Dartmouth Falls In Battle of Top 10 Teams

Box Score

CANTON, N.Y. -- The Dartmouth women's hockey team cut an early three-goal deficit down to one, but the Big Green could not overcome St. Lawrence as the Saints earned the win, 5-2.

St. Lawrence (15-7-0, 8-2-0 ECAC) got on the board first, four minutes into the game as Carson Duggan put the Saints up 1-0. She was able to score following a shot from Marianna Locke that hit the post. Sabrina Harbec increased the lead to 2-0 in favor of St. Lawrence with 12:04 left in the opening period with her ninth of the season.

The Saints netted their third of the period with 2:34 remaining when Lisa Batchelor found the back of the net with her fourth of the season to give St. Lawrence a commanding 3-0 lead. The Saints recorded 16 shots on goal in the first period to only seven from the Big Green.

Dartmouth (11-5-2, 8-4-2 ECAC) cut the lead to 3-1 on a goal from senior Carrie Thompson (Shorewood, Minn.) with 15:40 left in the second period. The assist was credited to junior Marley McMillan (St. Paul, Minn.), while for Thompson it was her fifth goal of the season.

The Big Green had a great opportunity midway through the period with a 5-on-3 advantage, but came up empty without a shot on net.

Dartmouth got another chance on the power play and this time the Big Green cashed in. Freshman Amanda Trunzo (Andover, Minn.) put Dartmouth within one of St. Lawrence with her seventh of the season on the power play. Junior Julia Bronson (Arlington, Va.) fired a shot on net that was saved and Trunzo collected the puck and scored.

The Saints outshot the Big Green, 17-10, in the second period, but junior netminder Carli Clemis (Taber, Alta.) made all 17 saves for Dartmouth. She made four important saves on a Saints power play after the Big Green cut the lead to one.

In the third period, St. Lawrence went back up by two goals with Duggan scoring her second of the afternoon on the power play with Guay earning her third assist of the game. The Saints would add another insurance goal with 5:35 remaining in the game on a goal by Locke.

Clemis set a new career-high with 42 saves in net for the Big Green, including double-digit saves in each period. Goaltender Meghan Guckian pushed aside 22 shots to earn the win for St. Lawrence.

The Big Green will be back in action this coming Thursday, January 17, as top-ranked New Hampshire comes to Hanover for a 7 p.m. face-off at Thompson Arena.