Shanahan notches 100th career point as X-Women win two on the road

The X-Women hockey team added a pair of W’s to their win column this weekend, earning a 4-1 win over Mount Allison on Saturday evening and a 6-1 win over UPEI on Sunday afternoon. In the win over UPEI, X-Women assistant captain Jessica Shanahan earned her 100th career point with an assist on StFX’s fourth goal.

Saturday in Sackville, the X-Women jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two periods of play as Carolyn Campbell and Jessica Shanahan scored power play goals. Kate Ehrhardt scored a power play goal for the Mounties eight minutes into the second period but that was the only goal StFX goaltender Katie Greenway would allow as the X-Women went on to win 4-1.

Campbell netted her second goal of the game 3:06 into the third period while Abygail Laking rounded out the X scorer with a power play marker at the 9:53 minute mark. Shanahan earned Player of the Game honors for a two-point effort on the night. Greenway wasn’t tested much on net as the X-Women outshot the Mounties by a whopping 60-17. Meghan Corley-Byrne took the loss in nets for Mount Allison, racking up 56 saves.

On Sunday afternoon in Chalottetown, the X-Women again got out to an early lead against the UPEI Panthers. First period goals came off the sticks of Nicole Hansom, Brenna MacDonald and Brittney Perkins as StFX jumped out to a 3-0 lead. MacDonald’s goal was her first ever goal scored in an X-Women uniform.

Perkins scored her second of the game and the only one in the second period, to increase the X lead to 4-0. Shanahan’s assist on the goal marked the 100th point of her four year AUS career to date. The assistant captain currently sits in a tie for 13th position overall in the AUS record book and tied for 6th overall in the StFX record book.

Carolyn Campbell and Daniela Falconia rounded out the scoring for the X-Women with third period goals, while Danielle Maxwell scored the lone Panthers goal. Laura Grant and Marilynn Hay each had 2 assists a piece for the X-Women, who outshot the Panthers by a 29-21 margin.

Katie Greenway earned her second win of the weekend in nets for StFX, while Bailey Toupin took the loss for UPEI.

The X-Women improve to 17-2-3 on the season and remain in a deadlock for first place atop the AUS conference with Moncton, (18-2-1) each posting 37 points as the X-Women have a game in hand over the Aigles Bleues. The X-Women will wrap up AUS regular season play with a pair of weekend games. Saturday night at 7:00 pm they will host the fourth place Saint Mary’s Huskies (12-9-1) at the StFX Keating Centre, then they hit the road Sunday for a 2:00 pm game at fifth place Dalhousie (10-12-0). Moncton has three games remaining against UPEI, Mount Allison and St. Thomas.

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