Toupal, Nanji Lift Women's Hockey Past No. 10 Princeton

Friday, November 13

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Princeton

Toupal, Nanji Lift Women's Hockey Past No. 10 Princeton

11/13/2009 9:00:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. – Senior Sarah Toupal (White Bear Lake, Minn.) tallied a career-high two goals and freshman Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ont.) netted her first collegiate goal as the Dartmouth women's hockey team skated past 10th-ranked Princeton, 4-1, on Friday night.

The Big Green (2-2-1, 2-2-1 ECAC, 1-1-0 Ivy) got goals from Toupal, Nanji and sophomore Kelly Foley (Boston, Mass.) and both Foley and Nanji handed out assists for two-point games. Senior co-captain Jenna Cunningham (Medicine Hat, Alta.) came closer to 100 points with an assist to give her 98 career points, while junior Amanda Trunzo (Andover, Minn.) extended her point streak to four games with an assist. Senior goaltender Mariel Lacina (London, Ont.) earned her second win with 21 saves between the pipes.

The Tigers (4-2-1, 3-1-1 ECAC, 2-1-0 Ivy) had Laura Martindale net their lone goal with the assist going to Sasha Sherry. Rachel Weber took the loss in net, making 18 saves on the evening.

Dartmouth got on the board first, halfway through the opening period on Nanji's first of the year. She got a pass from freshman Camille Dumais (Beaconsfield, Que.) and put a shot on net that was blocked. Nanji stayed with the play and beat Weber between the pads for the 1-0 lead. Foley was given an assist on the play for her fifth of the year.

Foley was back in the action again with 7:44 remaining with her first goal of the season to push the lead up to 2-0. Cunningham banked a pass of the boards and hit Foley in stride. She made a move to the inside and the defender deflected the puck past Weber for the score.

Princeton wasted no time in the second period getting on the scoreboard. The Tigers scored 1:14 into the period on a 5-on-3 advantage to cut the Dartmouth lead to 2-1. Sasha Sherry put a shot on net that was saved by Lacina, but Martindale was there for the rebound and beat the Big Green netminder.

Dartmouth increased the lead back up to two goals at 3-1 thanks to a power play goal from Toupal. She was camped out in front of the net and Nanji powered a slap shot into the zone and Toupal tipped it past Weber for the two-goal lead with 33 seconds left in the period.

Play was even throughout the third period. Princeton was able to gain two advantages on the power play, including a short 5-on-3 chance, but couldn't convert.

Toupal was able to add some insurance with 34 seconds left for her second of the night, coming with an empty net. The puck squirted out of the Princeton attacking zone and found its way to Trunzo, who chipped it to Toupal in front of the net for the score.

Dartmouth got one power play goal in six chances, while the Tigers got one with the advantage win eight attempts. The Big Green and Princeton also played evenly in the shot column as both teams registered 22 shots.

Dartmouth will be back at Thompson Arena at 4 p.m. tomorrow as the Big Green will try to sweep its first weekend series with Quinnipiac coming to Hanover.