Providence, RI - Thanks to a pair of specialty-team goals in the second period, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team picked up its second straight win in ECAC Hockey play with a 2-1 win over Brown University on Saturday afternoon.

The Golden Knights improved to 12-4-2 overall and 5-3 in the ECAC, holding on to fourth place in the conference standings among the 12 league combatants. Brown dropped to 1-10-1 and 1-7-1 in league play. Clarkson is off until the first weekend of January when the team faces the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.

Though Clarkson dominated play from a shots standpoint, the Knights and Bears were scoreless after the first period. It wasn't until the second frame that Clarkson got on the scoreboard when senior Amanda Dittmer (Chatham, ONT) scored her first goal of the season at 3:21 from classmate Brooke Beazer (Kingston, ONT). Dittmer's power-play goal. Just a few minutes later, sophomore Genevieve Lavoie (Delson, QUE) scored her sixth goal of the season and third power-play marker of the year with assists going to freshman Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) and classmate Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT).

With a 2-0 lead, the Knights saw their penalty-killing unit take a hit when the Bears cut the advantage in half with a power-play goal at 8:25. Hayley Moore scored from Erin Conners and Erica Kromm midway through the second, but no more goals would be scored for the remainder of the contest.

The Knights finished with an overwhelming 39-17 lead in shots, including a 25-10 advantage through the first two periods. Eve Grandmont-Berube (Drummondville, QUE) came within one shot of recording her fifth shutout of the season as she made 16 saves in 60 minutes. Nicole Stock stopped 37 shots for the Bears.




Genevieve Lavoie (Delson, QUE)

Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT)
Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT