Providence, RI - Before fans had a chance to get comfortable, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team had scored four times and forced a goaltender change as the Golden Knights cruised to a weekend sweep in a 6-2 ECAC Hockey victory over Brown University on Saturday afternoon.

The Golden Knights won their fifth straight league contest to improve to 8-3-1 in ECAC Hockey games, good enough for third place in the league standings, and moved to 14-6-4 overall. Brown fell to 5-7-6 overall and 2-6-3 in the ECAC Hockey standings. Clarkson will play back-to-back games this weekend against St. Lawrence, heading to Canton on Friday and hosting the Saints on Saturday.

Sophomore Carly Mercer (Exeter, ONT) took little time to extend her point scoring streak, lengthening the run to seven straight games with her 11th goal of the year at the 3:04 mark of the first period, with an assist going to freshman Daniella Matteucci (Fruitvale, BC). Just a minute later, Matteucci's classmate Taylor Gedig (Kelowna, BC) recorded her first collegiate goal to give Clarkson a 2-0 lead. At the 8:58 mark the early barrage continued with Mercer scoring her second goal of the game, this time on the power play, with assists coming from Danielle Skirrow (Trenton, ONT) and Amanda Lucky (Kanata, ONT). Thirty-eight seconds later, sophomore Vanessa Gagnon (St. Constant, QUE) forced the Bears to make a change in net as Katie Jamieson was the scapegoat for Brown, being lifted after facing 13 shots in less than 10 minutes.

The Bears finally responded to the Clarkson offensive run with a goal of their own in the opening moments of the second period, but Clarkson came right back with an unassisted marker from Skirrow at the 12:02 mark. Brown added another goal in the waning moments of the middle frame, looking to take the momentum into the final period. However, the Bears' hope for a change would not come as Gagnon picked up her second goal of the game at the 4:59 mark of the third period with assists going to Skirrow and Christine Lambert (Thetford Mines, QUE), each their second of the contest.

Five different players scored at least two points in the game with Skirrow recording three points on a goal and two assists, Gagnon and Mercer scoring twice, and Lambert and Katelyn Ptolemy (Dinsmore, SASK) each picking up two assists. Sophomore goaltender Erica Howe (Ottawa, ONT) made 25 saves in the game for Clarkson, while Jamieson made nine saves in the early going for Brown before being replaced by Aubree Moore, who made 17 saves in the final 50 minutes. Clarkson out shot Brown 32-27, including 18-7 in the first period, and went 1-for-3 on the power play while holding the Bears scoreless on their three extra-skater chances.