BOX SCORE

Plattsburgh, NY – Sirena Alvarez made 59 saves for the Roos but the SUNY Canton women's hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision to #3 Plattsburgh State on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: Plattsburgh State 4, SUNY Canton 1
• Location: Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena – Plattsburgh, NY 
• Records: Plattsburgh State (21-2-0, 15-1-0) | SUNY Canton (13-8-2, 6-8-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Plattsburgh opened the scoring at 16:24 of the first period when Mae Olshansky grabbed a rebound in the crease and backhanded a shot over a sprawling Sirena Alvarez.
• Sierra Benjamin added a power play goal for the Cardinals 4:26 of the second.
• Freshman Danika Lalonde scored a beautiful power play goal at 15:14 of second period to get the Roos back within one and make the score 2-1.  Lalonde took a pass from freshman Mathilde Courture and snapped a rising shot from the low circle between the pipe and goaltender name here's left shoulder.  Iida Laitinen earned a secondary assist on the goal.
• The Cardinals picked up two additional goals by Nicole Unsworth and Sara Krauseneck  to close out the victory 4-1.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Roos finished the day 1/2 on the power play and 4/5 on the penalty kill
• Plattsburgh dominated the faceoff dot 38-15.
• SUNY Canton blocked 17 shots with Couture, Asha Hanson and Hannah Clement leading the way with three each.
• Alvarez's 59 saves were the most for the Roos since Brooke Susac made 65 saves against Plattsburgh on November 16, 2019.
• Ashley Davis and Chloe Beaubien combined to make 16 saves.

WHAT'S NEXT?

SUNY Canton hosts SUNY Cortland on Friday, February 17^th at 3 p.m. in their final weekend of the regular season.