OSWEGO, NY -- First-year Natalie Stott made 27 saves Tuesday evening, and the #5 Amherst College women's hockey team received goals from Jayna Park, Alyssa Xu, and Carley Daly en route to a 3-0 victory over Oswego State at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena & Convocation Hall.

The win was the eighth straight for the Mammoths, who improved to 9-1-0 overall while the #15 Lakers fell to 8-5-0. Amherst will host NESCAC rival Trinity Friday at 7 p.m. at Orr Rink. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: 

* The Mammoths, who outshot Oswego 44-27 in the game, scored one goal in period Tuesday.

* Jayna Park gave the Mammoths a 1-0 lead right around the mid-way mark of the first period. Rylee Glennon scooped up an errant puck in her zone and delivered a beautiful backhanded cross-ice pass to Park as Park skated over the Lakers' blue line. Park sated in alone on Laker's goalie Lexi Levy from the right, skating through the slot from the right and backhanded a shot over the pad for the 1-0 lead. 

* It stayed that way until 12:14 remained in the second period. Some great work along the boards by Park and Mary Thompson set up the play. Park won the puck along the sideboards and slid it into the corner. Thompson raced over and beat a Laker defender to the disk, tapping it back to Park, who quickly slide a pass into the slot where Alyssa Xu was stationed. Xu one-timed a blast past Levy for a two-goal advantage. 

* The third period began with a barrage of shot attempts from each side, and both Stott and Levy came up big to prevent any scoring. Stott made 13 of her 27 saves in the final stanza, while Levy made 15 of her 41. With just over two minutes remaining, the Lakers went on the power play. But early on in the play, Kate Pohl gained possession and tapped a pass to Daley, who raced up to center ice and fired a long-range shot into an empty net to account for the final margin of victory. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* The short-handed goal at the end of the game was the Mammoths' fifth this season. 

* Oswego won the face-off battle, taking 29 of 52 draws in the contest. Maeve Reynolds won 7 of the 14 she took in the contest.