Dimmen Delivers First Goal for Syracuse

Saturday, November 22

Detroit, MI

2:00 p.m.

Syracuse University

#11 Wayne State

Freshman blueliner Kelly Dimmen has been a stable force in the defensive zone for Syracuse. The Colorado Springs, Colo. native broke through on the offensive with her first powerplay tally for Syracuse on Saturday afternoon.

11/22/2008 6:44:27 PM | Ice Hockey

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DETROIT, Mich. – Freshman forward Janelle Malcolm (Edmonton, Alberta) put the Orange in position to claim its first conference game on Saturday afternoon, but Syracuse had its lead lifted early in the second period and Wayne State never looked back. Syracuse suffered its fourth straight conference loss at the City Sports Center, 5-2.

Freshman defenseman Kelly Dimmen (Colorado Springs, Colo.) notched her first career goal for Syracuse in powerplay fashion while freshman Jessica Frump (Saugus, Calif.) aided on SU's first goal for her second point of the season. Sophomore forward Rebecca Gordon (St. Catharines, Ontario) registered her second point of the season, third of the year, by setting up Malcolm on her fifth goal of the season along with Frump.

Sophomore co-captain Stefanie Marty (Nussbaumen, Switzerland) dished out her sixth assist of the season on Dimmen's extra-man marker. Marty is now second on the squad with six assists and 10 points.

Malcolm now has five goals on the season, six points altogether.

Junior netminder Lucy Schoedel (Ithaca, N.Y.) rebounded in game two of the Wayne State series with a huge first period by blocking 16 shots, 35 in all. Schoedel recorded her 350th save in SU's 13th game of the year. The third-year goaltender has logged 698:32, allowing 3.61 goals per game and stopping 89.3% of the shots she's faced.

Malcolm accounted for the first goal of the game at 13:22 of the first period for the early 1-0 advantage. Frump and Gordon engineered the scoring play.

Sophomore Keeta Koalska (Forest Lake, Minn.) was caught with the tripping call with 6:23 to go in the first frame, yielding a game-tying powerplay tally from Wayne State's Chelsea Burnett at 4:34.

Melissa Boal potted her 12th goal of the season just 13 seconds into the seconds of the period at 19:47. Jill Szandzik put one by Schoedel for her first goal of the season at 13:35 for WSU's second extra-man score.

Although Syracuse hung tough the rest of the game, Wayne State would not relinquish its lead. Sam Poyton knocked in the game-winner at 13:52 of the second period. Dimmen dunked the Orange powerplay goal past WSU's goaltender Delayne Brian to slice Syracuse's deficit to two goals, but just a minute into the third period, Alyssa Baldin tallied her third goal of the weekend at 18:59 to put the game out of SU's reach, 5-2.

Syracuse was outshot 40-12 in Saturday's showdown.

The Orange travels north of the border to Ottawa, Ontario for its first international affair on Thanksgiving weekend to take on Carleton University, Saturday, November 29, at 7 pm. Syracuse remains in the Great White North for a tilt against the University of Ottawa on Saturday, November 30, at 2 pm. Both contests are exhibition matches and will not count towards Syracuse's overall record.