SU Women’s Hockey falls 2-1 in hard-fought home battle
Women’s Hockey falls 2-1 in home battle
Syracuse comes up just short despite a strong defensive effort and late-game push.
The Orange coughed up the lead in the third period of a 2-1 loss to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers. Syracuse was outshot 29-15 and gave up two power-play goals on four attempts in the loss to Rensselaer.
The Orange were outshot 14-5 in the opening frame, but Syracuse shined on special teams. Cuse went on the penalty kill after Tatum White was sent to the box for hooking with 6:49 gone by in the first frame. Syracuse was successful on the PK, and the team’s best penalty killer was their goaltender, Allie Kelley.
The Orange went on the power play after Engineers forward Nyah Phillip was assessed a two-minute minor for tripping.
Sophomore Jackson Kinsler made Rensselaer pay, scoring a power-play goal with 16:04 in the first period. Kinsler beat RPI goaltender Maelee Ambrass’s glove side off a perfectly executed toe-drag release shot.
The Orange started the 2nd period on the penalty kill after Sophomore Nea Tervonen was sent to the box for boarding in the final minute of the period. Syracuse successfully killed off the two-minute minor but was unable to capitalize on a power play of their own after RPI forward Nina Cristoff was called for roughing.
The Orange and the Engineers had six shots apiece in a scoreless second period. RPI was 0/2 on the power play after two periods.
Aylah Cioffi scored a power-play goal to break the shutout and tie the game with 3:18 gone by in the third period. Cioffi sniped stick high from the point on a shot through traffic that beat Kelley. Syracuse’s late game penalty woes were just beginning, as Freshman Peyton Armstrong was called for tripping past the midway point of the frame.
Ellie Kaiser scored a power-play goal, the Engineers second of the period, to take a 2-1 lead with 13:06 gone by. In the end, the Engineers withheld any last-second attempts made by the Cuse, coming out victorious at the end.
Freshman Bryn Saarela had four shot attempts and two shots on goal after Kelley was pulled. Ambrass came up clutch for RPI with two big saves, including one with just under a second remaining in regulation.
