MANCHESTER, N.H. -- For the second straight day, Post University Men's Ice Hockey was held scoreless by sophomore goalie Collin Berke leading to their second straight shutout loss against Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday afternoon, 4-0. Berke made 36 saves in net for the Penmen while senior goalie Drew Blodgett made 33 stops in his first start since November 8th for the Eagles in the loss. 

THE BASICS

Post University 0, Southern New Hampshire University 4

Post University (2-6-0, 1-5-0 NE10)

Southern New Hampshire University (4-4-0, 3-3-0 NE10) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring for the second straight day was sophomore forward Anthony Marchant at the tail end of the first following a face-off win for junior forward Brendan Lynch who was credited with an assist along with sophomore forward Stone Devlin, giving the Penmen a 1-0 advantage after 20 minutes. It was deja vu for Southern New Hampshire in the second as well, scoring with less than two minutes to go in that frame as senior defenseman Ryan Clear was set up by junior forward Ryan Pomposelli and senior forward Jack Gray to increase the Penmen lead to two goals. 

While Post would have their scoring chances to the tune of five power plays across all three periods, leading to 11-shot chances against Berke, nobody would be able to solve the sophomore netminder and break the seal on the scoring drought for the Eagles. Also struggling to cash in on their power-play chances was Southern New Hampshire as they had seven man-up advantages and were only able to convert on one despite 15 shots in those scenarios.

That lone power-play goal would come in the third off the stick of junior forward Kurt Watson just over six minutes into the period with the help of Lynch for the second time today and freshman defenseman Ryan Kaysar. Also tallying his second point of the day was Pomposelli, who scored the fourth and final goal of the game, along with Gray and Clear for the Penmen who had their second point via the assists in what would be a 4-0 loss for the Eagles. 

BY THE NUMBERS   

• In his first start since November 8th against Saint Michael's College, Drew Blodgett made 33 saves on 37 attempts taken by Southern New Hampshire University
• Colin Berke earned his second shutout in as many days for Southern New Hampshire University, making 36 saves today for a total of 56 saves on 56 attempts over the weekend
• This is the first time since the 2018-19 season in which Post University has been shut out in back-to-back games with it last happening on November 27th and December 4th, 2018 against Stonehill and Assumption College
• Since their 4-2 road win on January 27th, 2023 against Saint Anselm College, Post University is 0-22-2 in their last 24 road games 

WHO'S NEXT 
Post University gets back in action a week from today with their final road game before the new year against Worcester State University on Saturday evening at 6:30 PM. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since the 2017 season in which the Lancers doubled up the Eagles, 4-2, up in Worcester, Massachusetts.