The Oswego State women's hockey team went into the third period with a one-goal advantage, but could not hold on to the lead as Neumann College scored three goals in a seven-minute span en-route to a 4-3 win over the Lakers in game two of an ECAC Women's West weekend series at the Campus Center Ice Arena.
Oswego (3-3-0, 1-3-0 ECAC West) scored the game's first goal as freshman forward Jillian Bergeron (Brockville, ONT) took set-up passes from junior Jenna Kirkwood (Chilliwack, BC) and sophomore Krista Pattermore (Athens, ONT) after the Knights won the faceoff, putting a shot past goalkeeper Mel Brunet 1:08 into the contest.
Neumann (2-2-0, 2-2-0 ECAC West) tied the contest on the power play at 10:56 with a goal from sophomore Carly Bondra. The Lakers retook the lead 40 seconds into the second period as junior Tiarra Garrow (Morrisonville) scored on assists from sophomores Erica Shapey (Plainview) and Sarah Hannon (Lackawanna).
The lead would hold until the 4:43 mark of the third period, when Neuman would score three times in a seven-minute span. Freshman Khristine Acosta would tie the game with assists coming from seniors Tabatha Shurry and Carly Fitzsimmons. Schury would follow with the go-ahead goal at 7:39, followed by a power-play score at 11:35 from junior Holly Williams.
The Lakers cut the lead to a goal when junior Angie Friesen (Chilliwack, BC) scored on assists from freshman Kelly Collins (Fairport) and sophomore Emily Grippin (Ithaca) with 1:33 remaining in the period, three seconds after Oswego head coach Diane Dillon called a timeout. The Lakers tried to pull the goaltender for the extra attacker, but Neumann kept the puck in the zone for the final minute of play.
Neuman goalie Mel Brunet made 27 saves to earn the win, while Oswego sophomore Emi Williams (Anchorage, AK) stopped 29 shots on net.
Oswego takes to the road for a weekend series at Buffalo State College on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 21-22, before returning to the Campus Center Ice Arena for games against nationally-ranked Rochester Institute of Technology the following weekend (Dec. 5-6) to close out the semester.
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