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Oswego, NY -- The Elmira College women's ice hockey team outshot the Lakers of Oswego State, 40-13, but it would take an overtime goal by the Soaring Eagles to seal a 2-1 win.  With the win, Elmira remains perfect in the ECAC West Conference and ups their season total road wins to nine games.

In the overtime period, Elmira's Brooke Wilgosh '15 scored the game-winning goal on a slap shot that made its way through traffic with just 1:07 remaining in the game.  For Wilgosh, it is her sixth goal of the season as well as her second game-winning goal. 

Assisting on the game-winning score was Ashley Ryan '15 and Ashton Hogan '15, both of whom finished with two points apiece.  Hogan scored the game's opening goal, her team leading 11th of the season while Ryan assisted on both EC scores, upping her season point total to 29, a team high.  Elmira goalie, Lisa Marshall '14, picked up her 10th win of the season as she turned away 12 shots. 

Today's opening period had a much different feel than yesterday as the Soaring Eagles were held scoreless despite owning a 14-4 advantage in shots.  One of Elmira's best opportunities in the first period came at the 5:42 mark when Ryan snapped a shot that created a scrum in front of the Oswego net.  However, Laker netminder Tori Trovato would hold tough, freezing the puck to successfully stall the Elmira attack.

Later in the first period, Oswego had a golden opportunity to punch home the game's opening goal as another scrum developed, this time in front of the Elmira net.  Lisa Marshall '14 denied the initial shot and would freeze the puck.  While Marshall kept the puck safe, Oswego's captain, Olivia Boersen, shoved an Elmira skater to ice which would in turn ended the Laker power play as Boersen was sent to the sin-bin on a roughing penalty.

The Soaring Eagles had ample chances at the end of the period as their power play unit settled into the Oswego zone.  During Elmira's power play, the Purple and Gold stayed patient, passing the puck around the blue line before finding Tanis Lamoureux '14, who would fire a shot that barely missed the target for the score.  Oswego netminder, Trovato, made three saves during the closing moments of the period to as the game remained scoreless entering the first intermission.   

In the second period, Elmira maintained their offensive pressure, launching another 12 shots. Unlike the first period, Elmira would find the back of the net for the game's opening goal. EC's score came at the 11:46 mark of the period on a power play.  Scoring the Elmira goal was Hogan, her team leading 11th of the season.  Hogan's goal was setup by Ryan who sent a rocket toward the Oswego net, which was crowded with both EC and Oswego skaters.  As the puck made its way on target, Hogan would deflect Ryan's shot, putting it top-shelf for Elmira's first goal of the game.  Lamoureux and Ryan were credited with assists on the goal.

The Purple and Gold had a chance to take a two-goal lead into the third period when Sydney Fischer '17 created a two-on-one opportunity with seconds remaining in the period. However, her shot would be turned away by Trovato, as the Soaring Eagles carried their 1-0 lead into the third period.

In the third, Elmira weathered the Oswego attack, denying the Lakers on their attempts throughout the period. However, with just one minute remaining in regulation, EC would turn the puck over in their defensive zone, allowing Leslie Jarvis to launch a shot from the blue line for a goal.  Jarvis' shot would make its way through traffic and find the back of the net on Marshall's stick side, tying the game at one apiece.

Things remained even for the last minute of play, which resulted in an overtime period.  Neither team seemed to get things going in overtime until Oswego was assessed a slashing penalty at the 1:54 mark of the extra period.

With an extra attacker, Elmira's power play unit went to work for the eighth time of the game and would pepper the Oswego netminder, launching nine shots with five of them being turned away by Oswego's netminder. 

Then, with just 1:07 left on the clock, the Soaring Eagles would break through for the score.  Wilgosh netted the game-winning goal as she took a slap shot from the blue line, which would make its way through a crowd of Oswego and Elmira skaters to find the back of the net for the score.  Ryan and Hogan were credited with assists on the game-winning goal.

The Soaring Eagles will look to continue their winning ways next weekend as Elmira welcomes Buffalo State to the Murray Athletic Center for a pair of ECAC West games.  The first of two games is scheduled for Saturday, February 1st at 3:00 p.m. during Elmira College's Athletics Alumni Weekend.