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POTSDAM, N.Y. - A three-point day for freshman Savannah Harmon helped ensure the eighth-ranked Clarkson University women's hockey team remained undefeated in 2015 as the Golden Knights knocked off RPI, 4-2 in Cheel Arena on Saturday afternoon.
 
Clarkson is now 15-6-2 overall and 9-2-2 in ECAC Hockeyplay, which puts them in second place in the conference. RPI falls to 4-17-3 and is 2-10-0 in conference action.
 
Clarkson started the game strong and for the second game in a row they scored less than three minutes into the contest. This time it was freshman Amanda Titus when she redirected a Harmon shot into the back of the net at 2:48. It was the fifth goal of the season for Titus with Harmon picking up her 10th assist and fellow freshman Brielle Bellerive getting her eighth helper of the year.
 
RPI tied the game at 13:09 when senior captain Ali Svoboda was able to dig the puck out in front of the net and beat Clarkson freshman goaltender Shea Tiley. Marisa Raspa and Jenn Godin had the assists on the play, Svoboda's sixth goal of the year. After 20 minutes the game would remain tied at 1-1.
 
After a penalty for each team, Clarkson scored during 4-on-4 hockey. Junior assistant captain Olivia Howe saw her backhand shot deflect off the skate of an RPI player and into the net to give the Golden Knights the lead at 9:49 in the second period.  Seniors Jennifer Shields and Christine Lambert had assists on the goal.
 
Just three minutes later, Clarkson added another when Harmon knocked in the rebound from a shot by junior Cayley Mercer. Junior captain Shannon MacAulay picked up her 13th assist of the season on the goal.
 
Clarkson got a fourth goal at 14:56 in the third period when Mercer redirected in a Harmon shot, with Genvevieve Bannon also getting an assist. Less than a minute later, Clarkson thought they had added another when Bellerive put the puck in the back of the net, but after review the referees waved the goal off because of a high stick.
 
RPI made it a two-goal game when Godin scored with 31 seconds remaining with Lauren Wash and Mari Mankey also picking up points. 
 
Tiley finished with 21 saves on the night while her RPI counterpart, Kelly O'Brien, had 32 saves. Clarkson had a 36-23 advantage on shots, went 0-5 on man-advantage opportunities and killed all five RPI power plays.