Boxscore
BRUNSWICK, ME – The Williams women's ice hockey team
lost a hard fought game to Bowdoin College this evening, 6-4.
Bowdoin improves to 5-7-3 on the season, while the Ephs now stand
at 1-13-2.
Bowdoin scored first in tonight's NESCAC match-up, when
Lindsay McNamara netted an unassisted goal at 11:45 to put the
Polar Bears up 1-0.
Senior captain Caralyn Quan answered for the Ephs at the very start
of the second period. Scoring with only ten seconds elapsed, Quan
was assisted by juniors Mallory Green and Sam Tarnasky to tie the
game at 1-1. The Polar Bears regained the lead at 5:05 when Shana
Natelson converted a Chelsea Young assist. Despite the back and
forth nature of the game, Bowdoin was able to hold on to their lead
for the remainder of the game.
Katie Coyne took advantage of an Eph penalty to extend the Polar
Bears lead to 2 at the 8:37 mark in the second period. Scoring on
the power play, Coyne was assisted by Katherine Pokrass. Less than
a minute later, Quan responded by scoring her second goal of the
night for the Ephs. Joey Lye and Tarnasky collected assists on the
play. Bowdoin quickly followed with another goal at 10:14, courtesy
of Bethany Croskey. She was assisted by McNamara and Kat Popoff.
Before the end of the period, senior Sarah Nowakowski netted
another goal for the Ephs to bring the score within one. Scoring on
the power play, Nowakowski was assisted by Allie Morrow and
Tarnasky.
Entering the third period up 4-3, the Polar Bears quickly
capitalized on an early Eph penalty to bring the score to 5-3.
Natelson, assisted by Coyne and Pokrass, netted the goal at 2:37.
The Ephs came back to score at 8:46, when Quan connected on an
Allison Page assist for a hat trick. Bowdoin's Pokrass scored
once more before the end of the game for a final score of 6-4. She
was assisted by Coyne and McNamara.
Eph goaltender Betsy Laurin made 22 saves in tonight's loss,
while Bowdoin's Emiliegh Mercer blocked 14 shots.
“It was a great game, really back and forth, a lot of
transition hockey. It was very exciting. I am very proud of my team
and the way they played tonight. They stuck with it and we had a
chance to win going into the third period. I think with the way we
played tonight we have a lot of momentum going into
tomorrow's game,” said Coach Shannon Bryant of the
game.
Still on the road, the Ephs will face-off against Colby College at
3:00 pm tomorrow.
