Marlborough, MA – Freshman Sydney Valiquette scored her first career goal and added two assists helping SUNY Canton to a weekend sweep of Anna Maria College.  With the victory the Roos are off to their best start in program history winning six straight and eight of their first 10 games.
 
THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Canton 6, Anna Maria College 1
• Location: New England Sports Center – Marlborough, MA 
• Records: SUNY Canton (8-1-1) | Anna Maria College (2-7-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Freshman Mathilde Couture scored a power play goal at 11:51 of the first period putting the Roos ahead early 1-0.  Sophomore Sandrene Garofalo was credited with the assist.
• Shayla McDonald tied the game 1-1 for the Amcats, scoring a power play goal at 16:01.
• Freshman Danika Lalonde and Asha Hanson each scored in the second period putting SUNY Canton up 4-1.
• Valiquette added a power play goal at 1:49 of the third period and juniors Gracyn Emmerton and Iida Laitinen each added another to close out the scoring and send the Roos home with the 6-1 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Hanson's goal was the first of her career.  Lalonde had an assist to go along with her goal and sophomore Sandrene Garofolo had two assists.
• SUNY Canton was 2/3 on the power play while Anna Maria was 1/5.
• Anna Maria won the faceoff battle 38-25.
• Senior Sirena Alvarez made 24 saves on 25 shots.  Julia Smith finished with 28 saves in 56 minutes of work for the Amcats while Aurora Vanwormer finished with 3 in relief.

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton hosts SUNY Potsdam in a NEWHL contest Tuesday, December 6^th at 7:00 p.m.
   
About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.