SUNY Plattsburgh women's hockey returns to the conference championship. This tournament continues his more than 20-year tradition for the team. “It means a lot,” SUNY Plattsburgh sophomore forward Emma McLean said. “I think it's good that we're doing well at the right time.'' The Cardinals dominated in the opening round of the SUNYAC playoffs, defeating the SUNY Morrisville Mustangs 5-1. Plattsburgh's offense was led by graduate forward Julia Masotta, who matched the school's postseason single-game scoring record with four goals. “Thankfully we have Julia,” MacLean said. “A savior who scored four more goals will help us.” Masotta's teammates praised her, but Masotta gave the credit back to the team, who awarded her four goals in the win. He put us in the right position to score a goal. “This is a credit to my linemates,” Masotta said. “I was the one who put them in, but three or four unreal passes put me in a position to make it big, so that's a big credit to them.” Ciara Wall added. He scored Plattsburgh's goal in the second. period of play. Plattsburgh will play SUNY Cortland for the third year in a row in the conference championship, a rivalry Plattsburg has grown to love because of the challenge No. 12 Cortland has had over the past few seasons. The most recent game Plattsburgh hopes to use as motivation to win is a 2-1 road loss to close out the SUNYAC regular season. “We want to get revenge against Cortland, who we lost to last time,” McLean said. “It's something both teams are looking forward to. They're a great team, they've got speed. Every time we play them, we know everyone's going to give it their all.” Pack to SUNYAC Championship A drop is made. Saturday, March 2, 3:00 p.m.
SUNY Plattsburgh women's hockey returns to the conference championship. This tournament continues his more than 20-year tradition for the team.
“It means a lot,” SUNY Plattsburgh sophomore forward Emma McLean said. “I think it's good that things turned around at the right time.”
The Cardinals dominated the SUNYAC playoff opener, defeating the SUNY Morrisville Mustangs 5-1. Plattsburgh's offense was led by graduate forward Julia Masotta, who tied the school's single-game scoring record in the postseason with four goals.
“Thankfully we have Julia,” MacLean said. “Our savior, who scored four goals, will help us.”
Mazzotta's teammates gave her praise, but she gave the credit back to her team, who put her in the right position to score four goals in the win.
“This is a credit to my linemates,” Masotta said. “I was the one who put them in, but there were three or four unreal passes that allowed me to have a huge success. That's a big credit to them.”
Ciara Wall also scored for Plattsburgh in the second period of play.
Plattsburgh will play SUNY Cortland for the third year in a row in the conference championship, a rivalry Plattsburg has grown to love because of the challenge No. 12 Cortland has had over the past few seasons. The most recent game Plattsburgh hopes to use as motivation to win is a 2-1 road loss to close out the SUNYAC regular season.
“We want to get revenge against Cortland, who we lost to last time,” McLean said. “It's something both teams are looking forward to. They're a great team, they're fast, and we know everyone will give their best every time we play them.”
SUNYAC Championship puck drop will take place on Saturday, March 2 at 3 p.m.
