Box Score
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Nov. 4, 2017 – The Chatham University women's hockey squad fell 3-2 to visiting Neumann in the championship game of the Commonwealth Cup tournament on Saturday at Alpha Ice Complex.
RECORDS: The Cougars move to 1-1-0 on the year while the Knights improve to 2-1-1.
WHAT'S NEXT: Chatham will remain at home and host UCHC foe Utica on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 10-11, at Alpha Ice Complex.
SCORING SUMMARY: After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, the Cougars got on the board with just 50 seconds left as senior defender
Kasandra Petersen (Fairbaulit, Mich./Minnesota Blades) found the back of the net, thanks to an assist from sophomore defender
Cassandra Gray (Allen Park, Mich./Team Detroit).
Chatham enjoyed the lone goal in the second period as senior forward
Cassidy Colhoun (Kincardine, Ont./Saugeen-Mailland Lightning) took a feed from first-year defender
Allison Stathakis (Northville, Mich./Culver Academy) for the equalizer at with less than four minutes to play.
With the game deadlocked at 2-2, Neumann's Bek Lucas scored the game winner at 16:06 in the third. Lucas was named MVP of the Tournament.
SHOTS LEADERS: Both Colhoun and Petersen led the Chatham attack with six shots each.
GOALTENDING: Senior netminder
Sydney Isbell (Thunder Bay, Ont./Thunder Bay Queens) suffered the defeat, making 30 saves for Chatham, including 11 in the first period.
FACEOFFS: Colhoun won a game-high 18 draws for Chatham.
For more information on the Chatham women's hockey team, please visit gochathamcougars.com.
About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham University will be unveiling a renovated weight room on September 1
st 2017. Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 52 student athletes being selected to the 2016 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's lacrosse beginning play in 2017-2018 as well as women's squash, beginning in 2018-19. Chatham has added five men's sports competing this academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham added two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; ice hockey and lacrosse, as well as men's squash, starting in 2018-19.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit
www.gochathamcougars.com.
