Reading, Pa (January 5, 2023) - Two third period goals propelled Alvernia University (5-5-2, 4-3-0) to a 4-2 victory over Manhattanville College (7-6-0, 7-2-0) in UCHC women's ice hockey action Thursday afternoon at BodyZone. 

The Golden Wolves got on the board first when Kathryn Palmer passed the puck to Julia Franklin who fired it past the Valiant's goalie to give Alvernia a 1-0 lead just five minutes into the game. 

A penalty free first period saw Manhattanville outshoot Alvernia with 11 shots on goal to Alvernia's four, the Golden Wolves took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. 

Alvernia made it a 2-0 game within the first two minutes of the second period when Mackenzie Jackson flipped a perfect pass out of Alvernia's defensive zone and found Abby Reisinger on a break away. Reisinger shielded off the Valiant defender and fired the puck past Manhattanville's Franny Gerardi to give the Golden Wolves a two goal lead. 

Two minutes later Manhattanville grabbed one back, Charlotte Stanwood found Holly Meredith who found the back of the net to make it a 2-1 game. 

The Valiants equalized with 11 minutes left in the second period when Gaberille Cox scored a powerplay goal thanks to an assist from Morgan Miller to make it a 2-2 game. 

Manhattanville outshot Alvernia in the final ten minutes of the second period by one, 10-9 to take the game into the final intermission tied at two. 

Julia Beaven saved three of the six shots she saw in the first ten minutes before Franklin fired the game winner into the back of the net, tallying her second goal of the game. Palmer found Sydney Bradley in the Valiant's zone, Bradley then laid the puck off to a streaking Franklin who fired a shot into the back of the net to give Alvernia a 3-2 advantage eight minutes into the third period. 
 
The Golden Wolves fended off 27 shots in the final 12 minutes of the game with Beaven saving 15 of those 27 shots before Palmer tallied her first goal of her career with an unassisted goal in the final ten seconds, making it 4-2. 

Beaven is credited with the win in goal for Alvernia and finished with 44 saves. 

The Golden Wolves were led by Franklin with two goals and four shots, Palmer and Reisinger both tallied goals and Palmer led with two assists. 

The Golden Wolves are back in action tomorrow night when they take on the Valiants again to wrap up the series. Game time is 7:00 PM.