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Sports

Women’s ice hockey skates to defeat

By Danielle Young
Posted on Nov. 05, 2007, at 12:00 a.m.
Senior starter Pam Patterson lays a Clarkson player up against the glass during Saturday's matchup. The women lost to the Knights 1-0.
Andrew Prindle
Senior starter Pam Patterson lays a Clarkson player up against the glass during Saturday's matchup. The women lost to the Knights 1-0.
A shot from the second period.
Andrew Prindle
A shot from the second period.

At home this past weekend, the University of Maine women’s ice hockey team dropped a pair of games to Clarkson University. The Black Bears record fell to 1-8-1 overall, while Clarkson improved to 7-2-1.

On Friday night, Maine goaltender Genevieve Turgeon had her hands full. The goaltender experienced a lot of pressure from the Clarkson offense and made 49 saves on the day. In the first period, Clarkson outshot Maine 19-3, but the period ended with no score by either team.

In the second period, Clarkson got on the board when Britney Selina scored on a rebound off a Genevieve Lavoie shot at 00:54 into the period. That would be the only goal in the second period. The Clarkson Golden Knights outshot Maine 17-6 in the period.

The third period would see the Golden Knights take a 2-0 lead. Selina scored her second goal of the game after taking another rebound, this time off a Melissa Waldie shot and putting it into the net. Maine could not get any offense going in the game and wound up getting shutout by Clarkson 2-0.

Golden Knights’ goaltender Eve Grandmont-Berube made just 12 saves on the day. Maine went 0-for-1 on the power play while Clarkson went 0-for-8.

In the second game of the series, Maine lost a tough game to Clarkson. The only score of the game came during the first period. Britney Selina scored her third goal of the weekend while Clarkson was 6-on-4 after they pulled their goalie on a delayed penalty during their power play.

The second period saw Maine beginning to come alive and gaining some momentum, outshooting Clarkson 7-4. But the Golden Knights would hold on in the third period to take the victory 1-0. Maine goaltender Sarah Bishop totaled 22 saves, while Clarkson goaltender Lauren Dahm made 16 saves in the shutout.

“To my teammate’s credit, we skated hard to the end of each game,” Bishop said after the game. “We have too much offensive talent on this team to not be scoring goals.”

The Black Bears look to rebound after their pair of losses this weekend. They will host a series of games next weekend against Robert Morris at 2 p.m. on Friday and at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Alfond Arena.

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