ROCHESTER, NY – Netminder Matt Sayles earned his first shutout of the season on Friday night with 17 saves to help lift Nazareth to a crucial 3-0 victory over Chatham. With the win, Nazareth moves into a 4-way tie for sixth place with 21 UCHC points in 19 games. Chatham (7-12), Neumann (7-11-1) and King's (7-12) each have 21 points with one game to play. Check out the full UCHC standings.

On Friday, Neumann defeated Wilkes 7-1 and King's fell to Manhattanville 6-0.  All squads will play again on Saturday with the UCHC postseason looming for the top 8 teams.
 
It was the Golden Flyers who struck first on an impressive individual effort by Nate Mann. He took a pass from Cole Bauman in the Golden Flyers defensive zone and skated it all the way up ice down the right side, going wide and knifing in for a quick backhand-to-forehand shot past the keeper.
 
In the second period, Sayles came up with a huge save at the 16:22 mark, stopping a point-blank shot as he sprawled out to turn the shot aside.
 
Near the midway point of the period, Anthony Quinlivan received a beautiful pass from Griffin Green and wristed it between the pipes for the 2-0 advantage.
 
Two of Sayles biggest saves came with 7:30 to go in the third as he stopped two consecutive shots to keep the Cougars off the scoreboard. 
 
Needing to push for a goal late, Chatham pulled the goalie and Logan Tobias was able to put home an empty-netter with 2:19 remaining from Blake Frost and Matt Lakus. 

Nazareth and Chatham return to action on Saturday with a 4:30 p.m. puck drop for Senior Day.