SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women's hockey team set a program record with their eighth win of the season in a 2-1 victory over Princeton on Friday evening at Messa Rink. With the win the Dutchwomen claim two points in the ECAC standings and improve their record to 8-12-1 (3-6-0 ECACH).
Senior forward
Stefanie Thomson broke the deadlock early in the second period with a power play tally. Thomson skated into the slot and received a pass from junior
Christine Valente and fired a one-timer past Tiger goaltender Kimberly Newell. Senior defenseman
Maddy Norton picked up her 13th assist of the season after feeding Valente from the point.
Sophomore forward
Kathryn Tomaselli added to the Dutchwomen added the eventual game-winner just under two minutes later. Tomaselli wrestled a puck away from a Tiger defenseman along the Union blue line and skated down on a breakaway. She deked backhand-to-forehand before depositing the puck past a sprawling Newell. The unassisted goal was scored at 4:06 of the second period.
The Tigers pulled within one with less than five minutes remaining in the third period after Cassidy Tucker fluttered a backhand past junior goaltender
Shenae Lundberg. She was assisted on the play by Hillary Lloyd and Jaimie McDonell.
Princeton would attempt a valiant comeback effort in the third period but eventually came up short after several big saves form junior
Shenae Lundberg down the stretch. The Tigers eventually pulled Newell in favor of the extra attacker but the Dutchwomen held on despite losing Valente as she crawled to the bench after breaking her skate blade in the final moments.
Lundberg finished the game with 28 saves and as she picked up her eighth win of the season. Newell tallied 21 saves in the losing effort.
The Dutchwomen held the Tigers off the board on their two power play attempts as their high powered power play tallied a goal on four attempts.
The Dutchwomen also helped Lundberg by blocking 27 shots to Princeton's two. Senior forward
Stefanie Thomson led the way with five blocks.
The win comes as the first against Princeton in program history.
The Dutchwomen will look to extend their three-game unbeaten streak tomorrow when they welcome Quinnipiac to Messa Rink for a 4 p.m. rematch.
