CLAREMONT, Calif. — No. 12-ranked Hartwick College took down Division III No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, 16-7, and Division III No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, 10-8, to continue the Hawks’ West Coast trip.
In the first game, the Hawks decisively outscored the Athenas of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in all four periods. At the half, Hartwick led 10-2 and they would go on to win by nine goals.
L.J. Edwards (Encinitas, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) led the Hawks in scoring with four goals. Tori Wilson (Kitchener, Ontario/ Grand River Collegiate Institute) scored three times. Lena Kotanchyan (Moscow, Russia/Elk Island School), Nikolina Mihajlovik (Mississauga, Ontario/Silverthorn Collegiate Institute) and Katie McKenty (Auckland, New Zealand/Takapuna Grammar School) each had a pair of goals. Madison Germuska (Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon), Becca Lelles (Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City) and Lauren Brennan (Canberra, Australia/St. Clares College) each had a lone tally. Josette Santos (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison) had six saves in goal and Emma Aleksandrovic (Belgrade, Serbia/Medicine School of Zvezdara) had another five saves.
In the second game, the Sagehens outscored Hartwick in each of the first two periods and held a 6-4 lead at the half. In the third period, the Hawks shutout the Sagehens, 3-0, and outscored them in the fourth period, 3-2, for the 10-8 win.
Kotanchyan and Wilson would lead the Hawks in scoring with four goals apiece. McKenty and Brennan each scored a lone goal to round out scoring for Hartwick in their second game. Hannah Edwards (Encinitas, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) had nine saves in goal against the Sagehens.
Release courtesy Hartwick College Athletics Communications
