2008 Woodie Awards
Clarkson Conquers Bobcats
Chris Fohlin
Issue date: 11/21/05 Section: Sports
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The Clarkson University women's hockey team got back to their winning ways with an impressive 5-1 Saturday matinee victory against Quinnipiac University. The Lady Knights entered the weekend ranked ninth in the nation but fell to Princeton University Friday night. Freshman Micheleen Devine led the attack in an effort to get the Knights back on track with two goals while sophomore Brooke Beazer set up three goals on the day.
What made Saturday's victory even more impressive was the fact that the Knights did all of their damage in just two periods. Like Friday's Princeton game, the first period again saw no scoring from either team. The second period, however, was full of action as the Lady Knights broke the game wide open. Junior Christina Valesente started the scoring 12:56 into the period with her second goal of the season, getting assists from classmates Lindsay Williams and Emma Madigan. Just forty-nine seconds later Clarkson struck again, this time with Beazer assisting sophomore Jessica Cloutier on her fourth goal of the season. Clarkson was not done as they tallied again less than two minutes later when junior Melissa Marshall collected her fourth goal of the year as well, with Williams again assisting. The Golden Knights would add one more before the period was through as Devine recorded her seventh goal of the year just fifty-two seconds later, and Beazer and sophomore Katie Morrison both assisted.
With the score 4-0, all the Knights had to do was skate out the final period and avoid what would be a disastrous defensive collapse. Clarkson did surrender one goal, 5:42 into the final stanza, when Jackie Kendrick scored her first goal of the season for the Bobcats. Devine restored Clarkson's four goal advantage just nineteen seconds later, her second goal of the game and eighth of the season, when Beazer and Morrison aided her effort. The 5-1 lead held up through the remaining minutes of regulation. Clarkson will next travel to St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, November 30. They will face the Saints again on Friday, December 2 in Cheel Arena. Both games against St. Lawrence will be at 7:00 p.m. The Lady Knights' record improves to 10-3-1 overall and 5-1 in ECAC play. The Knights are also now 8-1-1 on the road, compared to a mediocre 2-2-0 in the familiar confines of Cheel Arena.
What made Saturday's victory even more impressive was the fact that the Knights did all of their damage in just two periods. Like Friday's Princeton game, the first period again saw no scoring from either team. The second period, however, was full of action as the Lady Knights broke the game wide open. Junior Christina Valesente started the scoring 12:56 into the period with her second goal of the season, getting assists from classmates Lindsay Williams and Emma Madigan. Just forty-nine seconds later Clarkson struck again, this time with Beazer assisting sophomore Jessica Cloutier on her fourth goal of the season. Clarkson was not done as they tallied again less than two minutes later when junior Melissa Marshall collected her fourth goal of the year as well, with Williams again assisting. The Golden Knights would add one more before the period was through as Devine recorded her seventh goal of the year just fifty-two seconds later, and Beazer and sophomore Katie Morrison both assisted.
With the score 4-0, all the Knights had to do was skate out the final period and avoid what would be a disastrous defensive collapse. Clarkson did surrender one goal, 5:42 into the final stanza, when Jackie Kendrick scored her first goal of the season for the Bobcats. Devine restored Clarkson's four goal advantage just nineteen seconds later, her second goal of the game and eighth of the season, when Beazer and Morrison aided her effort. The 5-1 lead held up through the remaining minutes of regulation. Clarkson will next travel to St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, November 30. They will face the Saints again on Friday, December 2 in Cheel Arena. Both games against St. Lawrence will be at 7:00 p.m. The Lady Knights' record improves to 10-3-1 overall and 5-1 in ECAC play. The Knights are also now 8-1-1 on the road, compared to a mediocre 2-2-0 in the familiar confines of Cheel Arena.