SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women's hockey junior goaltender
Shenae Lundberg tallied 35 saves in the Dutchwomen's 1-0 loss to #10 Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon at Messa Rink. With the win the Bobcats improve to 16-3-5 (7-3-4 ECACH) while the Dutchwomen drop to 8-13-1 (3-7-0 ECACH).
Lundberg stood strong for the Dutchwomen down the stretch tallying 14 saves in both the second and third periods. She held the high-powered Bobcats offense off the board until the final minutes of the third period.
Quinnipiac forward Amanda Colin tallied the game winner off a wrist shot from the slot. Nicole Connery and Nicole Brown tallied assists on the game-winning goal.
The first and second periods came and went without much stop in the flow of play. The Dutchwomen were the first to receive a power play which came after Connery was sent to the box for interference. The Dutchwomen's fourth-ranked power-play was unable to capitalize on their only power play attempt.
Union was finally sent to the box with under five minutes to play when junior defenseman
Alex Tancrell-Fontaine was given a roughing penalty. The Dutchwomen killed off the late penalty kill and pulled Lundberg in the final minute in favor of the extra attacker but were unable to capitalize. The period ended without the Dutchwomen registering a shot on goal.
Quinnipiac held a sizeable margin in shots as they registered 36 to Union's 11. Bobcats goaltender Chelsea Laden picked up her 14th win of the season after stopping all 11 Dutchwomen shots.
The Dutchwomen held the advantage in both blocked shots and faceoffs. Senior captains
Ashley Johnston and
Maddy Norton led the Dutchwomen in blocks with three as they out-blocked Quinnipiac 14-8. The Dutchwomen edged the Bobcats in the faceoff circle 26-23. Junior forward
Christine Valente led the Dutchwomen with 15 faceoff wins.
The Dutchwomen return to action next weekend in a home-and-home series with crosstown rival RPI. Friday's matchup in Troy will begin at 7 p.m. The Dutchwomen host the Engineers on Saturday at 4 p.m. for their seventh annual Pink at the Rink game.
