Dartmouth Falls to Harvard, 2-0, on the Road

Saturday, January 23

Cambridge, Mass.

4:00 PM

Dartmouth College

4-13-3, 4-7-3ECAC

Harvard

11-7-1, 8-5-1ECAC

Dartmouth

Harvard

1/23/2016 6:01:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite surges in the second and third periods, the Dartmouth women's hockey team fell to Harvard, 2-0, at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center on Saturday. The Big Green fell to 4-13-3 and 4-7-3 in ECAC Hockey play, while the Crimson improved to 11-7-1 and 8-5-1 in conference action.

"Defensively, we are playing pretty good hockey," head coach Mark Hudak said. "We have only given up five goals in three games against some very good teams. We just need ot find a way to score and we're struggling with that."

Dartmouth looked to make moves early on, as senior Laura Stacey fired at netminder Emerance Maschmeyer from the right circle just four seconds after the first faceoff, but the Crimson goalie was able to make the save. It was Harvard that struck first, getting on the board at 9:02 with a Karly Heffernan marker.

Another tally for the home team at 2:11 in the second, this time by Lexie Laing, gave Harvard a 2-0 lead. The Green picked up the pace near the middle of the period and threatened with a couple of shots from Stacey, sophomore Devon Moir and freshman Caroline Shaunessy, but Maschmeyer managed to stop each one. The Big Green and the Crimson took an even 11 shots throughout the second.

Junior netminder Robyn Chemago stood her ground in the third, acting quickly and aggressively to save every shot sent her direction. Midway through the period, seniors Ailish Forfar and Lindsey Allen put together a great play and tried to tip the puck behind Maschmeyer, but she got her pad in the way just in time.

The Crimson outshot the Big Green, 40-23. Dartmouth went 0-for-2 on the power play and held Harvard to 0-for-1. Chemago made 38 saves, which included 15 in the third period, while Maschmeyer had 31.

There are just four more home games remaining this season. On Jan. 29-30, Dartmouth will host Princeton and Quinnipiac and, the following weekend, Yale and Brown will come to Hanover.