X-Women shutout Mounties

Antigonish, NS - The CIS No. 7 ranked X-Women hockey team maintained their first place position atop the AUS conference with a 5-0 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties Sunday afternoon at the Keating Centre.

Veteran forward Erin Brophy scored two goals for the X-Women and freshman goaltender Sojung Shin had 23 saves for the shutout win.

Jenna Pitts began the StFX attack 6:54 into the game when her low shot slid in past Mounties netminder Kate O'Brien while on the power play. Kara Power assisted as the goal held up as the only one scored in the first period.

The X-Women outshot the Mounties 13-8 in the opening frame.

Power scored StFX's second goal of the game at 6:20 of the second period, picking up a Connor Garagan pass in the slot and beating O'Brien with a nice shot. Heather Tillsley also picked a helper on the play.

The X-Women held a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes as Subway player of the game Brophy scored her first of the game at 14:25 on a nifty give-and-go play with linemate Alex Normore.

CIS leading scorer Normore assisted on all three of the X-Women's final goals.

StFX scored two quick third period goals 37 seconds apart. Freshman defense Nicole Corcoran netted the fourth goal of the afternoon on the power play (14:00) as her low shot from the point went through traffic to beat Keri Martin, who had replace O'Brien for the third period. Taylor Dale and Normore had the assists.

Normore then set up Brophy for her second goal of the day on the short side at 14:37.

The X-Women outshot the Mounties 30-23 in the game. Mount A was unable to convert on five power play opportunities while StFX was 2-for-3.

With the win, the X-Women improve to 13-3-1 and sit two points ahead of Saint Mary's in the AUS standings. The fifth place Mounties drop to 8-9-0. They will host the Aigles Bleues (9-8-1) on Friday, Jan. 24th in their next AUS game, while the X-Women travel to Fredericton to face the Tommies (7-7-4), also on Jan. 24th. Puck drop for both games is 7:00 pm.