Big Green Edge Conference-Leading Bobcats, 3-2

Friday, January 6

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Quinnipiac

Women's Hockey Falters at Home Against Clarkson, 1-0

Big Green Edge Conference-Leading Bobcats, 3-2

1/6/2012 9:18:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

HAMDEN, CONN. — The Dartmouth women's hockey team used two goals in the first period to build an early lead and edged conference-leading Quinnipiac, 3-2, on Friday at High Point Solutions Arena. The win marked the third straight for the Big Green and the fifth in the last six games. It improved the team to 8-5-2 overall and 5-3-1 in ECAC Hockey. The Bobcats fell to 13-8-1 overall and 9-3-1 in the conference.

The scoring came early for the Big Green with two goals in the first two minutes of the contest. Junior Camille Dumais (Beaconsfield, Quebec) netted her sixth goal of the season 37 second after the opening faceoff. Just 27 seconds later, senior Erica Dobos (Bethel Park, Pa.) gave Dartmouth a 2-0 lead on her third score of the season.

Quinnipiac couldn't find any offense in the opening stanza, only taking three shots compared to 15 for the Big Green. The Bobcats tried to shake off the rust of not having played since Dec. 10 with 14 shots in the second period. Quinnipiac finally got one past sophomore goaltender Lindsay Holdcroft (Pittsburgh, Pa.) on the power play 13 minutes into the second. Senior Kate Wheeler scored her second goal of the season off of assists from junior Regan Boulton and sophomore Erica Uden Johansson.

It was the Dartmouth offense that stalled in the period with the Big Green taking only five shots. The team got back on track early in the third in what ended up being the game-winning goal. After junior Brittany Lyons committed a tripping penalty 1:32 into the third, senior Jenna Hobeika (Alpine, N.J.) tallied the power-play goal 25 seconds later. It marked Hobeika's fifth goal of the season. Junior Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ontario) and junior Margaux Sharp (Carleton Place, Ontario) recorded assists on the play.

The Bobcats had one last gasp in them late in the game, cutting the lead to one, on the fifth goal of the season by sophomore Amanda Colin with 3:06 left in the third. Despite taking one more shot than the Big Green in the final frame, Quinnipiac couldn't find the tying goal.

For the game, each team went 1-for-3 on the power play. Dartmouth finished with 29 shots compared to 27 for the Bobcats. Holdcroft finished with 25 saves for her sixth win of the season. Junior Victoria Vigilanti made 26 saves in the loss.

The Big Green looks to continue their three-game winning streak when they play at Princeton on Saturday at 4 p.m.