SCHENECTADY, NY – Sophomore forward
Marissa Gentile (Groton, MA) spoiled the shutout as the Dutchwomen's ice hockey team lost to Brown Saturday afternoon, 4-1. Gentile registered her second goal of the season with 1:43 remaining in the game as Union goes to 0-9-1 and 0-2-0 in conference play. Brown improves to 1-3-1 and 1-1-1 in ECAC Hockey.
Freshman goaltender
Kate Gallagher (Minneapolis, MN) logged approximately 32 minutes of perfect action, making a career-high 17 saves. In her two appearances this season, she has not allowed a goal.
Brown was led by a pair of goals by freshman defender Paige Pyett, who scored her team's first two goals. The first came 38 ticks into the contest and her second was 13:23 into the first. Junior forward Sasha Van Muyen scored Brown's third goal 1:39 into the second and freshman forward Skyelar Siwak had the fourth at 8:08 of period two.
Union battled in the third and outshot its opponent 12-11, but lost the overall shot count, 30-19. The Dutchmen finished with a 28-24 advantage in the face-off circle and went 1-2 on the power play. The Bears were 1-4 with the man advantage.
Gentile got the Dutchwomen on the board with a shot from the point that trickled through Brown goaltender Nicole Stock's legs. The play was set up by freshman forward
Lauren Cromartie (Shellbrook, SA) and freshman forward
Adelle Calahan (Skokie, IL). The assist was Cromartie's first career point, while Calahan tallied her third.
Stock finished with 18 saves for her first win of the season.
Union returns to the ice on Friday, Nov. 7 with a 7 p.m. contest at Dartmouth.
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