Noronha Nets First Career Goal in Loss to No. 4 Quinnipiac

Saturday, January 30

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

4-15-3, 4-9-3

Quinnipiac

22-1-4, 12-1-3

Quinnipiac

Dartmouth

Noronha Nets First Career Goal in Loss to No. 4 Quinnipiac

1/30/2016 5:20:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's hockey team cut a two-goal deficit in half courtesy of a career-first by sophomore Hailey Noronha, but the Big Green were not able to fully mount a comeback and fell to No. 4/4 Quinnipiac, 2-1, at Thompson Arena on Saturday.

Dartmouth dipped to 4-15-3 and 4-9-3 in ECAC Hockey play, while the Bobcats improved to 22-1-4 and 12-1-3.

“We played a really good game today,” head coach Mark Hudak said. “We stuck with the game plan and created a lot of opportunities for us to score. It was a great defensive game by the team. I think we are moving in the right direction and I'm excited about the next six games.”

With just over a minute remaining in the first period, senior Lindsey Allen picked up a turnover deep in Bobcat territory and skated to the right before firing at the net, but the puck was sent directly to netminder Sydney Rossman, who made the save to keep the game scoreless.

At 9:23 of the second, junior Robyn Chemago got knocked clear off her post and fast passes between Nicole Connery and Emma Woods gave Quinnipiac its first goal of the game. At the end of the period, senior Laura Stacey intercepted a pass at the blue line and swept past two Quinnipiac defenders. She tried to chip the puck behind Rossman's foot, but the goalie was quick to defend her net.

The Bobcats got another at 3:41 in the third following a flick to the right by Melissa Samoskevich to make it 2-0. At 10:27, with eight seconds remaining on the power play, Noronha picked up a loose puck around center ice and ripped a wrister past Rossman to cut Quinnipiac's lead to one. Dartmouth took a few more shots in hopes of tying the game, but ran out of time before it could do so.

The Bobcats outshot the Green, 21-14. Dartmouth went 1-for-2 on the power play, while Quinnipiac was 1-for-3 with the extra skater.

The Big Green will return to Thompson next weekend to host its final home games of the 2015-16 season. On Friday, they will take on Yale before facing Brown on Senior Day the following afternoon.