Clarkson Integrator

Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Mary Konecnik During the third period, the referee dicusses St. Lawrence's penalties with the Saints' captian as she pleads her case. The Saints had several penalties in the game, one of which led to Clarkson's only goal in the contest.

Round one of the North Country home-and-home series between the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team and St. Lawrence went to the Saints as the visitors gained a 3-1 victory on Friday before a crowd of 654 at Cheel Arena.

Ranked sixth in the country, St. Lawrence (20-7-0, 13-2-0) scored eighty-nine seconds into the game, notched its second midway through the first and added a power-play marker midway through the second to hold a 3-0 lead after forty minutes of play.

Marianna Locke took a pass from Michelle Zimmerman at the left of the Clarkson goal and flipped in her 12th goal of the season 1:29 after the opening faceoff to give St. Lawrence the early momentum. Zimmerman made it 2-0 at 13:22 with her second goal of the season when she connected on a shot from the blueline that found its way through a screen in front and into the back of the Knights' net.

Boasting the nation's fourth-best power-play, the Saints wasted little time on their second man advantage of the game. Chelsea Grills scored eight seconds into the opportunity at 12:08 of the second period, knocking in a rebound for her twelfth goal of the season. She tied the St. Lawrence career-mark for power-play tallies with twenty-four.

Clarkson, ranked ninth in the country, came out strong in the third stanza, outshooting the Saints 9-5 over the final twenty minutes, but could not overcome the early deficit as it saw a four-game win streak come to an end.

At 4:57, the Knights' points leader, sophomore Britney Selina added to her totals with a power-play marker for the Green and Gold's lone score. Selina, who has a team-high thirty-two points, one-timed a pass from freshman standout Melissa Waldie for her thirteenth goal of the year. Sophomore Genevieve Lavoie also assisted.

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