Women's Hockey Pushes Elmira To The Limit

The Oswego State Women's Hockey team had a fierce battle on their hands at home this past weekend, facing a team that they  have never been able to beat yet in program history. the first game of the weekend was won by Elmira 5-2 but the game was closer than the score would indicate.

Elmira got the only 2 goals in the opening period, one scored by Cassidy Delainey and the other from Ella Stewart to give the Soaring Eagles a 2-0 lead. To the 2nd period we go, one which was dominated by the Lakers, who outshot Elmira 16-4 in the 2nd period. Phoebe Piku scored for Elmira at the 3:11 mark to give the Soaring Eagles a 3-0 lead, but Oswego would finally get on the board at the 18:16 mark when Kendall Appelbaum scored her 6th of the year. To the 3rd period we go and in that final frame Oswego managed only 3 shots but one went in, thanks to Jocelyn St. Clair's 2nd of the season. But the goal was stuck in between two Elmira goals, one from Ella Stewart and one from Jessica Prance to seal the 5-2 win for Elmira.

Shots finished 27-26 in favor of Elmira and Oswego went 31-28 on faceoffs in the game, so you can kinda see that the game was closer than the score indicated. Lisa Marshall got the win for Elmira, improving her record to 9-2-1 on the year, as she stopped 24 of the 26 shots she faced. Catherine Cote took the loss for Oswego, dropping her record to 5-4-0 on the year, as she stopped 22 of the 27 shots she faced.

Now to the Sunday game we go and Elmira dominated the play that day but Oswego pushed them to the very very limit, as the Soaring Eagles came away with a 2-1 overtime win. Ashton Hogan scored the only goal in regulation for Elmira, at the 11:46 mark of the 2nd period. Leslie Jarvis tied the game for Oswego with exactly 1 minute left in regulation to force overtime. Elmira got the last laugh though, as Brooke Wilgosh scored on the powerplay with justover a minute left in overtime.

Lisa Marshall got the win for Elmira, improving her record to 10-2-1 on the year, as she stopped 12 of the 13 shots she faced. As for Oswego, Tori Trovato took the loss, dropping her record to 2-2-0 on the year, as she stopped 38 of the 40 shots she faced. Oswgo came oh so close to knocking off one of the best teams in the nation.

The Lakers return to action this weekend, February 1st and 2nd, as Stevenson comes into town to play the Lakers at the Campus Center Ice Arena!

(Photo provided by Oswego State Athletics)