buffalo State got on the board first with a goal scored by Brianna Murphy at 7:55 in the first period with assists credited to Christine Williams and Leah Knott.
The Bengals held their lead through two periods until the Lakers struck quickly in the third. Carly Henderson scored her sixth goal of the season 1:33 into the frame after receiving a pass from Carly Machment. Less than a minute later Kelly Collins scored the go-ahead goal unassisted for her eighth goal of the year.
Chelsey Draker added an insurance goal with 2:38 left to play with an assist going to Mackenzie Lee, who finished the weekend with four points on two goals and two assists.
Buffalo State pulled goaltender Jordan Lee with 1:47 left, but were unable to score as Oswego State held off the Bengal attack.
Laker goalie Catherine Cote tallied 25 saves for her fifth win of the season, while Lee finished with 24 stops.
With her 10 goals on the season so far, Mackenzie Lee becomes the firswt player in program history to record back to back seasons of at least ten goals. Also it's now offical we have two new program record holders. Jillian Bergeron and Kelly Collins are the all time leading point scorers in Oswego State history. The record had been 47 held by Jenna Kirkwood, but as of last weekend was passed by both Collins and Bergeron who have at present time 48 points. Also the 31 career goals for Kelly Collins, as of writing time, are new program records, breaking the old mark of 28 set by Jenna Kirkwood.
The Lakers return to the friendly confines of the Campus Center Arena this weekendinal to play host to the Tigers of RIT. This weekend is senior weekend for Oswego State, as they will be saying goodbye, on home ice anyway, to Kathryn Sbrocchi, Jillian Bergeron, Kelly Collins, Laurne Gilpin, Mackenzie Lee, Leah McNaughten, and Megan Amliger. The festivities kick off friday night at 7 with pink at the rink night at 7pm. Then Saturday at 3pm the puck will drop on senior night for the team. RIT will be looking for major payback this weekend as it was Oswego State who handed the Tigers their only loss last season en rout to a national title. Oh and the 1 RIT loss to Oswego was on RIT senior night.
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