Troy, NY – A pair of second period goals were too much for the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team to overcome as Rensselaer defeated the Golden Knights 2-1 Friday evening in ECAC Hockey action at the Houston Field House.

The Golden Knights came up on the short end for the second straight game, falling to 12-8-4 overall and 6-4-2 in conference games, while Rensselaer ended a three-game losing streak to Clarkson, and a four-game winless streak in 2009, to move to 12-9-3 and 7-4-2.

After a scoreless first period, Rensselaer took little time getting on the scoreboard in the second, tallying just 48 seconds into the frame. Allison Wright scored for the fifth time this season, with assists going to Sierra Vadner and Alisa Harrison. Harrison then put the Engineers up 2-0 seven minutes later with assists going to Wright and Whitney Naslund.

Trailing 2-0 in the third period, the Golden Knights finally got on the scoreboard by taking advantage of a power-play chance. Sophomore Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) became the third player for Clarkson to score 10 goals this season as she tallied midway through the extra-player advantage. Junior Genevieve Lavoie (Delson, QUE) recorded her 15th assist of the season on the score, as she continues to move towards 100 career points with 94. Unfortunately, the Golden Knights would not record the equalizer in the third period.  

Sophomore Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) made 24 saves in the loss for the Golden Knights while Sonja van der Bliek made 28 saves for the Engineers. Clarkson out shot RPI 29-26 and went 1-for-5 on the power play while RPI was scoreless in its five chances. Rensselaer did control the faceoff circles, winning 35 of the 57 draws.