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HARTFORD, CT -- While the penalty kill was the women's hockey
team's best friend yesterday afternoon, it was their worst enemy
today, as the Ephs allowed three power-play goals on the first
three man-advantages of the game en route to a 4-1 loss to Trinity
in the second game of this weekend's NESCAC doubleheader.
With the win, Trinity (8-5-2) snaps a five game losing streak, and
jumps back over the Ephs in the NESCAC division for third place
with a 5-4-1 conference record. Williams drops to 6-9-1 with
the loss and 4-4-1 in the NESCAC.
Two of the three early power-play goals came courtesy of Bantam
sophomore forward Kim Weiss at 3:53 and 14:37 of the opening
period. Weiss added another goal to ice the game and complete
the hat trick with just under three minutes left in the final
period. She now has a team-leading 10 goals and 17 points on
the year. Sandwiched between her first two goals was another
Bantam power-play goal scored by sophomore defenseman Laura Komarek
at 9:36, her 5th netter on the season.
Eph netminder Sara Plunkett did all she could, having to deal
with seven Trinity power-play chances and 32 Bantam shots, but she
was outplayed today by opposing goalie Isabel Iwachiw, who allowed
just one goal on 27 Eph shots. The lone score came towards
the middle of the second period when junior forward Tracey Ferriter
covereted a 5-on-3 short-handed goal for the Ephs on a breakaway
opportunity. The goal marks Ferriter's team-leading 10th of
the season. Ironically, Williams generated twice as many
shots as they did in yesterday's contest, but came up with less
than half the results.
Trinity will have their hands full Wednesday when they host
Manhattanville, the No. 10 team in the nation. Meanwhile,
Williams will travel to Middlebury that day to battle conference
rivals Middlebury, who they dropped their home-ice season opener to
by a 5-1 score. Hopefully, the Ephs can rediscover the
effective, goal-generating penalty kill they had on Friday for this
week's game, or better yet, avoid the penalty box all
together. NESCAC action begins at 7:00pm.
