No. 11 Women's Hockey Completes Sweep Over RIT With 3-2 VictoryNo. 11 Women's Hockey Completes Sweep Over RIT With 3-2 Victory

No. 11 Women's Hockey Completes Sweep Over RIT With 3-2 Victory

Penn State's seventh series sweep of the season

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. –The No. 11 Penn State women’s ice hockey team (19-4-1, 10-0-0 AHA) defeated RIT (11-10-3, 4-5-1 AHA), 3-2 to conclude the series sweep on Saturday afternoon. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Lyndie Lobdell fired a shot from the blue line that hit the stick of Katelyn Roberts and fell into the net to put Penn State ahead 1-0 with 8:07 left in the first period.
  • Lobdell fed Tessa Janecke from the top right circle and Janecke sent the puck to Abby Stonehouse in the slot and she potted a goal to give the Nittany Lions a 2-0 lead with 13:49 left in the second frame.
  • Brianna Brooks dragged the puck through the RIT defenders in the offensive zone and shot a backhanded goal to put Penn State ahead 3-0 with 12:24 left in the second period.
  • While RIT was on the power-play, Kyla Bear sent a feed from the blue line to Brac Kelley in the bottom left circle and Kelley scored to narrow the Penn State lead to 3-1 with 6:37 left in the second frame.
  • Kailey Favro found the back of the net off a rebound by the goalie in the slot while on the power-play to cut the Penn State lead to 3-2, with 13:10 left in the third period. 

GOALTENDERS

  • Junior goalie Katie DeSa tallied 18 saves on the day. Her record improves to 16-4-0 on the year. 
  • RIT goalie Sarah Coe recorded 22 saves on 25 shots attempted. Her record drops to 6-6-1 on the year.

STATS AND NOTES

  • Janecke will surpass the all-time career point record with one more point, as she is currently tied with Natalie Heising at 137 points.
  • Lobdell needs just one more point to become the all-time points leader among defensemen at Penn State. Currently, she and Izzy Heminger are tied at 80 points.
  • The Nittany Lions outshot RIT 25-19.
  • Penn State captured their sixth straight win of the season. 
  • Brooks is on a three-game goal streak.
  • The Nittany Lions are a perfect 10-0 in Atlantic Hockey America play, the only team in the country to hold a perfect record in conference play this season.
  • Five Penn State players registered a point.
  • This is Penn State's seventh series sweep of the season. 

UP NEXT

  • Penn State returns to action on Friday, January 17 when they begin a two-game series against Syracuse. The puck drops at 6 p.m.