An early lead was enough to carry the eighth-ranked Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team to a second consecutive 3-1 victory over New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon.
Clarkson is back over .500 with a 4-3-1 record while New Hampshire drops to 1-7-0.
While on Saturday, the Wildcats scored early in the game, on Sunday the Golden Knights flipped the script with a goal only 55 seconds into the game. It was Jessica Gillham who scored, with the goal being her first of the season. Assistant captain Lauren Lefler and Cassidy Vinkle contributed the assists on the score.
At the 12:49, the Green and Gold doubled their lead. For the second consecutive game captain Savannah Harmon found the back of the net. Gillham and Vinkle both picked up their second points of the day with assists.
The Wildcats got a little hope back 5:17 into the second period when Jonna Curtis scored a power-play goal to cut Clarkson’s lead in half. However, just 25 seconds later, Clarkson’s lead was again two as Harmon bagged her second goal of the game. It was fellow captain Cayley Mercer and Loren Gabel who set up the goal with assists.
Clarkson closed out the game, allowing New Hampshire just eight shots in the third period to finish the 3-1 win.
Clarkson held a 44-26 edge in shots and are now 4-0-0 this season when outshooting opponents. The Golden Knights were 0-8 on the power-play while New Hampshire finished one of six. Shea Tiley played 47:16 in goal, making 20 saves. McKenzie Johnson played 11:48 and had five stops. Hillary Cashin had 41 saves for New Hampshire.
Clarkson will open up ECAC Hockey play next weekend when the Golden Knights host Harvard and Dartmouth.
