Women's Hockey Drops First Game Against Connecticut

Saturday, January 2

Storrs, Conn.

1:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Connecticut

Women's Hockey Drops First Game Against Connecticut

1/2/2010 2:00:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

STORRS, Conn. – The Dartmouth women's hockey team recovered from an early 2-0 deficit to tie the game in the third period, but Connecticut never gave up its lead and defeated the Big Green 3-2 in the first game of a two-game set.

Dartmouth (6-6-1) got goals from sophomore Erica Dobos (Bethel Park, Pa.) and senior co-captain Sarah Parsons (Dover, Mass.), with assists to senior Sarah Toupal (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and freshman Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ont.). For Dobos, it was her first collegiate goal and it came on the power play. Senior Mariel Lacina made her third-straight start and took the loss, guiding 24 shots away from the net.

The Huskies (9-6-4) saw three different skaters score goals, while Amy Hollstein and Monique Weber were the game's high scorers with two points apiece. Hollstein had a goal and an assist, while Weber had two helpers. Alexandra Garcia got the start in net and made 23 stops between the pipes.

Connecticut came out firing and scored as Casey Knajdek gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead just 1:22 into the game with the assists going to Cristin Allen and Jessica Lutz. Connecticut outshot the Big Green 6-0 during the pressure and capitalized.

The Huskies didn't stop there in the first frame. Amy Hollstein gave UConn a 2-0 lead with 36 seconds remaining with the assist awarded to Monique Weber. Connecticut dominated in the shots department with a 16-6 advantage. Dartmouth was awarded with the only power play of the period and failed to put the puck in the net.

Dartmouth got back into the game 2:12 into the second period. Dobos scored her first collegiate goal on the power play with the assists going to Toupal and Nanji. Nanji now has scored a point in seven of her last nine games.

The Big Green got back into the game thanks to an 11-5 advantage in shots in the second frame. Dartmouth also had four opportunities on the power play and ended up with only one goal.

Parsons evened the score for the Big Green at 2-2, 21 seconds into the third period. Her team-leading ninth goal of the season came unassisted. The 2-2 tie didn't last long as Michelle Binning put the Huskies back on top at 3-2 with the game-winner coming two minutes after the Parsons goal. Weber added her second point of the afternoon with another assist and

Dartmouth outshot Connecticut in two of the three periods, but the Huskies won the over battle, outshooting the Big Green, 27-25. Dartmouth had five opportunities on the power play and was able to score once. The Big Green did a great job staying out of the box as UConn only had two chances with the extra skater and failed to score both times.

The two schools will hit the ice again tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Freitas Ice Forum.