SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College Women's Hockey team dropped a 7–3 decision to Brown University Friday night during its Hockey Fights Cancer game at M&T Bank Center.

Junior Maddie Leaney opened the scoring midway through the first period, with first-year Megan Duplantie and sophomore Karianne Engelbert recording assists. Leaney followed up with a short-handed goal early in the second period, assisted by classmate Emma Fulawka. Engelbert capped Union's scoring on the power play, with Duplantie and Fulawka earning the assists.

Leaney scored at 8:36 of the first period as Engelbert sent the puck ahead to Duplantie, who quickly moved it up to Leaney. Skating in from the left side, Leaney picked the top-right corner to bury the puck. Union closed the first period with a power-play opportunity but was unable to convert. The Garnet Chargers narrowly outshot the Bears, 8–6, in the opening frame.

In the second period, Union went on the penalty kill just 2:19 in, but Leaney scored her second of the night short-handed to put Union up 2–0. Fulawka broke up the play and fed the puck to Leaney, who skated in on a breakaway, deked Brown's goaltender, and tucked the puck into the right side of the net.

Brown cut the deficit to one on the same power play, as Ignila scored from inside the slot. Just three minutes later, Brown added another tally to tie the game at two when India McDadi fired the puck past Union's goaltender.

Engelbert then gave Union the go-ahead goal on the power play, scoring on a wraparound to make it 3–2. Brown tied the game yet again just a minute later, as Victoria Damiani fired a shot from inside the slot into the back of the net.

Brown tallied two more goals on separate power plays, as Monique Lyons scored on a breakaway and Olivia Fantino tipped the puck into the back of the net to end the second period with a 5–3 lead, despite Union outshooting the Bears 14–9 in the period.

The Bears capped their scoring spree in the third period with two more goals. The first came four minutes into the final frame, as Margot Norehad chipped the puck into the back of the net, and the second came at the halfway mark when Zoe Li fired a shot past Union's goaltender. Union concluded the period on the power play but could not capitalize. The Garnet Chargers finished outshooting the Bears, 31–29, on the night.

Senior goaltender Emily Evans made her second start of the season, tallying 22 saves in net.

Union returns to action tomorrow for its National Girls and Women in Sports Day matchup against #10 Yale at M&T Bank Center. Puck drop is set for 3:00 p.m.