Box Score WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The SUNY Morrisville women's ice hockey team notched their first win of the 2022-23 season Tuesday night, tallying four third period scores to charge past the host Wilkes University Colonels in non-league action in Wilkes-Barre.

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 5, Wilkes 1
• Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
• Records: Morrisville 1-5-1, Wilkes 2-5-0

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Visiting SUNY Morrisville scored four in the final period of Tuesday night's action in Wilkes-Barre, posting their first win of the 2022 season as they registered a 5-1 non-league victory over the visiting Wilkes University Colonels.
• Wilkes took a 1-0 lead 24 ticks into the second period before a Kate Mabey (Guelph, Ont.) score evened the contest at one five minutes later.
• Mabey notched the power play tally off the feed from Allicen Bouchard (Rockford, Ill.) and Kendra Johnston (St. Albert, Alta.).
• Both teams struggled to find the back of the net for the remainder of the period and entered the final twenty knotted at one.
• At the 6:57 mark of the third, Johnston put the Mustangs ahead for the first time of the night, collecting the loose puck to pick up her first score of the season, for a 2-1 Morrisville advantage.
• Minutes later, Pippy Pritchard (Saskatoon, Sask.) gave the visitors the two goal cushion with a tally off the feed from Hailee Easson (Okotoks, Alta.) and Emily Olson (Lloydminster, Alta.), igniting a flurry of scores with the tally at the 11:165 mark.
• Wilkes was sent to the box for a hooking penalty with just under 12 to play in the frame, and within seconds, Morrisville capitalized on their second power play opportunity with Alana McDonald (Potsdam, N.Y.) notching the score, with assists coming from Johnston and Mabey.
• A mere 26 seconds later, Morrisville extended their lead to 5-1 with a score from Allie Davidson (Niagara Falls, Ont.), securing the win and putting the game out of reach for the hosts.
• Elizabeth Timby (Getzville, N.Y.) picked up the win between the pipes, registering 12 total saves across three periods of play.
• Wilkes Addy Olson made 40 stops in the loss, including 20 in the second period, as Morrisville held the 45-13 advantage in shots.
• Morrisville dominated the face-off, winning 30-of-47 with 15 of those wins coming from Easson.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville returns to the ice Saturday at no. 3 ranked Plattsburgh for a third meeting between the two programs this season in league action. The puck will drop at 3 p.m. in Plattsburgh.

 
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