The Middlebury Panthers (7-3) travelled to Ritter Arena to take on the
 RIT Lady Tigers (4-3) on Saturday, January 17th, 1998.  This box score
 is taken from the official scoresheets provided by the RIT Sports
 Information Directors Office.  The comments that follow are purely my
 own and cannot be attributed to the RIT SID, nor to either team.
 
Scoring:        1       2       3       Final
Middlebury      1       1       1       *3*
RIT             1       0       0       *1*
 
Shots on goal:  1       2       3       Final
Middlebury      24      22      12      *58*
RIT             5       5       3       *13*
 
1st Period:
Goals:
2:25    RIT     Rebecca Grandy from Sandy Payne & Rachelle Bogart (0-1)
8:59    MC      Michelle Labbe from Catherine Pullins (1-1)
 
        Penalties:
        4:43    RIT     Andrea Talerico (roughing)
 
2nd Period:
Goals:
12:34   MC      Sarah Cotton from Pullins & Janice O'Neil (2-1)
 
        Penalties:
        6:45    RIT     Sophie Nizman (roughing)
        14:23   RIT     Katie Fennessey (holding)
        16:58   RIT     Kristine Pierce (roughing)
        17:03   MC      Christa McDougall (tripping)
 
3rd Period:
Goals:
:37     MC      Pullins from Suzanne Chepren (3-1)
 
        Penalties:
        5:45    MC      Pullins (roughing)
        5:57    RIT     Talerico (hooking)
 
Saves:                          1       2       3       Final
Beth Denoncourt, Middlebury     4       5       3       *12* of 13 shots
Melissa Norris, RIT             23      21      11      *55* of 58 shots
 
Special Teams:
Middlebury      0 goals on 5 powerplays
RIT             0 goals on 2 powerplays
 
Penalties:
Middlebury      2 minors for 4 minutes
RIT             5 minors for 10 minutes
 
Comments:
The Middlebury Panthers possessed an obvious speed advantage over a
 young RIT Tiger team and used it to their advantage all night.  RIT
 was able to exert some pressure off the initial face-off.  Sandy Payne
 took the puck behind the Middlebury net and fed it to Rebecca Grandy
 in the slot who beat the Middlebury netminder low on the glove side to
 give the Tigers the early lead at 2:25.  But the Panthers stormed back
 and tied the game on a nice shot from Michelle Labbe at 8:59.
 
Middlebury completely dominated play in the 2nd period.  The Panthers
 scored at 12:34 when Sarah Cotton tipped in a shot from the point by
 Catherine Pullins.
 
The third period saw a little more even play territorially, but
 Middlebury was still able to keep a distinct advantage in both the
 quality and quantity of shots.  The Panthers took a 3-1 lead just 37
 seconds in to the period when Catherine Pullins put in a shot from the
 top of the slot through a screen.  The Tigers gamely tried to come
 back but were just outmatched by a faster Middlebury team.
 
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Scott Biggar                    RIT '89
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