OSWEGO, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's hockey team (3-3-1, 0-3-1 SUNYAC) scored first, but ninth-ranked Oswego State (6-0-1, 4-0-1) rallied for a 4-1 win on Saturday night.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lakers generated a lot of pressure in the first period, but it was the Bears drawing first blood. Tuesday's hero, graduate student forward Rebecca Holmes (Lawtons, N.Y./Buffalo Bisons), scored a shorthanded goal at 7:51 to make it 1-0. Junior forward Rebecca Cain (Skaneateles, N.Y./Syracuse Valley Eagles) assisted on the play.
• The Bears evened out the play in the second period, but Oswego netted the equalizer at 2:27. Tilly Pethrick knotted the score with assists from Ashlyn McGrath and Elizabeth Cooley.
• The Lakers took the lead at 14:48 of the third period. Simone Bednarik scored on a wrister from the slot off a feed from Solana Zizzo.
• Sydney Pinti gave Oswego an insurance marker at 16:11 with an assist from Erika Parenti.
• McGrath sealed the game with an empty-netter with 24 seconds left to make it 4-1. Parenti and Cooley had the assists.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Lakers outshot the Bears 41-18.
• Oswego was 0-for-3 on the power-play and Potsdam went 0-for-2.
• Junior goalie Magalie Parent (Trois-Rivières, Quebec/Les Diablos – Cégep de Trois-Rivières) made 37 saves for the Bears.
• Lexi Levy stopped 17 shots to earn the win for the Lakers.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
Potsdam is now off until Friday, January 3, when they play in the first round of the Castleton Invitational.