MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The No. 2 Plattsburgh State women's ice hockey team stretched its winning streak to six on Saturday at the Morrisville IcePlex, blanking host SUNY Morrisville, 4-0, in Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) action.
 
Plattsburgh State is ranked at No. 2 in the DCU/USCHO.com Women's Division III Top-10 Poll.
 
The Cardinals finished with a 45-19 edge in shots on goal and went 2-for-4 on the power play. Morrisville was unable to score on its lone power-play opportunity of the game.
 
Plattsburgh State rises to 12-2-0 overall (9-0-0 NEWHL) with the win next visits top-ranked Middlebury College on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m. Morrisville falls to 4-9-1 overall (2-6-1 NEWHL) with the loss and next hosts Oswego State on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m.
 
After a scoreless first period, sophomore forward Mae Olshansky (Wilmette, Ill./North American Hockey Academy) put the Cardinals on the board at 3:18 of the second on the power play. Senior forward Nicole Unsworth (Milwaukee, Wis./East Coast Wizards) passed to senior defenseman Sierra Benjamin (Palm Coast, Fla./Northwood School) in the right face-off circle, and Benjamin found Olshansky in the low slot. Olshansky then scored glove side to give Plattsburgh State a 1-0 advantage.
 
Graduate student defenseman Erin McArdle (Macomb, Mich./Belle Tire) buried a power-play goal with 26.1 seconds remaining in the second to double the Cardinal lead. Graduate student forward Annie Katonka (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite) won an offensive-zone face-off to senior forward Sarah Krauseneck (Saginaw, Mich./Northern Cyclones) on the right wing, and Krauseneck passed back to Benjamin on the right point. After Benjamin and McArdle passed D-to-D, McArdle ripped a shot through traffic that ultimately went through the five-hole.
 
Olshansky made it a 3-0 game with 9:02 elapsed in the third, beating the Mustang goalie blocker side with a shot from the right circle. Junior defenseman Kendall Wasik (Novi, Mich./HoneyBaked) and senior forward Holly Schmelzer (East Amherst, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) earned assists on the play.
 
Finally, at 15:13 of the third, Katonka added insurance. First-year forward Bridget Orr (Excelsior, Minn./North American Hockey Academy) fed Katonka with a pass across the crease, and Katonka banged the puck in from the left side of the goal. Junior forward Ivy Boric (Newport Beach, Calif./Anaheim Lady Ducks) earned an assist on the goal as well.
 
Senior goaltender Ashley Davis (Winterville, N.C./Northwood School) made 19 saves in the shutout victory for the Cardinals, while first-year goaltender Emma Plett turned aside 41 shots in the loss for the Mustangs.
 
UFirst Federal Credit Union is the official Zamboni sponsor of Plattsburgh State men's and women's ice hockey.