Union loses Three Rivers Classic title game

PHOTOGRAPHER: Justin Berl/Robert Morris Athletics

Union's Parker Foo (22) and Lucas Breault head up the ice during Saturday's Three Rivers Classic title game.

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PITTSBURGH — The Union men’s hockey team has struggled to handle success this season.

After beating top-ranked St. Cloud State 7-3 in the Three Rivers Classic semifinals on Friday, the Dutchmen faced ECAC Hockey-foe Brown in Saturday’s championship game.

The contest started a half-hour late. The 14th-ranked Dutchmen were even later to arrive.

Tournament most valuable player Alex Brink scored two of Brown’s four first-period goals, sparking the Bears to a 6-3 victory over the Dutchmen at PPG Paints Arena.

This was the third instance this season in which the Dutchmen (10-5-4) failed pulled off a clunker. After starting the season 4-0, they were swept by RPI. Following their Friendship Four championship victory in late November, they were tied by Brown and lost to Yale in December.

And it happened again against Brown. Only this time, it was much worse as the Bears (5-7-3) raced out to a 4-0 lead, with three of their goals coming on special teams.
Brown took advantage of a Greg Campbell hooking penalty 1:41 into the game when Tommy Marchin fired a shot from the top of the right circle past goalie Darion Hanson.

Brink scored the next two goals for the Bears. The first, an even-strength tally at 9:46, was a bad goal. Brink was skating behind the net from the right wing when he bounced the buck off of Hanson’s left skate and into the net.

Just over three minutes later, Brink chased Hanson from the game with a shorthanded goal. Jake Kupsky replaced Hanson, but he didn’t fare much better as the Bears scored another shorthanded goal. Zack Giuttari got it on a 3-on-1 break.

Jack Adams got a goal for Union late in the first. That goal seemed to spark the Dutchmen as they got second-period power-play goals from Anthony Rinaldi and Lucas Breault.

But with 31 seconds left in the second, Jack Gessert fired a shot from the bottom of the right circle over Kupsky’s shoulder to give Brown a 5-3 lead.
Marchin sealed the Bears win on an empty-net goal with 41 seconds left.

Union forward Parker Foo, who had a goal against St. Cloud State and two assists against Brown, was named to the all-tournament team.

The Dutchmen return to ECACH play next weekend when they visit Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

Brown 4 1 1 — 6
Union 1 2 0 — 3
First Period — 1, Brown, Marchin 3 (Gottlieb, Giuttari), 2:27 (pp). 2, Brown, Brink 2 (Burston), 9:46. 3, Brown, Brink 3, 12:55 (sh). 4, Brown, Giuttari 4 (Beaudoin), 15:54 (sh). 5, Union, Adams 6 (Morton, Foo), 18:10. Penalties — Campbell, Uni (hooking), 1:41; Dawson, Bro (holding), 12:03; Gottlieb, Bro (hooking), 14:56.
Second Period — 6, Union, Rinaldi 5 (Foo, Maier), 2:42 (pp). 7, Union, Breault 1 (Estes, Supinski), 9:46 (pp). 8, Brown, Gessert (Burston), 19:29. Penalties — Burston, Bro (holding), 1:11; Gottleib, Bro (cross-checking), 8:54.
Third Period — 9, Brown, Marchin 4, 19:19 (en). Penalties — None.
Shots on Goal — Brown 9-13-4 — 26. Union 12-14-14 — 40.
Power-play opportunities — Brown 1 of 1; Union 2 of 4.
Goalies — Union, Hanson (7 shots-4 saves), Kupsky 5-3-1 (12:55 first, 16-15). Brown, Nieto 4-4-1 (37-34).
A — 1,500. T — 2:13.
Referees — Ken Gates, Casey Terreri. Linesmen: David Panek, Matt Terreri.

RPI 2, ARMY 1 (OT)
TROY — Jake Marrello scored 1:16 into overtime, capping a rally that helped the Engineers beat the Black Knights at Houston Field House.

Army had a 1-0 lead after Brendan Soucie scored late in the second period.

With goalie Linden Marshall pulled for an extra attacker, Brady Wiffen tied it for RPI with 21 seconds left.

Army 0 1 0 0 — 1
RPI 0 0 1 1 — 2
First Period — None. Penalties — Wiffen, RPI (holding), 5:32; Fidler, Army (holding), 13:09.
Second Period — 1, Army, Soucie 7 (Bilek), 15:11. Penalties — Plunkett, Army (interference), 9:00.
Third Period — 2, RPI, Wiffen 3 (Hayhurst, Reilly), 19:39. Penalties — Reilly, RPI (tripping), 6:48; Berkovitz, Army (hooking), 13:23.
Overtime — 3, RPI, Marrello 2 (Gornall, Johnson), 1:16. Penalties — None.
Shots on Goal — Army 9-11-8-0 — 28. RPI 9-12-9-2 — 32.
Power-play opportunities — Army 0 of 2; RPI 0 of 3.
Goalies — Army, Dempsey 3-9-0 (32 shots-30 saves). RPI, Marshall 4-8-0 (28- 27).
A — 3,164. T — 2:25.
Referees — Kevin Graber, Anthony Dapuzzo. Linesmen — Michael Emanatian, Patrick Dapuzzo.

WOMEN
BEMIDJI STATE 6, UNION 2
BEMIDJI, Minn. — Clair DeGeorge scored twice as the Beavers beat the Dutchwomen to complete a weekend sweep.
Union (2-16-2), which has lost seven straight and winless in its last 12 (0-11-1), took a 1-0 lead on a Makayla Mori goal just over seven minutes into the game. However, Bemidji State (7-13-1) scored four straight goals in a 7:23 span of the first. Ellie Moser started it, followed by DeGeorge, Jacqueline Kaasa and Abby Halluska.

Rachel de Perio scored a short-handed goal for Union late in the second period. Bemidji State put the game away on third-period goals by Paige Beebe and DeGeorge.

Union 1 1 0 — 2
Bemidji State 4 0 2 — 6
First Period — 1 Union, Mori 1 (Russ), 7:01. 2, Bemidji State, Moser 2 (Langei, Marolt), 10:38. 3, Bemidji State, DeGeorge 5 (Hunt), 11:43. 4, Bemidji State, Kaasa 4 (Radke, Olson), 13:57. 5, Bemidji State, Halluska 3 18:01. Penalties — Harris, Uni (holding), 19:45.
Second Period — 6, Union, de Perio 3 (Heiting), 15:54 (sh). Penalties — Shugart, Uni (goalie interference), 15:15.
Third Period — 7, Bemidji State, Beebe 5, 16:36. 8, Bemidji State, DeGeorge 6 (Passolt), 18:26 (en). Penalties — Moser, BS (hooking), 6:55.
Shots on Goal — Union 7-7-6 — 20. Bemidji State 13-13-11 — 37.
Power-play opportunities — Union 0 of 1; Bemidji State 0 of 2.
Goalies — Union, Murray 1-6-2 (13 shots-9 saves), Francis (0:00 second, 23-22). Bemidji State, Dowhy 4-7-0 (20-18).
A — 341. T — 1:48.
Referees — Duncan Ryhorchuk, Casey Enge. Linesmen — Ron Laituri, Sam Jerome.