Quinnipiac Cannot Keep Pace with Dartmouth
HAMDEN, Conn. -- The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team lost to Dartmouth 6-0 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center Friday night. Five second period goals by the Big Green put the game out of hand after the teams played a scoreless first period. The Bobcats are now 2-13-4 in the ECAC Hockey League and 5-21-5 overall. Dartmouth improves to 14-7-5 overall, with an 11-5-3 mark in league play.
Tia Wishart (Vancouver Island, British Columbia) continued her strong play by holding the 11th ranked Big Green scoreless in the first period. Wishart made 18 saves in the opening frame, including a diving paddle-save on Dartmouth's Maggie Kennedy. Wishart had to dive back and to her right to make the sprawling save on Kennedy who picked up a rebound in front of the netminder and tried to backhand the puck into the net.
The Big Green came out firing in the second period, scoring five goals. Dartmouth's Carrie Thompson recorded a hat trick in the period, scoring the first, third and fourth goals. Kennedy scored the Big Green's second goal on a slap shot that found its way past Wishart from just above the right circle. Sarah Toupal recorded an assist on Thompson's third goal and then scored her first of the year just 1:53 later with only 13 seconds remaining in the period.
Quinnipiac was able to kill off a five-minute Dartmouth power play after Antoinette Maldonado (Glendora, Calif.) was called for checking from behind and assessed a game misconduct and a major penalty. During those five minutes, the Bobcats actually went on the power play after Dartmouth was called for two penalties of their own, but neither team was able to score.
Dartmouth's Shannon Bowman made it 6-0 nearly ten minutes into the third with a wrist shot that beat Jamie Miler (Richmond Hill, Ontario). Miller came into the game at the start of the third, replacing Wishart who had allowed all five second period goals.
Wishart stopped 28 shots through two periods, while Miller turned away 14 in the final frame. The Big Green's Mariel Lacina stopped all 22 Bobcat shots in the game for the shutout win.
Elyse Cole (Belleville, Ontario) led all Quinnipiac players with five shots in the game, while Kennedy had eight shots on goal for Dartmouth.
Quinnipiac returns to action tomorrow afternoon when they host the #1 ranked Harvard Crimson at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. The game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start with a ceremony prior to the game to honor this year's senior class.
