Monday Liberty skates Past Jimmies. Men’s D-1 Hockey, Liberty University 3 Jamestown 1

Box Score

(UJ)   Jackson Vercellono scored with 24 seconds left to give No. 3 Liberty (Va.) University a 2-1 win over the 13th-ranked University of Jamestown hockey team Tuesday night at Wilson Arena.

After a scoreless first period that saw the Jimmies narrowly outshoot the Flames 9-7, Andrew Clark (SO/Spokane, Wash.) gave UJ a 1-0 with a power play goal at 7:43 of the second. Aidan Potas (JR/Fargo, N.D.) and Reid Wilson (SO/Castlegar, British Columbia) got the assists on Clark’s third goal of the season.

The scoring attempts picked up in the second period as both teams combined for 37 shots, 21 of them coming from Jamestown. However, the Jimmies still held on to a 1-0 lead going into the third.

Liberty took advantage of an odd-man rush and Matthew Bartel found Jason Foltz, who tied the game at 3:53 of the third. Both teams continued to look for the go-ahead goal, but both goaltenders came up with some highlight-quality saves to preserve the deadlock.

Chaydan Lauber was credited with the assist on Vercellono’s go-ahead tally.

Shots were 43-39 in favor of the Jimmies. Tyson Brouwer (SR/Lethbridge, Alberta) made 37 stops while Hunter Virostek had 42 for the Flames. UJ was 1 for 5 on the power play while Liberty was 0 for 4. The two teams will meet again February 18-19 in Lynchburg, Va.

Jamestown hosts Dakota College-Bottineau Friday at 7 p.m.