ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Penn State women’s hockey team had its offense firing on all cylinders in its return to CHA conference play Friday afternoon, posting a 5-0 shutout win on the road at RIT.
Penn State (12-8-2, 5-2-0 CHA) has now won its last three games at RIT by the score of 5-0 all three times.
Senior forward Natalie Heising (Wayzata, Minn.) led the scoring charge with two goals on five shots. Heising was joined by senior Anna Promersberger (Fargo, N.D.), sophomore Kiara Zanon (Fairport, N.Y.) and freshman Mya Vaslet (Stittsville, Ontario) in the goal column.
Sophomore goaltender Josie Bothun (Wyoming, Minn.) stopped all 19 shots that came her way to record her sixth shutout of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Nittany Lions got off to a good start just over six minutes into the first period with the game’s first goal. Alyssa Machado (Mississauga, Ontario) poked the puck off an RIT defender’s stick at the RIT blue line and it landed right in front of Heising moving full speed ahead.
She corralled the puck and wristed a shot on goal with three Tigers defending her. Her 15th of the season put Penn State in front 1-0 at the 6:07 mark in the first period.
Penn State went to the penalty kill with 3:26 left in the first period and ended up doubling the lead on a shorthanded score by Zanon.
Zanon scooped up a loose puck in the defensive end and zoomed past the RIT defense down ice. She scored on her backhand for her third shorthanded score of the season and gave Penn State the 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
The scoring wouldn’t stop…
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