Score: #2/2 Plattsburgh State 4, #1/1 Elmira College 1
Records: Plattsburgh (6-1-0), Elmira (5-1-1)
Location: Chip Kenyon '85 Arena – Middlebury, Vt.
 
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- In a rematch of the 2018 NCAA Tournament Semifinals, the top-ranked Elmira College women's ice hockey team fell by a 4-1 final score to No. 2/2-ranked Plattsburgh State in the consolation game of the Panther/Cardinal Classic on Sunday afternoon.
 
Plattsburgh held a 36-17 lead in shots on goal and went 2-for-7 on the power play, while the Soaring Eagles came up empty on four power-play opportunities.
 
Erin McArdle put the Cardinals on top, 1-0, with a 5-on-3 power-play goal at the 8:39 mark of the first period. Courtney Moriarty then made it a 2-0 Plattsburgh lead with an even-strength goal with just 45 seconds remaining in the first period. Both goals were scored off of rebounds.
 
After being outshot, 16-6, in the first period, Elmira looked to turn things around in the second stanza but Plattsburgh's aggressiveness allowed the Cardinals to outshoot EC 11-5. As a result, Plattsburgh's Abby Brush was able to find the back of the net at 8:33 to give the Cardinals a 3-0 advantage.
 
The scoring from Plattsburgh continued early in the third period, as McArdle scored her second power-play goal of the game at 1:38.
 
Elmira had a pair of power-play chances in the third period, but was unable to find the back of the net on either chance. However, EC did find a goal from its rookie blueliner Jenny Heath '22, who netted her first career goal at 18:27. After receiving passes from Meg Lahey '19 and Jess Adams '21, Heath snapped a wrist shot from the point that rattled off of two pipes before beating Plattsburgh's Kassi Abbott, who was screened on the play, for EC's first and only goal of the game.
 
News and Notes

• Stephanie Martin '22 finished with a career-high 32 saves.
• Sydney Harris '21 was named to the Panther/Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team. 
• Heath scored her first career goal.
• Adams logged her fourth assist of the season and her second in as many games.
• Lahey registered her team-leading eighth assist of the season.
• Elmira suffered its first loss since the 2018 NCAA National Championship game.

 
Up Next
Elmira will enjoy a two-week layoff until its next contest against Amherst College on Friday, December 7. The opening puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. in Amherst, Massachusetts.