Box Score
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women's hockey team fell 3-0 to RPI in their seventh annual Pink at the Rink day on Saturday afternoon. With the win the Engineers improve to 10-11-2 and 6-5-1 in the ECAC while the Dutchwomen fall to 8-15-1 and 3-9-0 in conference play.
Prior to the match, Kristen Shinebarger held the honor of dropping the puck as the Union women's hockey team dedicated their Pink at the Rink to Kristen's Kause. Donations from admission, raffles and gifts were donated to the Shinebarger family to help her fight with Ewing's Sarcoma. The team managed to fundraise over $2,000 for the family throughout the week.
The game was determined by a flurry of penalties in the first two periods. The first period saw both teams take three penalties but neither team was able to break through on their power play opportunities.
The second period saw both teams commit four penalties including a pair of roughing calls dished out to both sides. RPI gained the advantage in the physical play and opened up the scoring on a power play mid way through the period.
Lauren Walsh tapped in a goal off the shin pads of a Dutchwomen defender. Walsh carried the momentum from her first tally as she tallied just six minutes later off the rush. The period ended with the Engineers leading by two.
Union continued to battle down the stretch but were unable to capitalize on their two power play opportunities. In a last ditch effort to get on the scoreboard Union pulled junior goaltender
Shenae Lundberg with 1:30 left in the period for a 6-4 advantage as the Engineers were already killing off a penalty. Union was unable to capitalize on the advantage as Jordan Smelker tallied the empty net goal with 30 seconds remaining in the period.
The Dutchwomen outblocked the Engineers 12-9, including three by junior defenseman
Alex Tancrell-Fontaine.
Union returns to action next weekend when they travel to Harvard and Dartmouth on Friday and Saturday.
