ROCHESTER, NY (
nazathletics.com) - The Nazareth women's hockey team continued its dominant weekend with an 8-1 victory over Manhattanville on Saturday afternoon at Station 31, completing the two-game sweep of the Valiants. The Golden Flyers scored seven unanswered goals before Manhattanville found the back of the net. Nazareth remains undefeated, sitting at 4-0-1 overall and 2-0 in UCHC play.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Nazareth picked up right where they left off, as Ella Cedrone scored just 2:29 into the first period, giving the Golden Flyers an early 1-0 lead. Linemates Lindsay Moses and Cassidy Crogan picked up the helpers on the goal.
- About five minutes later, Moses won a battle on the wall which allowed Cedrone to pick up the puck and fire a shot from the high slot, beating the goaltender on the glove side for her second of the game. Nazareth added another goal in the first, courtesy of Nikki Sharp. Brooke Judkiewicz made a no-look pass from behind the net that landed right on Sharp's stick. Logan Marchese added the secondary assist.
- Nazareth outshot Manhattanville 19-2 through the first period of play.
- The Golden Flyers continued to score in bunches, as they scored four more in the second frame. Crogan kicked things off 5:30 into the period, followed by Judkiewicz and Marina McCann both getting their first of the season. Amy Laskowski finished off the scoring in the second with a powerplay goal to make it 7-0.
- The Valiants scored their first goal of the two game series off a fluke play in the corner to make it 7-1 heading into the third. Nazareth generated 19 more shots in that period to bring their two period total up to 38.
- The Golden Flyers added one more in the final minute of the game as Marchese scored on a two man advantage. The shots on goal finished 58-8, in favor of Nazareth.
GAME NOTES:
UP NEXT:
The Golden Flyers have a home and home series against rival St. John Fisher next Friday and Saturday. Friday is set for 6 p.m. at Fisher, while puck drop Saturday is 7 p.m. at Station 31.
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