Written by Tyler Kuehl
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The women's hockey team took to the ice for the first time this season. With the majority of the roster returning from last season, the core is the still there for the Panthers. Their opponents opening night were the Bearcats from McKendree University. The two have not met since the 2016-17 season, when the Bearcats took both meetings from DU.
McKendree's offense was present early and often against the Panthers. Alyssa Albee, Jacqueline Leone and Lara Wentz each scored two goals for the Bearcats, leading to their first win of the season.
QUICK STATS
Final Score: Davenport 0– McKendree 10
Shots: DU 11, MU 41
Power Play: DU (0/5), MU (1/7)
Records: DU (0-1), MU (1-2)
The Bearcats struck early in the game, as Wentz beat DU's
Julia Gaynor to send McKendree off and runnding. Tia Kay and Callie Hoadley each scored their first of the season for McKendree, before a shorthanded goal from Leone sent the Bearcats into the first intermission with a 4-0 lead.
Period two saw more of the same as Wentz and Albee each scored for McKendree, with Albee's coming on the power play. Juliana Davis scored her first of the season as well with just under three minutes to play in the period.
In the third period, Leone and Albee each scored their second of the game, with Delayne Ivanowski scoring between the two, and the Bearcats would pick up their first win of the season by a final score of 10-0.
WHO'S NEXT?
The two teams will meet once again Sunday morning for the second half of the back-to-back. Puck drop at Patterson is set for 11 a.m.
