Hamilton College vs Utica
College
Stephanie Miguel ‘11 (Maple,
Ontario /St. Robert Catholic HS
(Toronto Aeros)) scored one
goal and assisted on two others
in Hamilton College’s 4-2 win
over visiting Utica College in a
non-conference game played at
Russell Sage Rink on Jan. 26.
Miguel leads Hamilton with 12
assists and 18 points.
Amy Allen '10 (Bright's
Grove, Ontario /Loomis Chaffee
School) , Christie
Sharlow '11 (Potsdam,
N.Y. /Brewster Academy)
and Meredith
Bitterman '12 (Villanova,
Pa. /Loomis Chaffee School)
all chipped in one goal and one
assist apiece. Allen leads the
team with seven goals.
Becca Hazlett '13 (Grosse
Pointe Park, Mich. /Taft School)
made 25 saves, including 13 in
the third period. She entered
the night ranked fourth in NCAA
Division III with a .943 save
percentage.
Allen capitalized on a power
play to score her seventh goal
of the season, and put the
Continentals (6-7-3 overall) up
by one 13 minutes, 46 seconds
into the first period. Utica
(9-8-2) tied the score at one s
the teams skated 3-on-3 at 3:44
of the second period.
With
4:19 remaining in the second
period during a 4-on-4
situation, Miguel took back the
lead for the Continentals off
assists from Rachel
Rapoza ‘10
(Barrington, R.I. /Pomfret
School) and Bitterman. The
goal was Miguel’s sixth this
season. Bitterman scored
her first goal of the season on
a Continental power play 1
minute, 51 seconds later.
Julia Beaty ‘13 (Cambridge,
Mass. /Buckingham Browne &
Nichols School) and
Laura DiCarlo '12 (Chicopee,
Mass. /Williston-Northampton
School) were credited with
assists. With only 24 seconds
left in the second period, Utica
rallied to cut the deficit to
one.
Sharlow closed the scoring with
her third goal on yet another
power-play chance for Hamilton
with 4:44 remaining. Utica tried
to rally late after the
Continentals were whistled for
two penalties. The first one was
called with 3:29 left and the
second came just 17 seconds
after. The Pioneers pulled their
goalie nine seconds later and
were skating 6-on-3 for one
minute, but couldn't pull
closer. One shot hit the
crossbar and Hazlett made a
couple nice saves to keep the
two-goal lead intact. Utica also
had an empty net for the final
1:25, but Hazlett was solid in
goal.
The
Continentals were 3-for-7 on the
power play, while the Pioneers
were 0-for-6. Hamilton enjoyed a
36-27 advantage in shots on
goal.
Hamilton will play again on Feb.
2 in a non-conference game at
SUNY Potsdam.
