Ice hockey stays in second place in conference with two-game split at Niagara
Ice Hockey
The Syracuse ice hockey team split a pair of games at Niagara over the weekend to retain sole possession of second place in the College Hockey America, with four conference games remaining on its schedule.
Friday night the Purple Eagles (10-12-4, 5-5-2 CHA) scored first, but Orange freshman forward Holly Carrie-Mattimoe responded with her eighth goal of the season on a power play with just two seconds left in the first period. A Niagara tally midway through the second, however, proved to be the game-winner as SU lost, 2-1.
The Orange (16-13-1, 7-5-0 CHA) fell behind early again Saturday afternoon, in a game broadcast regionally by Time Warner Cable Sports.
Trailing 1-0, junior forward Julie Rising registered her team-best 14th goal of the year to knot things up 8:05 into the second period. Then, Isabel Menard – second in the nation among freshmen in points – gave Syracuse its first lead of the series with 2:28 to play in the second.
SU would hold on for the 2-1 victory, despite being outshot 32-18. Senior goaltender Lucy Schoedel made 31 saves for the Orange, which remains two points ahead of the Purple Eagles in the standings.
Syracuse hosts Robert Morris – last in the conference (7-20-1, 0-9-1 CHA) – for its final two home games next weekend.
Track and Field
In the second of this season’s two home meets, Annabelle Pellerin, Melissa Romero and Uhunoma Osazuwa finished in the top three spots in the high jump at the SU Invitational Friday and Saturday. Each passed the Big East qualifying mark of 1.68m.
Also for the women, junior Leah Testa finished first in the pole vault with a mark of 3.60 m. Freshman Tara Brenner finished ninth.
Sophomore Ieva Staponkute and freshman Aubree Mercure represented the Orange in the triple jump, placing second and fourth, respectively.
Sarah Pagano earned the 3,000-meter crown, finishing with a time of 9:57.00. Fellow freshman Christine Zivica placed first in the 800-meter run.
For the men, senior Bernard Bush won the long jump with a jump of 7.01m. In the triple jump, Bush placed seventh. Zach Rivers was crowned the champion in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:35.14.Roman Acosta took second in the 3,000-meter run. Jeff Scull, Steve Murdock and Greg Manning-Smith placed second, third and fourth, respectively, in the mile run.
The Orange will return to the track next Friday at the Binghamton Triangular, hosted by Binghamton University.
– Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports staff
