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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Union College women's ice hockey goaltender
Shenae Lundberg led the Dutchwomen to their first ECAC Hockey points of the season in a 3-0 win over Dartmouth. Lundberg stopped 25 shots to earn her first shutout of the season.
With the win, the Dutchwomen snap a 30-game winless drought in ECAC play and earn their first win over Dartmouth in program history. This is also the first time the Dutchwomen have defeated an ECAC opponent in their league opener.
The Dutchwomen opened the scoring mid-way through the first period when senior forward
Mac Purvis tallied her first goal of season off a feed from sophomore forward
Jessica Kaminsky. The play was set up also set up by junior forward
Christine Valente who fed a puck to the corner for Kaminsky. Kaminsky rifled a pass to Purvis who tricked a shot through the goaltender's legs. The eventual game winning goal was scored at the 10:19 mark of the period.
The Dutchwomen took the 1-0 lead into the locker room as Lundberg turned away all nine shots she faced.
The Dutchwomen added two more goals in the second period to gain the 3-0 advantage. Freshman defenseman
Kathryn Davis opened up the second period scoring with a blast from the point that beat Dartmouth goaltender Katie Milligan high to the blocker side. Davis was set up by a cross-zone pass from sophomore forward
Courtney Turner.
Stefanie Thomson also assisted on the play after a drop pass in the corner led to the Turner pass at the 8:44 mark of the second period.
Sophomore forward
Kathryn Tomaselli added the final Dutchwomen goal under three minutes later when she blasted a shot through Milligan's five-hole at point-blank range after a feed from the corner from Turner. Once again the play was set up by Thomson who made a drop pass to Turner in the corner at the 11:23 mark of the period.
Lundberg once again held off the Big Green attack by making six stops in the period.
The third period was all Lundberg as she stopped the final 10 shots she faced. The Dutchwomen took four penalties in the period but Lundberg stood strong as she made save-after-save through traffic.
Dartmouth outshot Union 25-18 in the game, including outshooting them 10-0 in the final stanza. For the first time this year the Dutchwomen tied an opponent in face-offs, with both teams earning 29 wins in the circle.
Milligan finished the game with 15 saves, including a nine save performance in the second stanza. She played 58:49 of the game as Dartmouth pulled her in favor of a two-man advantage to close out the game.
The Dutchwomen continue their ECAC play tomorrow as they welcome in Harvard for a 4 p.m. matchup at Messa Rink.
