Box Score PITTSBURGH, PA – Madison Alphin scored her first collegiate goal, but the Chatham University Ice Hockey team fell to visiting SUNY Canton 4-1 on Saturday. Canton (2-2-2) scored three times in the third period, which included an empty net goal, leading to the victory.

Alphin got Chatham (2-2-2) on the board at the 9:48 mark of the second period on a power play goal. Erika Bronk recorded her second assist of the season on the play.

Katrina Hawkins and Erika Martin led the Cougars with six shots apiece, while Casey Morfeld had five. Chatham out-shot Canton 38-22 for the game. Megan Buchanan allowed three goals while making 18 saves in net.

Chatham will return to action next weekend, November 23 and 24, when they host ECAC-West foe Oswego State at the Roy McKnight Hockey Center.

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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.