PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The No. 2 Plattsburgh State women's ice hockey team netted five unanswered goals, as the Cardinals downed Williams College, 5-1, in non-conference action on Friday afternoon at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena to stretch its winning streak to nine games.
 
Plattsburgh State is ranked at No. 2 in the DCU/USCHO.com Women's Division III Top-10 Poll.

Graduate student defenseman Erin McArdle (Macomb, Mich./Belle Tire) and senior forward Taylor Whitney (Livonia, Mich./Little Caesars) each scored a goal and added an assist, while senior forward Nicole Unsworth (Milwaukee, Wis./East Coast Wizards) recorded two assists.
 
The Cardinals shined on special teams, going 2-for-4 on the power play while netting a shorthanded goal. The Ephs were scoreless on two tries with the extra skater.
 
Plattsburgh State rises to 15-2-0 overall with the win and next hosts SUNY Canton on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. Williams falls to 9-6-0 overall with the loss and next visits Wesleyan University on Friday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.
 
Senior forward Avery Dunn put the Ephs on the board 8:21 into the first period, scoring five-hole from the right face-off circle. First-year forward Sophia Hoppe and junior defenseman Delaney Szlezyngier earned assists on the score. That wound up being the only scoring that occurred in the first period, as Williams took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
 
Whitney leveled the score at 1-all at 15:10 of the second period, scoring shorthanded. McArdle banked a pass forward off the boards to Whitney, and Whitney led a 2-on-1 rush into the offensive zone. She passed to Boric in the right circle, and Boric passed it right back to Whitney, who scored low stick side from the left post.
 
First-year forward Riley Calhoun (New Hartford, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Selects) scored what wound up being the game winner 3:18 later. Whitney dug the puck out of a scrum in the corner, and junior forward Tatem Cheney (Ottawa, Ontario/Ottawa Lady 67's) chipped a pass to Calhoun, who backhanded a shot past the goalie blocker side.
 
Sophomore forward Mae Olshansky (Wilmette, Ill./North American Hockey Academy) tallied on the power play 1:40 into the third to extend the advantage to 3-1. Senior defenseman Sierra Benjamin (Palm Coast, Fla./Northwood School) took a shot from the right point that was saved, and Unsworth collected the rebound. Unsworth centered a short pass to Olshansky in the low slot, and Olshansky scored low glove side.
 
McArdle scored her second goal of the season at 7:42 of the third period. Senior forward Sara Krauseneck (Saginaw, Mich./Northern Cyclones) led the Cardinals in transition down the left wing, and she dropped the puck off to graduate student forward Annie Katonka (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite) once she entered the offensive zone. Katonka then played the puck back to McArdle on the left point, and McArdle ripped a one-time shot past the Eph netminder.
 
Graduate student forward Kaitlin Drew-Mead (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Buffalo Bisons) added further insurance on the power play at 15:28 of the third. Junior defenseman Kendall Wasik (Novi, Mich./HoneyBaked) took a shot from the high slot that got caught up in traffic, and Unsworth took a shot off the rebound that hit the post. Drew-Mead then banged in the rebound off of Unsworth's shot, scoring what wound up being the game's final goal.
 
Senior goaltender Ashley Davis (Winterville, N.C./Northwood School) made 19 saves in the win for the Cardinals, while senior goaltender Chloe Heiting turned aside 45 shots in the loss for the Ephs.