Women's Ice Hockey Comes Up Short in Season Opener at RPI

Final	1	2	3	T
Stonehill (0-1-0)	0	0	0	0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1-0-2)	1	0	0	1

Scoring Summary

1st - 13:51 - Christof, Nina (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Game Leaders

Stonehill

G: N/A

A: N/A

Sh: 3 Players (#4, #11, #21) - 2

Sv: Hanna Zukow - 29

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

G: Christof, Nina - 1

A: 2 Players (#6, #12) - 1

Sh: 2 Players (#21, #89) - 4

Sv: Rampado, Amanda - 13

Team Stats

Stonehill

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

PowerPlays

0 for 2

0 for 6

Shorthanded Goals

Penalties (min)

7 (14)

3 (6)

Shots on Goal

Face Offs Won

full stats


Zukow finished with 29 saves in net for the Skyhawks. (Photo Credit Mary Gettens).

TROY, N.Y. (September 29, 2023) – The Stonehill College women's ice hockey team came up short in its season opener in Troy, N.Y., on Friday night against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 1-0.

The Details

Sophomore Maddison Achtyl nearly scored the game and season opening goal just 44 seconds into the contest on breakaway opportunity that would be stopped by the Engineer netminder Amanda Rampado.
After the opening scoring opportunity for the Skyhawks, both sides would go back-and-forth on the ice, playing to a scoreless game until the 13:51 mark of the opening period where Nina Christof lit the lamp for the games lone goal.
Christof scored her first goal of the season after finding the puck off the end board in Stonehill's defensive zone after a shot went wide of the net by Audrey McCutcheon.
Junior goalkeeper Hanna Zukow and the Skyhawks defense would keep RPI off the board throughout the remainder of the opening frame, facing seven shots on goal over the final six minutes of the period.
In the second period on the power play, Stonehill's team leader in scoring a season ago sophomore Alexis Petford glanced a shot off the pipe at the 5:56 mark, nearly knotting the game up at one apiece.
Despite outshooting the Engineers 8-6 in the middle frame, the Skyhawks would head into the third period trailing by one.

Josie Mendeszoon led the team in the circle, winning eight of her 12 faceoffs. (Photo Credit Mary Gettens).
RPI would control possession most of the third and hold off the Skyhawks offensive pressure over the final 20 minutes to secure the slight 1-0 victory.

Josie Mendeszoon led the team in the circle, winning eight of her 12 faceoffs. (Photo Credit Mary Gettens).

Up Next

Stonehill (0-1-0, 0-0-0 NEWHA) wraps up its two-game weekend tomorrow at 3 P.M., against RPI.

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