Delaware
No. 8 Penn State Wins 4-2 at No. 24 Delaware – Penn State University Athletics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Sept. 11, 2022 – The Penn State Nittany Lion subject hockey staff (4-1, 0-0 B1G), ranked No. 8 within the NFHCA Coaches Ballot, posted a 4-2 win at No. 24 Delaware (1-5) to shut out a weekend non-conference highway journey. Mackenzie Allessie (Mount Pleasure, Pa.) linked on two penalty corners to guide the Nittany Lions to victory.
Penn State gained the early possession battle, taking the ball down into the Hen’s circle and forcing a fast penalty nook. Anna Simon (Hanau, Germany) had a shot off the nook blocked. The Nittany Lions continued to manage the ball because the clock moved beneath 10:00. Penn State’s workplace pressured a penalty stroke with 9:42 on the clock and Allessie linked on the shot to place Penn State up 1-0. Penn State added to its lead within the remaining minutes of the primary interval when Simon scored on the 2:03 mark with an help from Caroline Myers (Hartland, Wis.). The Nittany Lions carried a 2-0 lead into the second interval.
Delaware regarded to get its offense on observe within the second interval and compelled Penn State goalie Brie Barraco (Allentown, Pa.) right into a save 2:30 into the second interval. The Hens pressured their first penalty nook on the 9:18 mark however the Lion protection blocked the following shot. The groups traded barbs over the subsequent 5 minutes earlier than Penn State’s Riley Taylor (Virginia Seaside, Va.) acquired off a stable shot that UD goalie Lizzie Gaebel made a save on. The rest of the half was scoreless, and Penn State carried a 2-0 lead into intermission.
Penn State outshot Delaware 8-3 within the first two quarters. Barraco had one save for Penn State whereas Gaebel had two for UD. Every staff had one penalty nook.
Delaware got here out firing within the second half and tied the sport up in lower than three minutes. The Hens pressured an early nook simply 1:16 into the interval and Julia Del Duffhuis linked on the play to chop Penn State’s result in 2-1. Simply over a minute later, Delaware tied the sport up on a Noelle Del Sabbagh objective on the 12:07 mark. However Penn State responded after the Hens early burst with Sophia Gladieux (Boyertown, Pa.) scoring unassisted with 9:51 left in a livid third interval to place Penn State up 3-2. A torrid tempo led to 3 objectives within the first six minutes of the third interval however each defenses held up over the rest of the stanza and Penn State led 3-2 heading into the fourth.
Penn State prolonged its result in 4-2 beneath 4 minutes into the ultimate interval on a second penalty stroke objective from Allessie with 11:12 on the clock. The subsequent six minutes featured just one shot, an Allessie effort that Gaebel made a pleasant save on with 7:02 left within the recreation. Neither offense was in a position to break via robust defensive play by each squads and the sport clock slid beneath the two:00 mark. Penn State was in a position to work the clock all the way down to zeroes and stroll away with a tough fought 4-2 highway win.
“I’m very pleased with our stage of play at present,” stated head coach Char Morett-Curtiss. “We actually got here out and performed with aggression and continued to play as a cohesive staff for all the recreation. Delaware is an excellent staff and it was thrilling to return out on prime of what was a really effectively performed subject hockey recreation.”
Penn State outshot Delaware 12-8 however the Hens had three corners to just one for the Nittany Lions. Barraco had a solo save for Penn State whereas Gaebel had three for Delaware.
Penn State is 4-1 general. Delaware falls to 1-4. The Nittany Lions will open up Large Ten motion on the highway subsequent weekend, visiting Michigan on Friday, Sept. 16, for a 5 p.m. contest. Penn State will stay in Ann Arbor to face Cornell on Saturday, Sept. 17, in a impartial web site non-conference contest at 3 p.m.
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GAME BREAKDOWN
SCORING: 1 2 3 4 FINAL
PENN STATE 2 0 1 1 4
Delaware 0 0 2 0 2
STATS: PSU UD
Photographs 12 8
Corners 1 3
SCORING SUMMARY (objective/help) – TIME
1st: PSU – Mackenzie Allessie (penalty stroke); 9:48
1st: PSU – Anna Simon (Caroline Myers); 2:03
3rd: UD – Julia Del Duffhuis (Berber Bakermans, Ashlyn Carr); 13:38
3rd: UD – Noelle Del Sabbagh (unassisted); 12:07
3rd: PSU – Sophia Gladieux (unassisted); 9:51
4th: PSU – Mackenzie Allessie (penalty stroke); 11:12
GOALKEEPERS: MIN GA S
PSU: Brie Barraco 60:00 2 1
UD: Lizzie Gaebel 60:00 4 3