Score: #1/2 Elmira College 5, Utica College 2
Records: Elmira (19-2-1, 15-0-0 UCHC), Utica (14-7-1, 11-5-1 UCHC)
Location: Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium – Utica, N.Y.
 
UTICA, N.Y. -- The No. 1/2-ranked Elmira College women's ice hockey team erased a one-goal second-period deficit and rallied for a 5-2 road win over Utica College in United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) action on Friday afternoon. With the win, Elmira clinched home ice throughout the UCHC Playoffs and, after earning a bye in the opening round, will host the semifinal and championship rounds on Saturday March 2 and Sunday March 3, respectively.
                             
Pacing the Purple and Gold was senior blueliner Meg Lahey '19, who produced three points all on assists en route to Elmira extending its Division III-best winning streak to 13 games. For Lahey, it marked the third time in the last four games she has logged three assists.
 
Lahey was one of five multi-point producers, as Maddy Jerolman '19, Eliza Beaudin '22, Maddie Evangelous '19 and Shannon Strawinski '19 all finished with two points apiece.
 
Jerolman tallied Elmira's first two goals, both coming even-strength, in the first and second periods. It extended her point streak to seven games and her goal streak to six.
 
Beaudin continued her surging play as well by collecting one goal and one assist, extending her consecutive point streak to nine games. Beaudin's tally came on the power play, her fifth extra-skater goal of the year, which held up as today's game-winner.
 
Senior forwards Evangelous and Strawinski each logged one goal and one assist. For Evangelous, it was her seventh multi-point game of the season, and for Strawinski it was her seventh multi-point effort of the 2018-19 campaign.
 
Other point-getters included Emma Crocker '21, Amanda Zenstein '22 and starting goalie Stephanie Martin '22, all of whom were credited with one assist apiece.  For Martin, it was her first career point and assist, as she also made 12 saves en route to the 15th win of her rookie season.
 
In His Own Words…
Head Coach Tim Crowley talks about EC locking up home ice and today's win…
"Our group is excited to clinch home ice, it was a goal of ours since the start of the year and it's nice to have accomplished it. I think we were a little panicked for a bit, but once we settled and played with confidence, it turned our game around today."
 
News and Notes

• Elmira clinched home ice throughout the 2019 UCHC Championships.
• The Soaring Eagles earned their NCAA-best 13th consecutive win.
• Jerolman's two-point effort increased her career total to 99.
• Beaudin scored today's game-winning goal.
• Beaudin is riding a nine-game point streak.
• Lahey produced her sixth multi-assist game of the year.
• Lahey has logged three assists in three of EC's last four games.
• Lahey leads all Division III defensemen in assists (23).
• Martin was credited with her first career point and assist.

 
Up Next
The Soaring Eagles complete their two-game series with the Pioneers tomorrow afternoon when they welcome Utica to the Murray Athletic Center for a 3:00 p.m. UCHC bout. Tomorrow's game is part of Elmira's 37th Annual Athletics Alumni Weekend and the Soaring Eagles will honor their six graduating members of the Class of 2019 post-game.