PINE VALLEY, N.Y. – The fifth-ranked Elmira College Women's Hockey team cruised to a 6-0 victory over the Vikings from Salem State in their NEHC Opener on Friday evening in front of the Soaring Eagle faithful. On a night in which the Women's Hockey program honored the life of Jamie Huntley-Park '09, the Soaring Eagles took victory behind a pair of goals from Emma Crocker '21 to lead the way and never looked back.

With the win, Tim Crowley picked up the 100th win of his head coaching career in just the beginning of his sixth season with the program. Crowley sits just three wins behind Paul Nemetz-Carlson (102) for the most head coaching victories in program history.
 
JUST THE BASICS:
SCORE: Elmira 6, Salem State 0
LOCATION: Pine Valley, N.Y. | Murray Athletic Center
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (2-0-0, 1-0-0 NEHC), Salem State (0-1-0, 0-1-0 NEHC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
After trading shots back and forth to begin the period, the Soaring Eagles took advantage of their first power-play opportunity of the evening as Crocker scored on a loose puck in front of the net to give EC an early 1-0 advantage. The goal was assisted by Morgan Mordini '22 and Eliza Beaudin '22.

Elmira goaltender Maggie Gilman '23, who was making her season debut, faced just two shots in the opening period compared to 13 for Salem State keeper Kaia Hollingsworth.

Leading 1-0 heading into the second period, EC wasted little time extending their lead as Crocker found the back of the net once again on assists from Madi Morton '24 & Mary McCafferty '22.

Reaching the midway point of the contest, EC held a healthy 26-2 advantage in shots taken. With just 64 seconds remaining in the period, EC scored a pair of goals, including a buzzer-beater with just 0.1 seconds remaining. Claire Elfring '25 and Sabrina Shvartsman '25 both were credited with their first career goals, respectively.

Just moments into the third, Jenny Heath '22 joined the fun with a goal of her own to extend the EC lead to 5-0 on assists from Holley Riva '23 and Erika Goleniak '25.
At the 6:27 mark in the final period, the Soaring Eagles eclipsed 55 shots for the game, and on their 58th, Goleniak found the back of the twine which extended the EC lead to 6-0.

UP NEXT:
Elmira returns to their home ice tomorrow afternoon when they square off against the University of Southern Maine. Puck drop is at 3:00 PM inside the Murray Athletic Center.