Friday’s Games
SYRACUSE 4, LINDENWOOD 1
Box Score
Maryland Heights, Mo. – Syracuse leading scorer Emma Gnade (Fenton, Mo.), playing just minutes north of her hometown, had two goals and an assist to lead the Orange to a 4-1 victory at Lindenwood Friday.
The Lions had the lead at the first intermission thanks to Renee Ng (Hong Kong, China), who scored her second goal of the season midway through the first. Gnade evened the score while shorthanded 3:09 into the second, the first SHG of her career.
Rylee McLeod (Grande Prairie, Alta.) and Stella Costabile (Belmar, N.J.) added even-strength goals for Syracuse before Gnade capped it with an empty-netter. Gnade, who went eight games without a goal after scoring Syracuse’s first of the season, now has three tallies in her last two games and a team-high 14 points on the year (four goals, 10 assists).
The Orange put 40-plus shots on goal for the third game in a row and got 25 saves from Ava Drabyk (Saskatoon, Sask.), who has played every game in goal for the Orange.
RIT 4, ROBERT MORRIS 1
Box Score
Moon Township, Pa. – RIT, which entered on a six-game losing streak and had allowed a league-high 4.67 goals per game, held Robert Morris scoreless for the first 56-plus minutes of the game en route to a 4-1 road victory Friday night.
Cassie Barnes (Uxbridge, Ont.) and Addie Alvarez (Rochester, N.Y.) provided the first two goals for RIT, with Barnes striking first less than a minute into the first period. Alvarez added to the lead with her third of the year but first goal in 11 games.
Freshman Oceanne Thiffault (Montreal, Que.) kept Robert Morris at bay until Greta Brezenski (Waunakee, Wis.) broke through with just 3:12 remaining. The Colonials pressured for the tying goal but RIT answered with a pair of empty-netters.
Although the Tigers have played the fewest league games in the AHA, they have now won three of five and are fourth in the standings with nine points entering Saturday’s series finale.
Saturday’s Games
LINDENWOOD 2, SYRACUSE 1
Box Score
Maryland Heights, Mo. – A third-period goal from Renee Ng (Hong Kong, China) – her second in as many days – lifted Lindenwood to a 2-1 win and a split in its series with Syracuse. The Lions have now won two of their last three games, both by 2-1 scores.
Each team scored power-play goals in the first period, with Stella Costabile (Belmar, N.J.) striking first for Syracuse, her second goal of the series. Silje Gundersen (Kristainsand, Norway) answered for Lindenwood in the final minute of the first.
Freshman Ebba Ridderstolpe (Botkyrka, Sweden) earned her third win of the season with 43 saves in goal.
ROBERT MORRIS 3, RIT 2
Box Score
Moon Township, Pa. – After 48 scoreless minutes to start the game, Robert Morris emerged from a wild final 12 minutes that featured five goals – including four in a 4:02 span – with a 3-2 win and a series split against RIT.
RIT’s Oceanne Thiffault (Montreal, Que.) and RMU’s Maggie Hatch (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) dueled in goal for the first two-plus periods before the Colonials’ Lindsey Smolen (Crystal Lake, Ill.) scored her first of the year to spark the offense.
RIT’s Zoe Ziotas (Markham, Ont.) scored shorthanded and RMU’s Thalia D’Elia (West Chester, Pa.) scored on the power play during the same penalty, giving the Colonials a 2-1 lead. After Linda Rulle (Pale, Latvia) tied the score, Alaina Giampietro (Strongsville, Ohio) scored her seventh of the year – and third game-winning goal – with just 3:51 to play.
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