TROY, N.Y. – Senior Mari Mankey scored the eventual game-winning goal and also had an assist to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey team to a 2-1 win over fourth-ranked Clarkson University, on Saturday at the Houston Field House. With the win, the Engineers improve to 4-5-1 overall (2-1-1 ECAC Hockey), while the Golden Knights drop to 10-1-2 (1-1-2 ECAC Hockey).

Mankey (Hopkins, MN/Hopkins High School) broke a 1-1 tie at 12:49 of the third period, sticking home a rebound off a shot from the left point by classmate Jenn Godin (New London, NH/Tabor Academy). Sophomore Amanda Kimmerle (Anoka, MN/Anoka High School) picked up the secondary assist on the power play tally.

The Golden Knights pulled sophomore Shea Tiley (Owen Sound, ON/KW Rangers) with under a minute to play, but couldn't get a second puck past RPI freshman netminder Lovisa Selander (Sollentuna, Sweden/SDE Riksserien) and the Engineers were able to hold on for the victory.

Clarkson opened the scoring at 16:30 of the opening period, when junior Cayley Mercer (Exeter, ON/Bluewater Jr. Hawks) redirected a shot by senior Olivia Howe (Moose Jaw, SK/Notre Dame Hounds) past Selander from the bottom of the right circle. Sophomore Amanda Titus (Stittsville, ON/Ottawa Senators) also picked up an assist on Mercer's team-leading 12th goal of the year.

Rensselaer pulled even at 1-1 midway through the second period on the first goal of the season by junior Lindsey Hylwa (Cary, NC/Gilmore Academy). She tipped a shot from the top of the right circle by Mankey, between Tiley and the right post. Freshman Josefine Hansen (Copenhagen, Denmark/Shattuck St. Mary's) earned her first collegiate assist on the play.

Selander (3-4-1) finished with 45 saves, including 14 in the first period, 16 in the second and 15 in the third. Tiley (8-1-2) had 16 stops total, with eight coming the final frame.

RPI finished 1 for 9 on the power play, while Clarkson was 0 for 3.

VS. RANKED OPPONENTS:
The win for RPI was the first over a ranked opponent since beating 10th-ranked Quinnipiac on January 10, 2014. The Engineers were victorious, 3-2, on that day.

NEW CAREER HIGH:
Freshman goalie Lovisa Selander recorded a career-high 45 saves, surpassing her previous mark of 41, which she notched on October 3 against sixth-ranked North Dakota.

UP NEXT:
The Engineers are back on the ice next weekend, when they visit Dartmouth and ninth-ranked Harvard on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (4pm), respectively.  
Clarkson hosts Syracuse on Tuesday for a non-league game (7pm).