MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – SUNY Morrisville women's hockey celebrated senior day in the best possible way Saturday afternoon, completing the weekend sweep with a 5-2 upset victory over visiting SUNY Canton on the Mustangs home ice in Morrisville.

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 5, Canton 2
• Location: Morrisville IcePlex, Morrisville, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 5-11-1, 2-8-0 NEWHL; Canton 11-3-2, 5-3-1 NEWHL

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Host SUNY Morrisville women's hockey collected their second straight win as they stunned visiting SUNY Canton with a 5-2 final on the Mustangs home ice, pulling off the NEWHL upset on Senior Day in Morrisville.
• Canton took a 1-0 lead nearly eight minutes into the opening period with the Jayme McIlveen tally.
• Senior Rhys Brown (Kemptville, Ont.) responded with the equalizer at the 15:27 mark with her backhanded top shelf flick, skating in off the right wing along the crease after the tip from Allie Davidson (Niagara Falls, Ont.) in the neutral zone.
• Just over a minute later, Davidson collected one of her own, cleaning up the loose puck off the initial shot from Lilly Trevors (Miramichi, N.B.).
• Pippy Pritchard (Saskatoon, Sask.) was also credited with an assist on the tally that came at the 17:32 mark to give the Mustangs the 2-1 edge after the first.
• After skating through most of the second with the one goal lead, Brown collected her second of the afternoon at 17:54 in the period, poking in the loose puck off the pads of Canton's netminder on the crease after the mid-ice heave from Davidson.
• Morrisville, who held the 3-1 lead after two, got two quick tallies in the sixth minute of the final frame to expand their advantage to four.
• Alana McDonald (Potsdam, N.Y.) skated down the center of the offensive zone between two Roo defensemen and with the wrister found the back of the net at the 6:06 mark, before a backhanded rebound clean up in front of net by Easson 49 ticks later saw the Mustangs out in front by four.
• Pritchard picked up her second assist of the day on Easson's score, placing the initial shot on net for the Mustangs.
• Canton got one back in the closing seconds of the contest, but it was too late as they ran out of clock.
• The Roos had difficulty throughout the contest in getting past Morrisville netminder Maggie Jones (Marystown, N.L.) who stood on her head to post a career high 52 saves for the win.
• Twenty-two of her game total came in the final period of play

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville will face Potsdam next Friday, looking to make it three straight in NEWHL play. The puck is scheduled to drop at 1 p.m. in Morrisville.

 
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