Women's Ice Hockey Drops Finale to Mercyhurst

Saturday, October 12

Erie, PA

2 pm

Sacred Heart

0-4-0

Mercyhurst

2-1-1

Team	1	2	3	F
Sacred Heart	0	0	0	0
Mercyhurst	1	5	3	9

Women's Ice Hockey Drops Finale to Mercyhurst

10/12/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

ERIE, Pa.- The Sacred Heart University Women's Ice Hockey team dropped the series finale to Mercyhurst this afternoon by a final score of 9-0. The Pioneers will return to action on Friday, Oct. 18 when the Pioneers begin NEWHA play at Saint Anselm. Puck-drop is set for 7:00 p.m.

First Period

The Pioneers would be outshot in the opening period 29-9 with Mercyhurst having 21 shots on goal while SHU was held to just six.
Sophomore goalie Frankie Sanchez would tally 20 saves in the period while just allowing one goal.
At 6:37 in the period, Mercyhurst would tally the first goal of the game off a shot by Sarah Nelles to give the Lakers a 1-0 lead.
Both sides would go 0-1 on power-play opportunities in the period.

Second Period

The Pioneers was outshot in the second period 24-9 while SHU tallied four shots on goal and Mercyhurst tallied 19.
The Lakers would tally five goals in the period first at 2:02 in the period off a shot by Maggie Knott while the team was short-handed to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead.
Goals for the Lakers followed as Megan Korzack (2:55), Alexa Vasko (2:55, 7:50) and Emma Nuutinen would tally the goals for Mercyhurst in the period to give the Lakers a 6-0 lead heading into the third period.

Third Period

SHU was outshot in the final period as the Pioneers took nine shots while Mercyhurst tallied 37.
Mercyhurst would tack on three more goals in the period as Korzack (7:04), Michelle Robillard (10:35) and Summer Rae-Dobson (16:34) each recorded a goal for the Lakers in the period.
SHU would be able to fire off four shots on goal but all were saved to give the Lakers the 9-0 shutout.