MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The Syracuse women’s ice hockey team (6-12-2, 5-4-1) snapped a five-game skid with a 4-2 win over No. 9 Robert Morris (12-4-3, 6-1-2) Saturday night, to split the weekend series with the Colonials. Senior Stephanie Grossi tallied two for the Orange, both scores coming on the power play.
“Today was an important win for us,” said head coach Paul Flanagan. “We played a solid 60 minutes and received contributions from everyone. Edith made some big saves in her first collegiate contest for the win.”
HOW IT WAS DECIDED
Freshman Jessica DiGirolamo opened up scoring for the Orange, receiving a pass from Brooke Avery from behind the net and placing the puck top-shelf on the Robert Morris netminder.
The Colonials tied it up five minutes into the second period, sneaking the puck past freshman goalie Edith D’Astous-Moreau, who earned her first collegiate start against Robert Morris.
Grossi tallied her first goal of the night late in the second period, sniping a wrister into the top left corner to put the Orange ahead 2-1 heading into the second intermission. Robert Morris tied the game up yet again with a power-play score in the early minutes of the third period.
Fittingly, it was the senior Grossi who tallied the game-winner, picking up a rebound from a shot by Lindsay Eastwood and burying the puck in the back of the net. Avery notched an empty goal for the Orange as time expired in the third to give Syracuse the 4-2 victory.
OF NOTE
D’Astous-Moreau made her first collegiate start for the Orange on Saturday, making 24 stops in net and allowing just two goals in the game. The Quebec native is the first freshman to start in goal for Syracuse since the 2010-11 season when freshmen Jenesica Drinkwater and Kallie Billadeau each made appearances between the pipes for the Orange.
Saturday’s two-goal effort by Grossi marks the second game in a row that an Orange player has scored two goals as Alysha Burriss did so in game one against Robert Morris. This is Grossi’s second two-score outing this season, the first coming against Penn State on Nov. 10.
Grossi now ranks tied for third in Syracuse program for multi-point games with 23 in her collegiate career. She is four multi-point games off leader Melissa Piacentini (27).
