Box Score ELMIRA, NY- Chatham goaltender Megan Buchanan (So., Ottawa, ONT/Rideau St. Lawrence) recorded 42 saves, but the Chatham University Ice Hockey team fell to ECAC-West opponent Elmira College 9-0 on Saturday. The Cougars fall to 1-11-0 (0-8-0 ECAC-West). The Nationally ranked Soaring Eagles improve to 15-1-1 (10-0-0 ECAC-West), holding their first place position in the ECAC-West Conference.

For the Cougar offense, Casey Morfeld (Jr., Union City, PA/San Jose Jr. Sharks) and Abby Maier (Sr., Cottage Grove, WI/Team Wisconsin) led with two shots, while Marie Soukup (Fr., Lake Bluff, IL/Lake Forest) , Erika Bronk (FY., Fairport, NY/Rochester Edge) , Julia Hunter (Sr., Oxford Station, Ontario/Toronto Rattlers) , Maike Blakely (Jr., Kearney, NE/Williston Northampton) , Katrina Hawkins (Fy., Powell River, BC/North Island Extreme ) , and Brittany Yoisten (So., Coldwater Ontario/Aurora Panthers) each contributed one shot.

Elmira earned their ninth shutout of the season as Soaring Eagle Lisa Marshall recorded ten saves.

The Cougars will return to action in a home match up against Cortland State on Saturday, January 19. Chatham will take the ice at 3:00 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).

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