GENEVA, N.Y. – The William Smith College ice hockey team dropped a non-conference game to Division II Franklin Pierce at The Cooler this afternoon. The Ravens got goals from four different players in the victory.
The Herons and Ravens played a scoreless first period. Both teams had scoring opportunities in the middle portion of the period. At the 8:30 mark of the first period, Marisa Ketterman danced around the Heron defense and wristed a shot into William Smith goalie, Laurel Brown’s pads. The rebound bounced to Rebecca Begley who raced down the length of the ice and fired a shot on goal. Noelle White came up with a key stop on the scoring attempt. Thirty seconds later,Morgan Bayreuther also had a great scoring opportunity turned aside. She fired a shot from just below the hashmarks and White covered up the loose puck.
Franklin Pierce (8-4-2) opened the scoring at 5:11 of the second period. Michelle Holmes redirected a shot past Brown from just inside the left post. Holmes’ power-play goal was assisted by Alex Brolsma. Ten minutes later, the Ravens struck again on the power play. Bryana Harron redirected a shot from the right post as she was falling to the ice. Karsyn Baker fired the initial pass from the left faceoff circle and notched an assist on the goal.
A minute and a half into the third period, Karsyn Baker added a goal of her own. She sliced through the Heron defense and wristed a shot low blocker side on Brown and into the back of the net. The Ravens finished the scoring at 8:39 of the period when Michelle Stock fired a shot from the point that trickled through Brown’s pads and into the goal.
William Smith (4-6-2) had its chances down the stretch but could not beat White who made 28 saves in the shutout. Sophomore Catherine Linehan, Bayreuther, Begley and sophomore Rachel McKay had golden scoring opportunities turned aside by White.
Brown made 40 stops in her first collegiate start for the Herons.
The Ravens outshot William Smith 44-28. Franklin Pierce was 2-2 with the extra skater while the Herons could not find the back of the net on their opportunities.
