SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Union College women's hockey junior goaltender
Shenae Lundberg tied a program record for career shutouts in a 2-0 win over Maine on Saturday night at Messa Rink. With the win the Dutchwomen improve to 6-11-0 while the Black Bears fall to 1-13-5.
Lundberg's 22 saves leaves her in a five-way tie with
Alana Marcinko (2009-2013), Dana Smullyan (2002-2006), Heather Olney (2001-2002) and Victoria Elkins (2000-01) with three career shutouts.
The first period came and went with little action. The teams combined for six shots with Maine leading the way with four. The Dutchwomen killed off the only power play of the period. Maine's best chance of the man advantage came on a blast from the point that rang off the pipe and skidded to the corner. The period ended in a scoreless tie.
The Dutchwomen tallied early in the second period when Maine defenseman Kristin Gilmour took a penalty. The Dutchwomen tallied just 29 seconds into the power play as senior
Stefanie Thomson picked up the rebound and buried it past the Maine goaltender Meghann Treacy. The original shot came off the stick of junior defenseman
Alex Tancrell-Fontaine who blasted a one-timer from the point off a pass from senior defensive-partner
Maddy Norton. Both defensemen received assists on the Dutchwomen's man advantage goal.
Union increased their lead on their second power play when sophomore forward
Courtney Turner cleaned up a rebound off a shot from senior forward
Elsa Bruestle. Turner fed Bruestle from the corner. Bruestle fired a shot off the Treacy's pads. Turner followed her pass to the front of the net and fired a rebound past the netminder to give the Dutchwomen a 2-0 lead. Freshman defenseman
Kathryn Davis also picked up an assist on the second Dutchwomen goal.
Lundberg kept the Dutchwomen ahead in the second period after stoning Missy Denk on a breakaway off a defensive Turner. Lundberg went down in the butterfly and flashed some leather with the glove save. She also made a save through a screen on Maine's third power play in the latter half of the second period. The period ended with the Dutchwomen ahead 2-0.
The teams traded chances in the third period but both goaltenders stood strong. Treacy stopped all 12 shots in the third period to end the game with 24 saves.
Lundberg made big saves down the stretch, including one with the Black Bears having an extra attacker after pulling Treacy with 1:32 left in the third period. She led the Dutchwomen defense that killed off all four power play opportunities.
The Dutchwomen held the advantage in shots (26-21) and faceoffs (26-23). The Black Bears blocked an impressive 15 shots, led by Brianne Kilgour with 3 blocks. Norton led the Dutchwomen in blocks with two.
The Dutchwomen look to tie a program record in wins (7) in their rematch with the Black Bears at 2 p.m. at Messa Rink.
