Box Score HERSHEY, PA – Feb. 17, 2018 – Junior forward
Kristina Block (Scarborough, Maine/North Yarmouth Academy) and first-year forward
Sydney Collins (Wake Forest, N.C./Northwood Prep) scored for the Chatham University women's hockey team on Saturday as the Cougars defeated host Lebanon Valley 2-1.
RECORDS: Chatham improves to 6-14-2 (3-12-0 UCHC) while Lebanon Valley falls to 2-18-2 (1-13-1 UCHC).
WHAT'S NEXT: Both teams will conclude the weekend series and the regular season with a contest starting at 2 pm.
SCORING SUMMARY: After a scoreless first period, Block scored 17:51 into the second session, thanks to an assist by first-year defender
Danielle Bos (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Buffalo Bison), to give Chatham a 1-0 lead.
At 2:54 in the third, Collins found the back of the net, off helpers from Bos and Block. The Flying Dutchmen crept to within one, 2-1, with under four minutes remaining in the game.
GOALTENDING: Sophomore netminder
Devon Strachan (West Chester, Pa./Lawrenceville) tallied 17 saves in the victory.
SHOTS LEADER: Senior defender
Kasandra Petersen ripped off 12 shots to pace the Cougar attack.
FACEOFFS: Senior forward
Cassidy Colhoun (Kincardine, Ont./Saugeen-Mailland Lightning) won a game-high 20 draws.
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.
