2008 Woodie Awards
Women's hockey falls to Dartmouth, Harvard
Rob Duffy
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: Sports
After a huge road weekend in which they took 3 out of 4 possible points, the Quinnipiac University Women's Ice Hockey team brought its recent success home to take on Dartmouth on Friday night and No. 1 ranked Harvard on Saturday.
Unfortunately for the Bobcats, their recent hot streak would not continue as the team dropped both of the weekend's contests while being outscored 10-0.
On Friday, Quinnipiac was shut out 6-0 by Dartmouth. Saturday was more of the same for the Bobcats (2-14-4 ECAC and 5-21-5 overall) when the No. 1 ranked Harvard Crimson downed the Bobcats 4-0.
"Pink at the Rink" night headlined Friday's match up. The Bobcats sported their new pink jerseys in honor of the event. No, it was not to commemorate the recent holiday, but rather to display the ECAC's magnanimity towards the American Cancer Society.
The first period was an evenly played up and down affair. Neither side made a dent in the scoreboard. It was highlighted by superb goaltending at both ends. Bobcat freshman Tia Wishart stopped 18 shots in the first frame including a spectacular sprawling stick save on a rebound from the Big Green's leading scorer, Maggie Kennedy.
While offensive reticence was the story in the first, the second period was far from that. Dartmouth would put home five goals in the period. Quinnipiac senior Jessica Buttaro deflected a shot from Dartmouth defenseman Sarah Newman, from there it fell onto the tape of a trailing Carrie Thompson who fired it past Wishart.
"That first goal they really killed our momentum. If we had gotten one back it would have been different but they jumped on us so it put us back on our heels," Captain Trudy Reyns said.
Forty-eight seconds later Maggie Kennedy made good on her earlier efforts by foregoing a two on one opportunity and simply ripping the shot from the right face off circle and into the net.
The Dartmouth scoring was dominated by Thompson. She introduced the puck to twine two more times in the period and assisted on another, a total of four points and a hat trick for the game. At the end of two Dartmouth lead 5-0.
Unfortunately for the Bobcats, their recent hot streak would not continue as the team dropped both of the weekend's contests while being outscored 10-0.
On Friday, Quinnipiac was shut out 6-0 by Dartmouth. Saturday was more of the same for the Bobcats (2-14-4 ECAC and 5-21-5 overall) when the No. 1 ranked Harvard Crimson downed the Bobcats 4-0.
"Pink at the Rink" night headlined Friday's match up. The Bobcats sported their new pink jerseys in honor of the event. No, it was not to commemorate the recent holiday, but rather to display the ECAC's magnanimity towards the American Cancer Society.
The first period was an evenly played up and down affair. Neither side made a dent in the scoreboard. It was highlighted by superb goaltending at both ends. Bobcat freshman Tia Wishart stopped 18 shots in the first frame including a spectacular sprawling stick save on a rebound from the Big Green's leading scorer, Maggie Kennedy.
While offensive reticence was the story in the first, the second period was far from that. Dartmouth would put home five goals in the period. Quinnipiac senior Jessica Buttaro deflected a shot from Dartmouth defenseman Sarah Newman, from there it fell onto the tape of a trailing Carrie Thompson who fired it past Wishart.
"That first goal they really killed our momentum. If we had gotten one back it would have been different but they jumped on us so it put us back on our heels," Captain Trudy Reyns said.
Forty-eight seconds later Maggie Kennedy made good on her earlier efforts by foregoing a two on one opportunity and simply ripping the shot from the right face off circle and into the net.
The Dartmouth scoring was dominated by Thompson. She introduced the puck to twine two more times in the period and assisted on another, a total of four points and a hat trick for the game. At the end of two Dartmouth lead 5-0.
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