SHELTON, Conn. -- Another close, competitive matchup for Post University Women's Ice Hockey against Long Island University (LIU) on the back-end of a home-and-home series between the two squads saw a similar finish to less than 24 hours ago. Once again lead 2-1 in the third period, the Eagles would not be able to shut the door on the Sharks, going into overtime and a eventually a three-round shootout which they would fall in, 1-0. 

THE BASICS

Post University 2, LIU 2 (1-0 Loss in Shootout) 

Post University (3-11-2, 3-7-2 NEWHA)

LIU (8-5-2, 8-2-2 NEWHA)

HOW IT HAPPENED
As it was a day ago, Post struck first with sophomore forward Celena Mickevicius beating sophomore goalie Clara Kammholz with a shot right in front of the net. It was the second goal of the season for Mickevicius as freshman forward Rowyn Ringor fed senior forward Julia Wysocki behind the net who threw the puck in front to the sophomore for the goal which would keep Post ahead heading into the second period where LIU struck back to tie the game at one all. 

With just over five minutes gone by in the second frame, a blocked shot by the Eagles found the stick of freshman defenseman Kristen Kiggen on the right side of the circle who shifted down near the red line and threw the puck in front from junior forward Ryan Kearns to beat junior goalie Hannah Saunders with the game-tying goal. Reclaiming their one-goal lead would be Post in the third as Ringor flew into the zone with just under seven minutes gone by and a shot from sophomore forward Macy Peterson took a hop over to sophomore forward Noa Farberman's stick in front of Kammholz. Making the most of her opportunity, Farberman lifted the puck over the top of the sophomore for the score and the go-ahead goal at the time.

However less than three minutes later, back came the Sharks as graduate forward Carrigan Umpherville and freshman forward Drew Dyczkowski helped sophomore defenseman Ella Knewtson scored from near the left circle. The shot from Knewtson found its way around a myriad of Post and LIU bodies that screened Saunders from seeing the puck, allowing the Sharks to pull even at two and force overtime for the second straight day. 

After neither side would concede a goal, both Saunders and Kammholz would be near-perfect in the shootout, but one goal would make all the difference to send LIU to the victory. Peterson, Farberman, and Wysocki would all be stopped by Kammholz while senior forward Jeannie Wallner was denied by Saunders before senior defenseman Bri Eid's move to the left of the goal would get by the junior netminder and prove the difference maker in the 2-2 tie that went the way of the Sharks by virtue of the 1-0 shootout win. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Rowyn Ringor finished the weekend with four points after having two more assists today to end the weekend with one goal and three assists overall -- Ringor is tied for the lead among all Post players with 10 points so far this year along with Julia Wysocki
• Paige Pipher made her first appearance as an Eagle, recording one shot in the second period 
• This is the second time this season that Post University has gone to a shootout and they are now 0-2 when reaching that point of the game 
• Post University falls to 0-17-1 in the all-time series against LIU with this game being the first time the two teams have gone to a shootout resulting in the first tie in the all-time series

WHO'S NEXT
Post University has one more game before Thanksgiving Break as they head to Franklin Pierce University for a rare weekday conference matchup against the Ravens on Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM. The two sides split their first two head-to-heads this season with the Eagles winning on the road, 3-2, in overtime after falling 3-2 the day before that at home.