Box Score PITTSBURGH, PA – In their final home game of the season, the Chatham University Ice Hockey team fell to #1 Plattsburgh State 5-2 on Sunday. Chatham moves to 4-17-2 overall and 3-11-0 in ECAC-West play. The top-ranked Cardinals improve to 21-1-1 overall and 13-1-0 in the conference.

Today marked just the third time this season that Plattsburgh has allowed more than one goal in a game.

The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals from Bridget Balisy in the first period. At the 15:13 mark of the first, Brianna Rice found the back of the net to bring Chatham within one. Katrina Hawkins and Jenny Jones each recorded assists on Rice's goal.

Just 21 seconds into the second period, Hawkins rifled a shot from the blue line that got past Plattsburgh goaltender Cami Leonard to tie the game at two. Rice tallied the assist.

Plattsburgh scored two goals in the second period, and one more in the third, to win 5-2.

Hawkins and Rice each recorded two shots for Chatham. Plattsburgh out-shot Chatham 55-10 for the game. Megan Buchanan made 50 saves in net.

Chatham wraps up the regular season next weekend when they travel to SUNY Cortland. The teams will play Friday, February 21 at 7:00pm, and Saturday, February 22 at 2:00pm.

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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.