Dutchwomen skate to 2-2 exhibition tie

Box Score

by Ryan Fay

The Union women's hockey team was fit to be tied Saturday, skating to a 2-2 exhibition draw with the Ottawa Junior Senators at Messa Rink.

The Senators grabbed a 1-0 lead at 5:09 of the first period when Maggie Knott scored off a feed from Kimiko Marinacci. Just over five minutes later, Christine Valente brought Union even with a power play goal after she deflected a Haley Welch shot into the back of the Senators net.

The Senators regained the lead at 2:59 of the second after a Union defenseman lost control of the puck and let it trickle into the net. Leah Buchanan was credited with the goal for the Senators.

Union's Hannah Erickson closed the scoring at 16:40 of the second when she fired a shot over the shoulder of Senators netminder Elizabeth Spinozzi to nod the game at 2-2.

Union held a 36-20 shots advantage, including a 25-8 edge over the first two periods.

Union goaltender Shenae Lundberg stopped four-of-five shots before being replaced by Alexx Ridding at the start of the second period. Ridding turned aside 14-of-15 shots the rest of the way, including 10 in the third period.

Spinozzi finished with a game-high 34 saves.

Union opens the regular season Oct. 3-4 with a two-game non-conference set at RIT's new Gene Polisseni Center.

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