#11 Penn State Shocks #6 ULL

Feasterville, PA - The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Penn State University had never met on the rink before this evening, but they us with one to remember. The first two periods were a tale of two different games as Penn State came out on fire and ULL took over in the second to set up the exciting final period. 

 

Dustin Roux (McMurray, PA) got things started for the Nittany Lions, scoring three minutes into the game for an early 1-0 lead. Tim Montgomery (Boothwyn, PA) and Paul DiNubila then scored back to back goals to help extend the lead to three goals with plenty of time to play. Bryce Miller got ULL on the board when he connected on the power play to cut the lead to 3-1. However, before the first period of play was completed, Clayton Black (Pittsburgh, PA) added to the Penn State lead.

 

Just 14 seconds into the second period, DiNubila scored his second of the game doe PSU and helped build what seemed like an insurmountable 5-1 lead. ULL didn't seem to be discourage and came right back out and found an answer for Penn State. Andrew Herbert and Stephen Herbert scored for straight goals for ULL to tie the game, the last of which was with the man advantage. ULL was relentless the entire second period but just couldn't find the back of the net to take the lead so the game went to the intermission tied at 5-5.

 

In the third period in the seesaw battle, things went back the other way with the Nittany Lions scoring two goals quickly. Dustin Roux got the first one for Penn State to break the draw and then used the power play to complete his hat trick. From there it was all about Penn State holding on, but ULL wouldn't give up, Matthieu Vinson scored to cut the lead to 7-6 but it wasn't enough as #11 Penn State upset #6  University of Louisiana at Lafayette.