Box Score BUFFALO, NY – Brianna Rice scored her second and third goals of the season, leading the Chatham University Ice Hockey team to a convincing 3-0 victory over Buffalo State University in the Cougars' ECAC-West opener.  Chatham is now 1-1-1 on the season and 1-0 in the ECAC-West.  This was Buffalo State's first game of the season.
 
The 3-0 win marks the first shutout against an NCAA program since a 2-0 win over Oswego on January 23, 2010.
 
Rice got the scoring started 1:23 into the second period, as she found the net off a Jenny Jones assist.  With 2:50 remaining in the period, Rice scored on a power play goal with assists from Erika Bronk and Madison Alphin.  Bronk then scored her first goal of the season at the 4:18 mark of the third period to give the Cougars a 3-0 advantage.
 
Tara Treloar, making her second collegiate start in net, saved all 23 shots she faced.  Rice led Chatham with eight shots, while Casey Morfeld tallied six and Bronk had five.  Chatham out-shot Buffalo State 40-23 for the game.  Ten players recorded at least two shots for the Cougars.
 
These two teams play again tomorrow, November 9, at 2:00pm in Buffalo.
 
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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.