Friday, October 17
Hamden, CT
5:00 p.m.
Syracuse University
2
at
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Quinnipiac
Sophomore forwards Cheyenne Bojeski and Stefanie Marty lit the lamp for the first time wearing Orange. Syracuse faces off against Quinnipiac on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m.
10/17/2008 8:24:34 PM | Ice Hockey
HAMDEN, CONN. – Sophomores Stefanie Marty (Nussbaumen, Switzerland) and Cheyenne Bojeski (Hamilton, Ontario) found the back of the net for the first time wearing an Orange sweater as the Syracuse ice hockey team lost at Quinnipiac on Friday night by a 4-2 total. Freshman forward Lisa Mullan (Victoria, British Columbia) broke through on the offensive front in Friday's tilt, registering her team-high third and fourth assists at the TD Banknorth Center.
Marty, Syracuse's co-captain, attempted a team-high four shots to set the tone for the Orange offense as she scored her first goal for SU in the second period by way of a top shelf blast. Mullan was credited with the assist.
Marty and Mullan are the first members of the Orange ice hockey team to have recorded points in two consecutive contests. Both Marty and Mullan received an assist against Robert Morris last Saturday.
Bojeski's first Orange marker came in the last minute of the second period off of her own ricochet. The SU winger hurled the puck past Quinnipiac goalkeeper Nanna Holm-Glass as the disc hovered around the crease. Mullan earned her fourth assist of the season on the Orange's second goal while SU's other co-captain, sophomore Julie Rising (Millbrae, Calif.), was awarded the other assist. Rising, who has attempted the second most shots for Syracuse through six games (14), posted her first point for SU.
Junior netminder Lucy Schoedel (Ithaca, N.Y.) earned her sixth consecutive start, surrendering four goals on 23 Bobcats' attempts. Schoedel has blocked 170 total shots, allowing a cumulative 3.72 goals per game.
At 13:42 of the first period, Quinnipiac benefited from a two-man advantage to take the early 1-0 lead. Senior blue-liner Rachel Tilford (Birch Hills, Saskatchewan) was penalized for a tripping call at 12:34 followed by a checking infraction from freshman Megan Skelly (Taber, Alberta) 11 second later. QU's Elyse Cole beat Schoedel for the early lead.
Quinnipiac opened up the second period with a Breena Burton tally just 59 second into the session to pad its advantage, 2-0.
Syracuse cut the deficit in half, 2-1, when Mullan fed Marty the puck at 5:07 of the second frame for Syracuse's first goal of the contest.
About a minute later, Elyse Cole counteracted the Orange tally at 6:19 of the second period on her second power-play goal to retain Quinnipiac's two-goal lead, 3-1. Rising was whistled for tripping around the six-minute mark to initiate the Bobcats' extra-man advantage.
With 27 second remaining in the second stanza, Bojeski gave the Orange a confidence boost heading into the intermission. Bojeski flicked the puck past QU's goaltender to keep Syracuse within striking distance, 3-2. Mullan and Rising were granted the assists on SU's final marker of the evening.
Quinnipiac's Stacey Kmill finished off the scoring for the night, beating Schoedel at 11:10 of the final period for the 4-2 victory.
Bojeski fired three shots on net while sophomore Rebecca Gordon (St. Catharines, Ontario), junior Gabrielle Beaudry (Cortland, N.Y.) and Mullan each took two shots apiece.
Marty continued her trend of dominating the faceoff circle for Syracuse, coming away with 11 draws. She has led the Orange in all six contests in faceoff victories. Marty has won 68-of-128 (.531) scrums this season.
Syracuse returns to the TD Banknorth Center on Saturday afternoon for the second installment of the weekend series against Quinnipiac. The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. puck drop.
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