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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – The Williams College women's ice hockey
team (1-3-0) defeated Wesleyan College (0-4-0) at home this
afternoon, by a score of 4-3, to record their first win of the
season.
The Ephs came out strong, scoring within the very first minute of
the game. Sophomore Torrey Taussig came from behind the net
and pushed the puck past Cardinal goaltender Rachel Stemerman to
put the Ephs ahead at 0:43. Williams continued to put
pressure on Wesleyan when junior Sam Tarnasky capitalized on a
Cardinal penalty to score at 10:54 on a power play. She was
assisted by junior Mallory Green and sophomore Tracey Ferriter.
With less than two minutes into the second period, junior Hannah
Jackson put Wesleyan on the board when she ripped a shot to the top
left corner of the net. Senior captain Caralyn Quan, assisted
by juniors Sam Tarnasky and Joey Lye, answered for the Ephs when
she netted a goal at 9:43. Wesleyan, however, did not give
up. Eph goaltender Denise McCulloch made two great saves on
consecutive shots before Cardinal freshman Sena Ito connected on a
rebound to score the second goal for Wesleyan. Ito was
assisted by senior Jessica Fischer and Jackson at 15:15.
Williams remained ahead in the third period, adding another tally
to the scoreboard at 1:13 when senior Allie Morrow knocked in a
pass from freshman Jacqueline Berglass. Despite another
Wesleyan goal at 9:54, scored by Ito and assisted by Jackson, the
Ephs held onto the lead to win their first game.
Eph goaltender Denise McCulloch recorded 29 saves, while Rachel
Stemerman blocked 24 shots for the Cardinals.
Senior captain Caralyn Quan played particularly well for the
Ephs this afternoon. "Caralyn was outstanding for us.
She was smart with the puck, confident in what she was doing, and
had good puck movement," said Coach Shannon Bryant.
Of the game, Bryant remarked, "We came out hard in the first period
and set the tempo right away. If we could have played that
way for 60 minutes it would've been a great game. I am still
looking for the team to play high intensity hockey for a full game
because I know they have it in them."
The Ephs will get the chance to improve their record on Friday
against Connecticut College. The game will start at 7:00
pm.
