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PITTSBURGH, PA- Four different players scored a goal as the Chatham University Ice Hockey team earned their third win of the season, defeating California (PA) University 5-0 on Saturday night. The Cougars outshot the Vulcans 48-14 as goaltender Kaitlynn Smith (Jr., Hamden, CT/Hamden) captured her first career shutout. Chatham improves to 3-8-0 on the season, while the Vulcans fall to 6-2-0.

Morgan Becer (Jr., Latrobe, PA/Team Pittsburgh) got the Cougars on the board first early in the second period with a goal assisted by Maike Blakely (Jr., Kearney, NE/Williston Northampton) . Katrina Hawkins (Fy., Powell River, BC/North Island Extreme ) led the Cougars with two goals both assisted by Katherine Perrine (Fy., Menominee, MI/Wyoming Seminary) . Marie Soukup (FY, Lake Bluff, IL/Team Illinois U19) recorded one goal assisted by Hawkins and Clare Zupan (So., Lenexa, KS/Rocky Mountain Lynx) . Blakely finished the game in scoring with her first career goal late in the third period.

Next up, Chatham is on the road against Penn State University on Friday, January 4. The Cougars take the ice at 7:00 pm.

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Chatham University, founded in 1869, is located in the vibrant Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Preparing students from around the world, Chatham's enrollment throughout the past decade was the fastest growing in the Pittsburgh region.

Consisting of a historic, undergraduate women's college and graduate and online programs for both men and women, Chatham has consistently been ranked among the top master's level institutions in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Offering challenging academics and innovative programming in the fields of sustainability and the environment, the health sciences, and business & entrepreneurship, a Chatham education is designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's economy, today.

Chatham has also demonstrated institutional commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2025 as a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, has been named to The Princeton Review's 2013 Green Honor Roll as one of the most environmentally responsible universities in the U.S. and Canada, received a STARS Gold Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and is the alma mater of environmental icon and Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson (class of '29).

For more information, call 800-837-1290 or visit www.chatham.edu.