Box Score CORTLAND, NY – Jenny Jones brought Chatham within one with under a minute to play, but the Cougars could not complete the comeback in a 2-1 loss to SUNY Cortland on Friday.  Chatham moves to 4-18-2 overall and 3-12-0 in ECAC-West play.  Cortland improves to 3-19-2 overall and 2-12-1 in the conference.
 
With one game to play in the regular season, Chatham needs a win or tie tomorrow, plus help in one other conference game, to make their first playoff appearance in program history.
 
With Cortland leading 2-0, and an extra attacker on the ice for Chatham, Jones scored with 33 seconds remaining in the third period to make the score 2-1.  Erika Bronk and Katrina Hawkins recorded assists on the goal.  Keeping the extra attacker on, the Cougars were unable to tie the game in the final seconds.
 
Hawkins led Chatham with five shots, while Morgan Becer tallied four.  Brianna Rice and Brittany Yoisten each recorded three shots.  Megan Buchanan made 30 saves in net.
 
These two teams face-off again tomorrow, 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.