UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The No. 11/10 Penn State women's ice hockey team dropped its home-opener to UConn 2-0 on Friday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After two scoreless periods of action, UConn scored with 15:33 left in the third period coming off the stick of Riley Grimly to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
- Less than two minutes later with 13:52 remaining in the frame UConn's Kathryn Stockdale found the back of the net off the goalie rebound to secure the 2-0 victory.
GOALTENDERS
- Senior goalie Josie Bothun allowed just two goals on 27 shots attempted and dropped her record to 1-2 on the year.
- UConn's goalie Tia Chan stopped all of Penn State's 33 shots to go to 1-0 on the year.
STATS AND NOTES
- The Nittany Lions outshot the Huskies 33-27.
- UConn now leads the series 4-0-2.
- Sophomore Tessa Janecke continued her strong face-off play going 14-25 in the dot.
- Attendance was 1,413 which is the seventh highest in program history.
UP NEXT
- The Nittany Lions look to split the series on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m.
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