Orange Slide Past Engineers Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, February 1

Syracuse, NY

3 PM

Syracuse University

9-16-1, 7-4-1CHA

RPI

0-27-1, 0-16-0 ecac

RPI

Syracuse

2/1/2020 7:17:00 PM | Ice Hockey

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse ice hockey worked its magic Saturday afternoon to roll past non-conferene opponent RPI at Tennity Ice Pavilion. The 5-1 victory featured goals from Anna Leschyshyn, Lauren Bellefontaine, Abby Moloughney, Emma Polaski, and Kelli Rowswell. Jessica DiGirolamo and Rowswell both reached the 50-point mark of their careers in the victory, and senior goaltender Ady Cohen recorded her 10th career victory.

"They're a good, smart team that's played some tough opponents and we knew we needed to score multiple goals to get past them," head coach Paul Flanagan said. "This win was important for our kids to get their confidence up, and it gave us some opportunities to try new things out on the ice. As we go into this next week and get ready for RIT, hopefully our kids are feeling good about themselves and have a good, productive week."

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Orange came out firing in the first period, with the first goal of the game coming from Leschyshyn midway through the first on a back-handed low-to-high assist from DiGirolamo. Syracuse got off 15 shots to RPI's three In the first period.

The Orange kept the pressure on throughout the second period and added three more goals. Cohen started things off with a huge save on a breakaway to keep 'Cuse ahead 1-0. Bellefontaine lit the lamp three minutes in thanks to a pass from the left circle that came from captain Lindsay Eastwood. Soon after, Moloughney made the board read 3-0 Syracuse off a pass from Rowswell. Polaski closed out scoring in the second with a goal from between the circles.

The Engineers snapped the shutout halfway through the third period off a goal by Sabrina Repaci. Rowswell popped in one last goal with two minutes to go in the third to put Syracuse up 5-1.

Syracuse outshout the competition 38-16 tonight. Engineers goaltender Amanda Rampado took the loss, totaling 33 saves on the afternoon. Syracuse goaltender Cohen earned the win, making 15 saves on the afternoon and improving to 5-6-0 on the season.

UP NEXT
The Orange return to the ice Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. to take on RIT for a home-and-away series. Parking and admission to all home contests is free, and the action can be seen live via Cuse.tv.

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