ALBANY, N.Y. – The Union College women's hockey team earned its second straight Mayor's Cup victory with a 4–3 win Saturday afternoon at MVP Arena.
Sophomore
Jill Willis opened the scoring with an assist from classmate
Peyton O'Neill. O'Neill then notched her first collegiate goal, assisted by junior
Maddie Leaney and first-year
Megan Duplantie, to close out the first period. Junior
Mikayla Blomquist added a goal in the second with help from sophomore
Hayley Kelleher, before sophomore
Karianne Engelbert capped the period's scoring with the eventual game-winning goal on the power play, assisted by senior captain
Stephanie Bourque.
Willis got Union on the board at 2:40 of the first period before the Engineers tied the game one minute later. Rensselaer briefly took the lead just under five minutes later, but O'Neill answered to tie the contest at two with five minutes remaining in the period.
Blomquist scored with five minutes left in the second period, and Engelbert followed with a goal in the final 31 seconds to give Union a 4–2 advantage.
The Engineers pulled within one late in the third period on a six-on-five power-play goal after pulling their goaltender for an extra attacker, but Union held on for the victory.
Junior goaltender
Monja Wagner made 22 saves in the win.
More information to come.