Dartmouth Women's Hockey Falls at No. 2 New Hampshire, 3-1

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Dartmouth Women's Hockey Falls at No. 2 New Hampshire, 3-1

10/24/2006 1:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Jan. 20, 2006

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. - Dartmouth's women's hockey team battled with the nation's number two team this evening, but the Wildcats scored a pair of third period goals to pull out the victory, 3-1. Senior Alex Zagaria scored her first goal of the season and freshman Carli Clemis made a career-best 34 saves, but it wasn't enough for the Big Green.

New Hampshire (18-2-1) broke the ice with the lone goal of the opening stanza. Kacey Bellamy got the puck in the net at 10:29 to give the home team the lead, 1-0.

Dartmouth (6-8-2) answered with Zagaria's (Rochester, Minn.) goal at 14:03 of the second. Senior Emily Nerland (Calgary, Alta.) and sophomore Nicole Ruta (Pickering, Ont.) earned assists on the play to knot the game at one apiece heading into the third period. The goal was just the second of Zagaria's collegiate career.

The Wildcats pulled away in the third on a pair of goals. Shannon Clement scored the first while on the power play at 10:27, and Sadie Wright-Ward iced the game with a goal with less than three minutes remaining in the contest.

Dartmouth went 0-1 on the power play, while New Hampshire went 1-4. Clemis (Taber, Alta.) stopped 34-of-37 shots for the Big Green, while Melissa Bourdon made 14 saves for the Wildcats.

The Big Green returns to action next weekend when it travels to Union College for a pair of games on January 27-28 at 7 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.