CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Oswego women’s ice hockey team scored on its first shot early in the first period and added a late power-play goal in the third period to earn a 2-0 victory against Cortland Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena in ECAC West action.
For the Red Dragons (2-17-2, 1-10-1 ECAC West), freshman goalie Kelly Farinella (Marlton, NJ/New Jersey Rockets) matched her season high with 39 saves. Sophomore goalie Tori Trovato (Fulton/Troy-Albany Ice Cats) stopped 15 shots for the Lakers (14-6-1, 8-3-1) to record her second shutout of the weekend.
Senior Melissa Seamont (North Bay, ON/Sudbury Lady Wolves) led Oswego with a goal and an assist. Senior Emma Smetaniuk (Frankford, ON/SUNY Potsdam) scored a goal, and seniors Olivia Boersen (Stratford, ON/Waterloo K-W Rangers), Chelsea Hunt (Brockport/Buffalo Bison) and Leslie Jarvis (Newmarket, ON/Aurora Panthers) each recorded an assist.
Smetaniuk scored what proved to be the winning goal at one minute, six seconds of the opening period with a wrist shot through traffic from the right circle. After a scoreless second period, the Red Dragons had a two-player advantage on the power play for 1:15 early in the third period but could not capitalize.
With just over two minutes to play, Cortland took a penalty and Seamont netted the insurance goal on a deflection at the 19:07 mark. With 42 seconds remaining in regulation, multiple penalties were assessed after a pileup in front of Oswego’s goal giving the Lakers a final power play, which did not allow Cortland to pull Farinella for an extra skater.
