Abby Runyon
‘13 (Fairport,
N.Y. /Fairport HS
(Buffalo Bisons))
and
Stephanie Miguel ‘11
(Maple,
Ontario /St. Robert
Catholic HS (Toronto
Aeros)) each
scored two goals to
lead Hamilton
College to a 5-2 win
over SUNY Oswego in
a non-conference
game at Oswego's
Campus Center Ice
Arena on Feb. 10.
Miguel also added
one assist for the
Continentals (9-8-3
overall). She leads
the team with 16
assists and 24
points.
Christie Sharlow ‘11
(Potsdam,
N.Y. /Brewster
Academy) scored
one goal and
assisted on two
others.
Katie Zimmerman ‘13
(Plymouth,
Mich.
/Plymouth-Salem HS
(Victory Honda))
tallied three
assists, and
Becca Hazlett ‘13 (Grosse
Pointe Park, Mich.
/Taft School)
stopped 24 shots.
Hazlett is ranked
sixth in NCAA
Division III with a
.939 save
percentage.
Runyon started the
scoring for Hamilton
with a power-play
goal 5 minutes, 1
second into the
first period. SUNY
Oswego was whistled
for a hooking
penalty at 4:48. On
the ensuing faceoff,
Runyon scored on a
rebound from left of
the net after a shot
by Amy Allen
‘10 (Bright's
Grove, Ontario
/Loomis Chaffee
School)
from the
blue line. Sharlow
also earned an
assist.
Runyon added her
second goal of the
game and fifth of
the season on
another power play.
The goal came after
a scramble in front
of the net at 10:44
in the second.
Miguel and Zimmerman
were credited with
the assists.
SUNY Oswego (7-13-1)
scored a power-play
goal of its own
15:57 into the
second to make the
score 2-1. The
Continentals then
took control with
three goals in the
third period.
Miguel put Hamilton
up 3-1 at 7:13 of
the third after she
received a pass from
Meredith
Bitterman ‘12 (Villanova,
Pa. /Loomis Chaffee
School)
and placed
a shot through the
goalie's legs. After
one of the Lakers
was sent to the
penalty box for
interference,
Hamilton capitalized
with the
extra-skater for a
third time as Miguel
scored her eighth
goal of the season
at 11:25. Sharlow
and Zimmerman earned
the assists.
SUNY Oswego made the
score 4-2 with 1:18
left. The Lakers
then called a
timeout and pulled
their goalie for an
extra skater. But
with just two
seconds left,
Zimmerman sent the
puck ahead to
Sharlow, who scored
her fifth goal on an
empty-net goal to
seal the win.
The Continentals
were 3-for-5 on the
power play, while
the Lakers were
1-for-4. Oswego
held a slight 26-24
advantage in shots
on goal.
Hamilton will play a
NESCAC game at
Connecticut College
on Friday, Feb. 12.
