Lake Forest College Sports Information
Foresters Close out Regular Season by Sweeping Visiting Concordia
Sophomore Naomi Paterson’s (Ingersoll, Ont./London Devilettes) gave Lake Forest the lead at 1:41 in Saturday’s first period. Her second goal of the year was assisted by senior Amalia Vriend (King City, Ont./Markham Stouffville Stars) and sophomore Maggie Bresser (Fond du Lac, Wis./Waupun H.S.). The lead doubled when sophomore Sam Pinsonneault (Manchester, N.H./New Hampton School) lit the lamp at 4:26 in the second. Freshman Lynn Switaj (Avon Lake, Ohio/Ohio Flames) assisted Pinsonneault and then, along with senior Allison Rushing (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Admirals), set up senior Kerry Gotowka’s (West Simsbury, Conn./Westminster School) power play goal at 18:08. Senior Laura Wilson (Corunna, Ont./Sarnia Sting) assisted classmate Courtney DeHoey (Chatham, Ont./Bluewater Sr. Hawks) with 1:27 to play in the game to extend the home team’s lead to 4-0. Concordia scored with 1:03 remaining and added a second goal with just five seconds left on the clock. Freshman goaltender Alyssa Wintermute (Belmont, Ont./St. Thomas Panthers) recorded 15 saves while holding the Falcons scoreless for two periods to earn the victory. Sophomore Charlotte Capaldo (Norwalk, Conn./Kingston Ice Wolves) played the entire third period and stopped seven of nine shots on goal in her first action of the season. Sophomore Ryann McCarthy (Lombard, Ill./Team Illinois) was between the pipes on Sunday and tallied 27 saves in 29 chances. DeHoey and Switaj assisted on Wilson’s 10th goal of the season with 2:36 remaining in the first period. DeHoey then netted her team-high 13th goal of the year at 1:48 in the second. Concordia, however, scored at the 7:34 mark and the period ended with the Foresters leading 2-1. Pinsonneault scored for the third time this season – all in the last four games – at the 2:25 mark of the third period with Wilson and Gotowka each earning an assist. Gotowka then took over the national lead with her 11th power play goal of the season just 22 seconds later. DeHoey and Rushing assisted on Gotowka’s 12th score overall. The Falcons cut the lead back down to two less than a minute later but would not score again. Rushing closed out the scoring with a power play goal at 17:50. Sophomore Courtney Bean (Peoria, Ill./Team Illinois) assisted on Rushing’s second goal of the year. Lake Forest will be the #5 seed in next weekend’s (February 29-March 2) O’Brien Cup Tournament at UW-Superior. The Foresters will face #4 UW-Eau Claire at 7:00 Friday night with the winner advancing to Saturday’s semifinals (2/6:00) and Sunday’s third-place game (11:00) or championship (3:00). Saturday's Box Score
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