Dec. 3, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's hockey team fell, 4-2, to Robert Morris in a College Hockey America (CHA) contest Saturday afternoon inside the Pegula Ice Arena. Amy Petersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Aly Hardy (St. Albans, Vt.) scored for the Nittany Lions.
"It was another good battle here in Pegula Ice Arena conference play," head coach Josh Brandwene said. "It kind of had another set of playoff atmosphere to it. I was really pleased with our bounce back during the second period after a start that we all agree that we could have gotten off to a better start today. Daniela Paniccia was awesome. She really held us in there in the first period. I am really pleased with how we performed on special teams. We won the special teams battle today. There is some work for us to do even strength and that is our goal moving forward."
The Nittany Lions (5-9-3, 4-2-1 CHA) opened the scoring in the second period on Petersen's 10th goal of her senior year at 5:10. Petersen tallied a power play goal with assists from linemates Brooke Madsen (Eagan, Minn.) and Laura Bowman (Minnetonka, Minn.). Bowman's assist on Petersen's goal marked the 92nd point of her Nittany Lion career.
With 6:19 left in the second period, Robert Morris' Aneta Ledlova tied the contest at one on her fourth goal of the 2016-17 season. Robert Morris (11-1-5, 6-0-1 CHA) then tallied its first lead of the afternoon at the 2:01 mark in the third period on Amber Rennie's sixth goal of the season.
Robert Morris took a 3-1 lead at 12:55 into the third period on a goal from Katherine Murphy before Hardy recorded her second goal of the season at 13:29 to make it 3-2
The Colonials took home the 4-2 victory after Amanda Pantaleo netted an empty net goal with 42 seconds left in regulation.
In net for the Nittany Lions, freshman Daniela Paniccia (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) recorded 26 saves and for Robert Morris, Lauren Bailey made 25 saves.
The Colonials and Nittany Lions close out the series Sunday, Dec. 4, inside the Pegula Ice Arena with puck drop set for noon. Sunday's promotions include: a Family 4 Pack deal, Scout Day and a free post-game skate with the team.
NOTES: Robert Morris leads the all-time series against Penn State, 12-3-2...Robert Morris outshot Penn State, 30-27...Robert Morris went 0-for-4 on the power play, while Penn State went 1-for-3...Penn State notched its 14th power play goal of the season...The Nittany Lions recorded a program-best 22 power play goals in 2014-15...Bowman is eight points shy of becoming the first Nittany Lion in program history to record 100 points...Petersen is one-goal shy of tying a career-best 11 goals this season...Bowman and Madsen lead the team in assists with 11 apiece.