Nittany Lions Defeated in OT, 2-1

Oct. 20, 2017

1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Penn State 0 0 1 0 1 Merrimack 1 0 0 1 2 Box Score (HTML) | Box Score (PDF) Coach Brandwene Press Conference --> GOAL SUMMARY TEAM Period Time Scoring MER 1 1:16 Jessica Bonfe PSU 3 4:00 Natalie Heising MER OT 2:57 Paige Sorensen SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Penn State 5 12 3 1 21 Merrimack 9 5 5 1 20 POWER PLAY 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Penn State 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-3 Merrimack 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-4 GOALTENDERS Min GA SV PSU Daniela Paniccia 62:52 2 18 MER Lea-Kristine Demers 62:57 1 20

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - The Penn State women's hockey team dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Merrimack Warriors in the first-ever meeting between the two programs Friday night at Lawler Rink. Freshman Natalie Heising (Maple Grove, Minn.) netted her first career goal as a Nittany Lion in the contest.

Merrimack (3-3-2) opened up the scoring 1:16 into the game, as Jessica Bonfe put the Warriors in front of Penn State, 1-0.

Down 1-0 in the second period, the Blue & White (1-5-1) outshot the Warriors, 12-5, but was unable to find the game-tying goal. The score remained 1-0 in favor of Merrimack until Heising lit the lamp for the first time in her Penn State career four minutes into the third period.

During the final 16 minutes of regulation neither team was able to find the back of the net sending the game to overtime tied at 1-1. Ultimately, Paige Sorensen captured the game-winner for the Warriors at 2:57 into the extra frame.

In net, sophomore Daniela Paniccia (Oakville, Ontario) finished the evening with 18 saves for Penn State, while Lea-Kristine Demers made 20 saves for Merrimack.

The two teams close out the series Saturday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. at Lawler Rink.

NOTES: Merrimack leads the all-time series against Penn State, 1-0-0…Penn State outshot Merrimack, 21-20…Penn State went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Merrimack went 1-for-4.