Box Score ASTON, PA. – Jan. 26, 2018 – Senior defender
Kasandra Petersen (Faribault, Minn./Minnesota Blades) became the all-time leader in points and assists in Chatham University women's hockey program history on Friday evening but the Cougars fell at Neumann 5-2 in UCHC action.
RECORDS: Chatham falls to 3-13-2 (0-11-0 UCHC) while Neumann improves to 10-5-2 (8-2-1 UCHC).
WHAT'S NEXT: Both teams will conclude the weekend series tomorrow at 2 pm. The Cougars will then host King's on Feb. 2-3 at Alpha Ice Complex.
SCORING SUMMARY: Following a Neumann goal at 13:43 in the first, sophomore forward
Holly Ackerman (East Rockaway, N.Y./Brewster Academy) tied the game up at 1-1 less than a minute later, thanks to assists by Petersen and first-year forward
Dahea Chung (Centreville, Va./Reston Raiders).
For Petersen, she now has 21 career goals and 31 career assists for 52 points, breaking
Erika Bronk's mark of 51 points and
Erika Martin's record of 30 helpers to be the leader in both categories.
The Knights scored once more in the first to go ahead 2-1 and early in the second period to take a 3-1 edge. With five minutes left in the second session, junior forward
Kirajean Frost (Harvard, Mass./Boston Shamrocks) found the back of the net, thanks to an assist from junior forward
Kristina Block (Scarborough, Maine/North Yarmouth Academy), to move the Cougars within one, 3-2. However, Neumann went on to score twice more to wrap up the contest.
GOALTENDING: Sophomore
Devon Strachan (West Chester, Pa./Lawerenceville) suffered the defeat, making 29 stops in net.
SHOTS LEADER: Frost and first-year forward
Sydney Collins (Wake Forest, N.C./Northwood Prep) led the Chatham attack with four shots.
FACEOFFS: Frost collected 16 draws for the Cougars.
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 unveiled a renovated weight room on Sept. 1, 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, hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's lacrosse beginning play in 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; 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.
