PINE VALLEY, NY – A flurry of goals in the opening minutes of the Nazareth College women's hockey game against Elmira Saturday afternoon led to a 3-1 victory for the Soaring Eagles in a United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) game.

Nazareth (17-4-3 overall, 11-2-2 UCHC) opened the scoring just 1:09 into the contest on a goal by sophomore Hailey Redders with assists from fellow sophomores Abbey Luth and Jessica Kollberg.

Elmira (18-4-2, 13-2-0), ranked #5 in the latest USCHO.com national poll, answered with a pair of goals – one on the power play and one short-handed – in a span of less than two minutes to take the 2-1 lead. The first goal on the power play came at the 3:05 mark and the second – just 1:46 later – was a short-handed tally. It was the first short-handed goal allowed this season for Nazareth.

With just two seconds left in the first period, Elmira made it a 3-1 lead and neither team was able to score over the final two periods.

The Nazareth offense was limited to just 20 shots on the day and had nine shots blocked by the Elmira defense.

Sophomore Adrianna Brehm made 21 saves including 13 in the second period.

Nazareth will wrap up the regular season at William Smith at 4 p.m. Sunday and begin the UCHC Tournament Saturday, February 29.