Kelcey Crawford '18 started both games between the posts for the No. 2/2-ranked EC women during their weekend split with an always tough Amherst squad. Although the fourth-year netminder suffered her first loss of the 2017-18 campaign on Saturday, the senior responded with a brilliant performance on Sunday afternoon, backstopping Elmira to a 2-0 shutout victory.
In the two games combined, Crawford registered a 1.51 goals-against average, a .955 save percentage and 63 stops. She made 31 saves in the series opener and 32 more in the win in the finale, which allowed her to reach yet another milestone in her incredible career. With her first stop on Sunday, Crawford became just the fifth Soaring Eagle in program history to reach 1,000 career saves. She heads into the winter break with 1,031 saves to her name, needing just 10 more to climb another peg and take sole possession of fourth-place all-time. Her third shutout of the season also allowed the Purcellville, Virginia, native to take sole possession of fifth-place in EC history (15).
Through the first nine games of her senior campaign, Crawford ranks among the best goalies in all of Division III in several statistical categories. She's second in save percentage (.963), tied for fifth in both shutouts (3) and winning percentage (.889), and sixth in goals-against average (1.00).
The nationally-ranked Elmira women's ice hockey team will also return to the ice following the holiday break, as the Soaring Eagles trek to Northfield, Vermont, to participate in the East-West Hockey Classic. The two-day tournament begins on Sunday, January 7, against No. 4/4 Adrian.
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