Dartmouth Drops Overtime Decision to Colgate

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HANOVER, N.H. ­ - Despite four points from junior Sarah Parsons (Dover, Mass.), including her first hat trick of the season, the Dartmouth women's hockey team fell to Colgate, 7-6, in an overtime heartbreaker to go down 1-0 in the best-of-three series.

For Dartmouth (16-9-4), sophomore Amanda Trunzo (Andover, Minn.) posted a pair of goals and assists for four points, while senior Maggie Kennedy (West Hartford, Conn.) handed out three assists. The Big Green also had three players with a couple of assists. Senior netminder Carli Clemis (Taber, Alta.) suffered the overtime loss, making 25 saves.

For Colgate (19-12-3), Jessi Waters added two goals, including the game-winner, while Sam Hunt tallied four points on a goal and three assists. Katie Stewart recorded three assists in the win, while Kimberly Sass earned her first postseason victory with 32 saves.

Right from the beginning, the first period and the game showed signs of it not being a defensive battle. The two teams combined for six goals in the opening frame with four coming from Colgate as the Raiders posted a 4-2 lead.

Colgate wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as Beth Rotenberg gave the Raiders a quick 1-0 lead just 1:28 into the period. She capitalized on a Big Green turnover in the offensive zone and skated in all alone on Clemis. Rotenberg went in on the backhand and switched to the forehand and beat Clemis five-hole.

Dartmouth evened the score at the 14:18 mark of the period as senior co-captain Sarah Newnam (Clifton, Va.) fired a shot on net that was blocked and Parsons collected the rebound and beat Sass to the near post for her 11th of the season. For Newnam it was one of two assists on the afternoon.

Laura Jansen and Hunt fired back for the Colgate with back-to-back goals to push the lead up 3-1 in favor of the Raiders.

The Big Green answered the call again with a power play goal to cut the deficit back to one on Trunzo's 10th of the season on the man advantage and her team-leading 18th on the year. Senior Julia Bronson (Arlington, Va.) put a shot on net that Sass saved, but again she couldn't control the rebound and Trunzo was there for the clean up. Bronson was one of three skaters with two assists.

The Raiders increased the lead back to two with a power play goal of their own coming with 8:24 left in the period. Kiira Dosdall scored her fifth of the season with the assists going to Katie Stewart and Hunt.

In the second period, Dartmouth came roaring back with a pair of power play goals from Parsons to give her the hat trick on the afternoon. Early in the frame, Parson got a pass from Kennedy and took a shot from the left circle. The shot then got redirected off of a Colgate skate and inside the far post for the score to make it 4-3.

She knotted the scored at 4-4 after a nice rush up ice by Trunzo and senior co-captain Shannon Bowman (Leamington, Ont.). Bowman found a streaking Trunzo at the blueline and she skated in and pushed a pass over to Parsons, who tipped the puck in at the top of the crease to tie the game. Bowman, like Newnam and Kennedy, finished with two helpers.

The Big Green's momentum didn't stay long as the Raiders took back the lead at 5-4 on a goal by Elin Brown. Evan Minnick took the puck behind the net and put a shot on Clemis that deflected out to Brown and she hit the open net for the lead.

Dartmouth began the final period with a spark coming from Cunningham. She evened the score at 5-5 with her 11th of the season. Kennedy put a shot on Sass and like most goals in the game, Cunningham was camped out in front and beat Sass for the score. Waters took the lead back for Coglate at 6-5, beating Clemis under the blocker from the left circle.

With the outlook looking grim for the Big Green and the extra skater on the ice, Trunzo tipped home the game-tying goal with 13 seconds remaining to force the game into overtime. Newnam took a shot from the point and the puck deflected into the top of the net to tie the game.

The Raiders pressured the Big Green right from the beginning of overtime. Colgate earned a couple of open opportunities and on the second chance Waters gave the Raiders the 7-6 overtime win. She received a pass in stride from Clancy Todd and beat Clemis between the pads for the victory.

Dartmouth finished the night with three power play goals in five chances and outshot the Raiders by a 38-32 margin.

The Big Green will look to even the series tomorrow afternoon as the two teams do battle at 2 p.m. at Thompson Arena.