Women's Hockey Blanks Syracuse 5-0 in Series FinaleWomen's Hockey Blanks Syracuse 5-0 in Series Finale

Women's Hockey Blanks Syracuse 5-0 in Series Finale

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State women's ice hockey team made a comeback with a 5-0 shutout win against Syracuse on Saturday afternoon in the series finale.  

HOW IT HAPPENED 

  • Senior Lyndie Lobdell scored the first goal of the game 5:39 into the second period with an assist from Alva Johnsson. This is her seventh goal of the season. 
  • The second goal of the game came off the stick of Johnsson with an assist from Brianna Brooks with only 5:37 left in the second period. This is Johnsson's third goal this season.
  • The Nittany Lions turned the heat up in the second period by scoring a third goal by Tessa Janecke with only 4:29 left. This was a power-play goal with assists from Kendall Butze and Katelyn Roberts
  • In the third period, Mya Vaslet scored goal number four for Penn State on the power play with assists from Roberts and Butze 12:59 into the period. 
  • With only 1:43 left in the third period, Butze scored her third goal of the season with an assist from Brooks, pushing Penn State to 5-0 for the game. 

GOALTENDERS 

  • Sophomore Katie DeSa started for the Nittany Lions and had a total of 12 saves allowing for her first shutout win of her career. 
  • Allie Kelley stood in goal for the Orange and had 48 saves, making her save percentage 0.906. 

STATS AND NOTES 

  • Sophomore Tessa Janecke scored her tenth goal of the season. 
  • The Nittany Lions had a total of 53 shots on goal while Syracuse only had 12. 
  • Penn State has won three out of the four matchups against Syracuse this season. 
  • Katie DeSa recorded her first career shutout win. 

UP NEXT 

Penn State will host Lindenwood in Pegula Ice Arena on Friday, Jan. 26, with the puck drop set for 2 p.m.  

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