SU Shuts Out Penn State in Second Straight Game, 6-0

Sunday, October 14

University Park, PA

2:00 p.m.

Syracuse University

2-2-0, 2-0-0CHA

Penn State

1-3-0, 0-2-0CHA

Syracuse

Penn State

Laurie Kingsbury scored two goals and notched one assist at Penn State.

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

SU Shuts Out Penn State in Second Straight Game, 6-0

10/14/2012 5:11:00 PM | Ice Hockey

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Syracuse ice hockey team completed its sweep of Penn State this afternoon, recording a 6-0 shutout at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion. It is the first time in program history that the Orange (2-2-0, 2-0-0 CHA) has shutout its opponent in both games of a weekend series. In her first start of the season, junior goaltender Kallie Billadeau notched 20 saves. It was the third shutout of her career and first this season.

"It was another solid defensive performance by our team today when we shut down Penn State's offense for the second consecutive game," said head coach Paul Flanagan. "They played us very tight until part way through the second period. Once we scored the second goal, Penn State seemed to get back on their heels a bit but we took over scoring four goals in the third period. It was a nice shutout for Billadeau and it was great to see the contributions of the freshmen class."

Redshirt freshman Laurie Kingsbury had a career day, scoring two goals and notching one assist. Kingsbury has recorded at least one point in every game so far for the Orange and has a total of three goals and three assists in the first four games.

Kingsbury opened up the Orange's offensive attack with four minutes left in the first period, notching an unassisted goal.

The Orange took advantage of a Nittany Lion penalty in the second period when freshman forward Melissa Piacentini scored her second goal of the season at 13:32 off of assists from Akane Hosoyamada and Kingsbury. Piacentini is now on a three-game point scoring streak (2g, 1a).

After being fed the puck, from sophomore forward Nicole Ferrara, junior defenseman Brittney Krebs found junior forward Margot Scharfe who then netted her first goal of the season, 3:52 into the third period, extending the lead to 3-0.

Just less than three minutes later, senior forward Holly Carrie-Mattimoe scored a power-play tally on assists from defensemen junior Caitlin Roach and freshman Nicole Renault. The assist was the first point of Renault's career.

Scharfe scored her second goal of the afternoon at 9:52 in the third to put the score at 5-0. Both Ferrara and Carrie-Mattimoe were credited with the assists. It was Scharfe's second game in a row scoring two points. The Toronto, Ontario native scored two goals and had two assists against Penn State between the two games.

Kingsbury wrapped up the offensive outburst with 1:16 left in the game when she scored another unassisted goal, giving the Orange the 6-0 victory.

SU held a 44-20 shot advantage against the Nittany Lions and went 2-for-5 on its power play opportunities. The penalty killing unit was successful again, holding PSU to 0-for-3 on its power plays. SU didn't allow the Nittany Lions to score on its power play opportunities last night either, holding them to 0-for-6.

Penn State's goaltender Celine Whitlinger totaled 38 saves in the game while Shannon Yoxheimer led the Nittany Lion's offense with 10 shots.

The Orange is back in Syracuse next weekend when it hosts Quinnipiac on Friday, Oct. 19th (4 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 20th (2 p.m.).

Orange Slices: SU denied its opponent from scoring a goal in both games of a weekend series for the first time in program history... The Orange outscored PSU 10-0 in both games... Syracuse's penalty killing unit held PSU to 0-for-9 on its power play opportunities over the weekend... SU went 2-for-10 on its power play opportunities in the two games... Goaltender Kallie Billadeau recorded 20 saves in her first start of the season... It was the third shutout of her career... Laurie Kingsbury extended her point-streak to four games, recording two goals and one assist at Penn State... Melissa Piacentini has registered a point in three-straight games (2g, 1a)... Caitlin Roach, Nicole Ferrara, Carrie-Mattimoe and Margot Scharfe each notched at least one point in each game of the weekend series at PSU... Piacentini's tally was the first powerplay goal that SU scored since Carrie-Mattimoe's against New Hampshire