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Rutland, VT – Junior Brooke Susac was outstanding throughout stopping a SUNY Canton women's hockey program record 54 shots, but Endicott College scored twice in a span of 76 seconds late in the third period to force overtime and earned a 4-3 victory on Sunday evening in the WSYB/Catamount Radio Invitational championship game.

The Roos previous program record for saves in a single-game came in the team's inaugural season when both Alyssa Altschuler (10/27/12) and Victoria Taylor (11/18/12) stopped 52 shots. Susac's previous career-high of 43 saves also came against Endicott on January 27, 2017.

Susac, Hannah Brady and Noelle Niemiec were all named to the All-Tournament Team. Canton defeated host Castleton in the first semifinal, 4-3 in overtime, on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: Endicott 4 SUNY Canton 3, OT
• Location: Spartan Arena – Rutland, VT
• Records:  Endicott (8-2-3) | SUNY Canton (5-5-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Whitney Bernier got the Roos on the board first at 14:08 of the opening period Hannah Brady skated the puck into the zone to the goaltender's left and played a pass out in front to Bernier who beat Alyssa Peterson glove side. The goal was the first of the season for Bernier.
• Lily Cullen made it 2-0 Canton at 18:21 of the opening period on her fourth goal of the season. Micayla Macintyre dumped the puck deep and Cullen finished it off with Ashley Gillies also earning a helper on the play.
• Endicott got one back just three seconds before intermission off the stick of Alexa Pretkelis. Brooke Susac had a monster first period making 16 saves and despite Canton getting outshot 17-4 the Roos held a one goal lead after one.
• Kelly Leathem regained the Roos two goal advantage at 2:17 of the middle period when she kept the puck in on a Gulls clearance attempt and scored far out from the left side near the blue line.
• Endicott scored twice within a span of 76 seconds to knot the game at 3-3. With 4:02 remaining Michaela McNamara put home a rebound after a Lexi Klein shot was stopped by Susac following the conclusion of a Gulls power play. Lauren Ferraiuolo scored on a drive from the left side with 2:46 remaining to force overtime.
• Fifty-nine seconds into the extra session Klein completed the Gulls comeback
• Susac's 54 saves were 11 more than her previous career-best. Alyssa Peterson made 16 stops for the Gulls.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Roos are back in action on Friday when they host New England College in non-conference action in the Roos House at 4 p.m.   
   

About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 13 exclusively online degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are conference members of the North Atlantic Conference.