Box Score Canton, NY. – (1/10/2015) – The Chatham University hockey team beat SUNY Canton this afternoon. The Cougars topped the Kangaroos 6-3, in a game that not only saw the teams second hat trick of the season, but also extended the teams win streak to three games, raising their record to 7-6 on the season.
 
First year forward Cassidy Colhoun (Kincordine, ON) found the net twice in the first period, at (05:33) and (17:19), giving Chatham a 2-1 lead going into the second period. First year defender Kasandra Petersen assisted on the first goal, while junior forward Marie Soukup assisted on Colhoun's second goal.
 
The second period would see sophomore forward Erika Martin (Fairbanks, AK) score her eighth goal of the season at (05:48) assisted by junior forward Erika Bronk and Colhoun. At (15:11) sophomore defender Karlee Kaufman (Mars, Pa) scored her first goal of the season, while Petersen netted her second assist of the day on the Kaufman goal.
 
Colhoun earned her first hat trick of the season, scoring an unassisted goal at (05:11). After back to back SUNY goals made the score 5-3 Chatham, sophomore forward McKenzie Haskins (Anchorage, AK) put the game away with 12 seconds remaining in regulation time. Junior forward Katrina Hawkins and first year defender Lyndsey Galloway assisted on the final goal of the game.
 
First year goaltender Sydney Isbell (Thunder Bay, ON) gave up three goals after facing 23 shots on the day. The Cougar power play took four shots on four opportunities.
 
Chatham will return to conference play when they visit Oswego State on Friday January 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The Cougars next game begins a twelve game ECAC-W stretch of play.
 
 
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Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the President's Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers eight Division III women's sports and six men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as the women's basketball team's second-highest team GPA across all Division III athletic programs in 2014, and the swimming & diving squad's GPA ranking in the top 50.
 
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add six new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball.