Big Green Drop 3-2 Decision to Black Bears in Orono

Tuesday, November 29

Orono, Maine

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

2-6-0

Maine

4-12-1

Dartmouth

Maine

Big Green Drop 3-2 Decision to Black Bears in Orono

11/29/2016 8:56:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

ORONO, Maine – The night after shutting out Maine, the Dartmouth women's hockey team suffered a 3-2 loss at the hands of the Black Bears in the second of the team's two-game series on Tuesday evening. The Big Green dipped to 2-6 overall this season, while the home team improved to 4-12-1.

Senior Eleni Tebano had her first multi-point performance of the year, assisting on both of Dartmouth's goals and being named the game's third star after the fact. She has ended the last four games with at least one point. Classmates Kennedy Ottenbreit and Emma Korbs were credited with the Big Green's tallies.

“Maine played two solid back-to-back games against us,” head coach Laura Schuler said. “They came out really strong in the first and stopped us from doing some of the offensive things we were doing in yesterday's game. I thought we had a good second and third period, but it wasn't enough to tie the game up.”

After holding Maine to zero goals through 60 minutes on Monday night, the Black Bears started game two strongly, striking first at 2:26 in the first, courtesy of Tereza Vanisova. That lead did not last long, as Dartmouth tied the score at 7:20 when Tebano intercepted a Maine pass and sent the puck to Ottenbreit, who buried it in the right corner for her first tally of the season.

Vanisova proved to be a nuisance, breaking the tie to score her second of the game at 18:39 to give the Black Bears a one-goal lead heading into the second.

The Black Bears opened the second period by scoring a shorthanded tally to give them a 3-1 edge. Less than 30 seconds after the home team was called for a penalty, Lydia Murray hit the pipe, picked up her rebound and found the back of the net at 4:35. Dartmouth got its chance at a power play goal when two Maine players were put in the box 30 seconds apart and, following a mad scramble in front of the net, Korbs made it a 3-2 game at 13:03 with her second of the season.

Neither squad could break through the other team's defense in the third. The Big Green had an 8-6 shot advantage in the final period, finding themselves with a number of opportunities to tie the score, but netminder Mariah Fujimagari was a force to be reckoned with and turned away each of Dartmouth's attempts.

The Big Green outshot the Black Bears, 27-23. Senior Robyn Chemago had 23 saves in the loss, while Fujimagari had 25 of her own. Dartmouth went 1-for-5 on the power play, while killing all three of Maine's opportunities.

Dartmouth wastes no time before heading out on the road again, this time to New York for two ECAC Hockey games against Colgate and Cornell over the weekend.