Owego Women's Hockey Stumbles On Road

The Oswego State Women's Hockey team kicked off the 2014 portion of the schedule on the road, heading away from the friendly confines of the Campus center Ice Arena for the first time since before thanksgiving. This time, the team made the trip to the Resch Olympic Pavilion in Wisconsin, to take on the St. Norbert Green Knights.

First up was a Friday Night showdown at the Pavilion, a  tight checking game which saw the Green Knights pull out the 4-2 victory. St. Norbert scored the lone goal of the opening period, as at the 11:17 mark Lauren Roethlisberger scored her 4th of the year. Norbert increased their lead to 2-0 at the 3:14 mark of the middle frame, when Zoe Kurth scored her 3rd of the year. Oswego would cut the lead in half at the 7:18 mark when Emma Smetaniuk connected for her 3rd of the year. Laurel Hill scored her 2nd of they year with just over a minute left in the 2nd to rebuild the St. Norbert 2 goal lead.  Oswego would cut the lead to one when Jocelyn St. Clair scored her 1st of the year, a powerplay goal, with just over five minutes left in regulation. St. Norbert would put the game away when Zoe Kurth scored her 2nd of the game into an empty net to seal the 4-2 Green Knights victory.

Katie Aluia picked up the win for St. Norbert, improving her record to 5-0-0 on the year, as she stopped 23 of the 25 shots she faced. Catherine Cote took the loss for Oswego, dropping her record to 5-3-0, as she stopped 17 of the 20 shots she faced.

The two teams squared off again at the Pavilion the following afternoon, in a much more dramatic affair. Sadly for Oswego the result was the same as the day before, a loss. This time St. Norbert pulled out a 3-2 win. Andrea Senne scored the only goal of the opening period, her 2nd of the season, to give the Green Knights a 1-0 lead. That lead would be increased to 2-0 at the 12:14 mark of the 2nd when Zoe Kurth scored 5th of the season and 3rd in the last 2 games. Oswego would get on the board at the 18:15 mark of the 2nd when Erika Truschke scored her 2nd of the season. Oswego would tie the game at 2 thanks to Kendall Appelbaum's 4th of the year, a powerplay goal at the 8:15 mark of the 3rd period. St. Norbert took advantage of a powerplay late in the game, and at 16:05 of the 3rd Lauren Roethlisberger scored to give the Green Knights a 3-2, one they would not relinquish.

Kaley Gibson got then win for St. Norbert, improving her record to 3-5-1, as she stopped 28 of the 30 shots she faced. Meanwhile Tori Trovato took the loss for Oswego, dropping her record to 1-1-0, as she stopped 37 of the 40 shots she faced.

Oswego keeps the road trip going this weekend, with a pair of games at  the Buffalo State Sports Arena to take on the Buffalo State Bengals in an ECAC West Matchup!

(Photo provided by Oswego State Athletics)