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4th-Ranked Clarkson women's hockey completes road sweep of #9 Boston University

Posted 10/18/15

A pair of goals by both senior assistant captain Olivia Howe and junior Genevieve Bannon highlighted the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team's 4-1 victory over Boston University on Saturday, …

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4th-Ranked Clarkson women's hockey completes road sweep of #9 Boston University

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A pair of goals by both senior assistant captain Olivia Howe and junior Genevieve Bannon highlighted the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team's 4-1 victory over Boston University on Saturday, capping off a weekend sweep of the perennial national power on its home ice in Boston.

With the victory, the 4th/5th-ranked Golden Knights have jumped out to the best start in the program's 13-year history at 7-0-0. The Knights rallied for a 4-2 victory over the 9th-ranked Terriers on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena. Clarkson will look to continue its perfect season when it hosts the University of New Hampshire in a pair of non-league games at Cheel Arena next weekend.

The Green and Gold never trailed in Saturday's game against Boston University, taking a 1-0 lead on Howe's tally at 15:54 of the first period. Howe scored again, her fourth of the season, at 9:43 of the middle frame.

Boston University got on the scoreboard with 1:26 remaining in the period to cut the Knights' lead to 2-1 after 40 minutes.

That was all the scoring for the home team, however, as the Knights closed out the road weekend with a pair of goals from Bannon over the final 20 minutes. Entering the game as Clarkson's top playmaker, Bannon scored her first of the season at 6:39 of the third and added her second goal of the day, into an empty net with 1:39 remaining.

Clarkson's leading scorer, junior Cayley Mercer recorded a pair of assists to give her a team-high 11points (4-7) on the season.

The Knights outshot the Terriers 41-23, including a 14-7 margin in the first period. Sophomore Shea Tiley, playing her 44th career game in the Clarkson crease, posted 22 saves to record her 30th career victory.

Clarkson was 0-of-5 on the power play and killed off both of Boston University's man-advantage opportunities.