OSWEGO, NY (January 8, 2020) --- The King's College women's ice hockey team dropped a 9-0 decision to host SUNY Oswego on Wednesday afternoon from the Marano Campus Center Arena in Oswego.

Oswego (8-3-1) scored four goals in both the first and third period in their first game of 2020. King's (1-8-1) struggled to get any offense going against the Lakers stingy defense as the hosts outshot KC 49-7.

Sara Cruise had a hat trick and an assist to lead Oswego while Megan Teachout and Morgan Shines had two goals and three assists each to combine for 10 of the team's 24 total points in the game. Amber Thomas and Eryn Stewart each had a goal and an assist while both Natalie Giglio and Avery Webster recorded two assists.

The Monarchs blocked 17 shots including a team high seven by Maggie Gould. King's was called for a season low two penalties and was successful on both penalty kills against the Lakers' 14th-ranked power play. Josée Aitken won a team high six faceoff attempts. Hannah Bowers made 18 saves in goal during the first 29:26 of the game before being replaced by Emma Zeveney. The junior finished the game making 22 saves.

KC will return to Wilkes-Barre after their short road trip to begin 2020 where they will play a pair of Middle Atlantic Conference opponents this weekend. On Saturday the squad will make their shortest road trip of the season as they travel just a couple blocks from campus to the Toyota Sportsplex at Coal Street to take on cross-town rival Wilkes University at 3:30 pm. On Sunday they will host Stevenson University at 5 pm in their first home game of the new year.