No. 12 Women’s Hockey Defeats Syracuse 3-2, in Overtime – Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 12 Penn State women’s ice hockey team captured their first Atlantic Hockey America victory of the season with a 3-2 overtime win over Syracuse on Friday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A rebound pass by Alyssa Machado fell into the stick of Kendall Butze as she then was able to lace the opening goal of the game with 1:18 remaining in the first period to put Penn State ahead 1-0.
• Tatum White broke away from the Nittany Lion defense at center ice and rocketed a goal to tie the game up at 1-1 with 15:52 remaining in the second period. 
• The Syracuse attack continued later in the period as a shot by Jocelyn Filia from in front of the blue line landed into the stick of Klara Jandusikova as she tapped the puck into the net to give the Orange a 2-1 lead.
• A pass by Leah Stecker in the Nittany Lion defensive zone fell in the stick of Maddy Christian as she drove close to the goalie and flipped her shot into the net to even the score at 2-2 with 5:52 remaining in the third period. 
• The game was sent into overtime where Brianna Brooks received the puck from Stecker in the top left circle as she nailed the game-winner with 2:59 remaining in the frame to secure the 3-2 victory. 

GOALTENDERS

• Junior Katie DeSa recorded 14 saves on 16 shots launched at her. Her record improved to 6-3-0 on the year.
• Syracuse goalie Allie Kelley tallied 35 saves as her record dropped to 1-8-0 on the year. 

STATS AND NOTES

• The overtime win is the Nittany Lions 12^th overtime victory in program history with the last coming on February 3, 2024, when Penn State defeated Mercyhurst 3-2.
• This is the seventh time the Nittany Lions have won the first game of conference play in program history. 
• Brooks captured her 91^st career point with her goal tonight and fourth goal of the season. She has tallied six points in the last four games.
• The Nittany Lions went 1-5 on the power-play while holding Syracuse to going 0-3. 
• Syracuse leads the all-time series 31-13-8. 
• Stecker recorded her first multi-point game of the season with a pair of assists on the day. 
• Nicole Hall captured her first collegiate assist. 

UP NEXT

The Nittany Lions look for the sweep of the Orange on Friday, November 1. Puck-drop is set for 3 p.m.

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