Box Score FOX CHAPEL, PA – Utica College scored two goals in the third period to thwart the Chatham upset bid Saturday night, as Utica won 4-3. The Pioneers, who are the leading vote-getter in the "Receiving Votes" category of the latest USCHO.com top-ten poll, move to 10-3-0 overall and 5-2-0 in ECAC-West play. Chatham falls to 3-9-2 overall and 2-5-0 in the ECAC-West.

Brianna Rice got the Cougars on the board first with a power play goal at the 7:48 mark of the first period. Katrina Hawkins and Erika Bronk were credited with the assists on the goal. Utica tied the game at one with 6:15 remaining in the first period, when Gabrielle Schnapp scored.

Schnapp gave Utica a 2-1 lead with her second goal of the game at the 8:10 mark of the second period. Bronk tied the game 12:51 into the second period with a breakaway goal. Just 1:22 later, Rice found the back of the net for a second time, with assists from Bronk and Hawkins.

Chatham held that 3-2 lead until the 10:29 mark of the third period, when Vanessa Maines scored. Utica's Megan Myers tallied the game-winner with 6:56 remaining in the game.

Kaitlyn Perrins led Chatham with four shots, while Bronk tallied three. Rice and Morgan Becer each recorded two shots. Utica out-shot Chatham for the game 32-14. In net, Megan Buchanan made 28 saves.

These two teams face off again tomorrow at 1:00pm.

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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.