DII Lady Flames advance to 13-1-1 with impressive home sweep of Blue Hens

Saturday, November 7

Lynchburg, VA

1:15 PM

Liberty University Club Sports

University of Delaware

Lady Flames senior forward and head captain Cora Williams shoots on Delaware goalie Charlotte Randazzo in Saturday's 4-1 victory at the LaHaye Ice Center. (Photos by Ethan Smith)

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Liberty improved on its 13-2 start last season, when it finished with an overall record of 23-3.

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Junior forward Calissa Klein and sophomore forward Pimsiri Wilhelmy both scored twice to spark the attack for Liberty University's ACHA Division II women's hockey team in a sweep of DVCHC rival Delaware University, winning 4-1 Saturday afternoon and 3-1 Sunday afternoon at the LaHaye Ice Center.

The Lady Flames (13-1-1) improved to 21-10-1 in their all-time series with Delaware and have now won eight of the teams' last nine matchups.

After outscoring 67-20 through its first 11 games, the Blue Hens (7-6) were outscored by Liberty by a nearly exact ratio in the series, 7-2.
Klein started the scoring in the opener, putting away assists from sophomore forward Arianna Pastoor and freshman defenseman Ava Clark with 14:06 left in the first period.

Wilhelmy doubled the lead just 29 seconds later, finishing feeds from Klein and Pastoor, before graduate forward Devon Cavaliere added a power-play goal off assists from sophomore forward Emma Bardwell and graduate defenseman Kate Walhof with 3:31 to play in the period for a quick 3-0 lead.

The Blue Hens responded with the only goal of the second period — by Hope Menichillo off an assist from Miranda Post with 4:14 to go — before Klein capped the scoring with a second power-play goal unassisted with 14:26 remaining in regulation.

Liberty went 2-for-2 on its power-play chances while its penalty kill was successful in shutting down all three Delaware opportunities. The Lady Flames outshot Delaware by a 32-14 margin and freshman goalie Nicole Duenas Abin made 13 saves to improve to 5-0.

Sunday's rematch was much more tightly contested, with Liberty only outshooting the Blue Hens by a 28-27 count and Abin making 26 saves to lower her goals-against average to 1.15 and raise her save percentage to 95.2.

Following two scoreless periods, Pastoor lifted the Lady Flames to a 1-0 lead at the 16:24 mark of the third, scoring off an assist from Wilhelmy. But Delaware didn't back down, netting the tying score nearly 10 minutes later on an unassisted goal by Taylor Schulman at the 6:45 mark.

Just 48 seconds later, Walhof answered with the game winner assisted by freshman forward Jessica Evans for a 2-1 edge before Wilhelmy capped the scoring, again assisted by Klein, for an insurance score with 2:20 remaining in regulation.

On special teams, Liberty went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill but 0-for-4 on the power play.

The Lady Flames will be off this weekend before competing at next weekend's DVCHC Showcase hosted by Villanova University in Aston, Pa. There, Liberty will take on the Wildcats on Friday, Nov. 20, at 6:30 p.m. before facing the Naval Academy on Nov. 21 at 3:30 p.m. and Rowan (N.J.) University on Nov. 22 at 9:15 a.m. The Lady Flames tied the Midshipwomen on Oct. 31 at the Crab Pot Showcase in Annapolis, Md.

By Ted Allen/Staff Writer; Video edited by Patrick Strawn/Club Sports Director of Video & Media