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ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Big Red women's hockey team lost 5-1 to No. 10 Dartmouth on Friday night at Lynah Rink. Despite the loss, Cornell clinched an ECAC Hockey playoff spot because of results from around the league. Freshman Katie Bredice notched Cornell's only goal of the night, while sophomore goaltender Jenny Niesluchowski made 33 saves in net. The Big Red moves to 12-14-1 overall and 9-11-1 against league opponents, while Dartmouth improves to 15-7-6 and 12-5-4 ECAC Hockey.  

The Big Green went ahead 3-0 in the first period with goals by Sarah Parsons, Julia Bronson and Larissa Roche. Dartmouth's Carrie Thompson scored her team's fourth goal of the night on the power play at 11:49 in the second period.  

At 2:48 of the third period, Maggie Kennedy scored unassisted on a delayed penalty to notch Dartmouth's fifth and final goal.  

On its fifth power play opportunity of the night, Cornell notched its only goal of the game. Senior Brianne Schmidt shot the puck at goaltender Carli Clemis who made the initial save but let off a big rebound. Bredice found the puck flipping it into the net to notch her second goal of the season. Freshman Hayley Hughes earned an assist.  

The Big Red will play its final home game of the season on Saturday, Feb. 23 when it will play host to No. 1 Harvard at 4 p.m. Cornell will honor its four seniors Caeleigh Beerworth, Brittany Forgues, Brianne Schmidt and manager Sarah Johnston after the game.