Women's Ice Hockey Rides Six Game Win Streak With 2-1 Victory Over LIU

Saturday, January 25

Brooklyn, NY

8:20 pm

Sacred Heart

14-10-0, 11-2-0NEWHA

LIU

7-16-0, 7-7-0NEWHA

Sacred Heart

Long Island

Women's Ice Hockey Rides Six Game Win Streak With 2-1 Victory Over LIU

1/25/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

SYOSETT, N.Y.- The Sacred Heart University Women's Ice Hockey team sealed the two-game sweep of LIU this afternoon as the Pioneers defeated the Sharks by a final score of 2-1. SHU will return to action on Tuesday, January 28 when the Pioneers host Post. Puck-drop is set for 12:00 p.m.

First Period

Neither side would find the back of the net in the period as the Pioneers fired off 10 shots on goal while LIU tallied just seven.
The two teams were even in faceoff wins as SHU won 11 while LIU took 10.
Neither team had success on the power-play as SHU went 0-2 while LIU went 0-1.

Second Period

LIU outshot the Pioneers in the second period as the Sharks fired 10 shots on goal while SHU tallied just six.
The Pioneers were the team to jump on the board though as a goal by senior Victoria Grimmer pushed the Pioneers ahead 1-0 just 1:38 into the period.
After the Grimmer goal, the two sides skated to a standstill to keep the SHU lead at 1-0 heading into the third period.

Third Period

LIU came back early to even the score off a goal by Megan Bouveur just 3:48 into the period to tie the game up at 1-1.
SHU answered right back to take a 2-1 lead as senior Jayne Lewis fired off her 16^th goal of the year at 6:16 into the period to give SHU the eventual 2-1 victory.
In the win, sophomore goalie Frankie Sanchez tallied 28 saves on 29 shots faced and improves her record to 12-10 on the year.