MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The Morrisville State Women's Ice Hockey team dropped a Colonial Hockey Conference road contest on Friday night when they saw an early lead slip away at Stevenson. Despite an early 3-1 lead, the visiting Mustangs fell 6-4.
Stephanie Strymecki (Kelowna, British Columbia) put Morrisville up 1-0 at the 13:30 mark with an even-handed goal, her 9th of the season. Kanekaroroks McComber (Kahnawake, Quebec) tallied the assist.
Vanessa Klimpke (Winnipeg, Manitoba) picked up her 21st goal of the season to give Morrisville the 2-0 at the 16:35 mark. Renee Stevenson (Winnipeg, Manitoba) tallied her 19th assist of the year on the play.
Stevenson picked up a goal late in the first to cut the lead to 2-1. However, the combination of McComber and Strymecki gave the visiting Mustangs a 3-1 lead just under four minutes into the second period. This time around McComber picked up the goal, while Strymecki notched the assist along with Ciara Lark (Mildmay, Ontario).
Unfortunately, Stevenson rattled off five straight goals between the second half of the second period and the first five minutes of the third to flip the momentum to their favor.
Jessica Ujcik (Munich, German) was able to score at the 12:37 mark in the third to bring the score to 6-4 off of assists from Kimberly Hughes (Lloydminster, Alberta) and Strymecki, but the comeback stalled there.
Morrisville will look to bounce back in the battle of the Mustangs on Saturday afternoon. The puck is set to drop at Stevenson for the second game of the two-game series at 3:30 PM.
Morrisville State College's curricula are enriched with applied learning and pave the way for opportunity at both the Morrisville and Norwich campuses. An action-oriented, interactive learning lab, the college is a national leader in technology and has been lauded for its exemplary, innovative and effective community service programs.
The college was ranked among the Best Regional Colleges in the North by U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2016 issue and was also recognized in the Top Public Schools, Regional Colleges North in the 2016 Best Colleges rankings. For more information about Morrisville State College, visit www.morrisville.edu.
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