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July 28, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Women's hockey season ends with loss to St. Lawrence

02.22.10.sports.Whockey
02.22.10.sports.Whockey

The team had a positive attitude going into the final game, co-captain Jenna Cunningham '10 said.

"We came off a big win, beating the number one team in our league [Clarkson] the day before," she said. "We were pumped up and just looking forward to playing."

The Saints quelled the team's prospective playoff chances after eking out the victory in the final frame. St. Lawrence entered the third period with a 4-2 lead and held on for the win.

As its postseason chances ticked away with the remaining seconds on the clock, Dartmouth barraged the Saints' net in the last few minutes and posted 20 shots during the third frame.

Goaltender Mariel Lacina '10 was pulled with 1:35 remaining in the final period, but the Big Green still could not penetrate St. Lawrence's defense.

This late surge was not enough to compensate for a slow start, head coach Mark Hudak said.

"It seemed like we weren't quite ready to play that game," he said. "It took us a while to get going, but we just weren't as sharp coming out on Saturday as we were on Friday."

Dartmouth started the St. Lawrence playing tentatively and was not able to score until the last two frames of the match. St. Lawrence outshot the Big Green, 21-12, in the opening two periods.

The Saints spread out their four goals over the first two periods, establishing an advantage that the Big Green was unable to overcome.

St. Lawrence notched its winning goal in the middle frame, after the Big Green whittled the lead down to two, following goals by co-captain Sarah Parsons '10 and Geneva Kliman '12.

From the blue line, defenseman Kliman launched the puck past senior Brittony Chartier's glove to earn her first collegiate goal.

Fresh off injury leave, Kelly Foley '12 made her comeback heard in the final frame, as she pulled Dartmouth within a point of St. Lawrence the slimmest lead on the match.

Foley outmaneuvered Chartier with a backhand that slipped inside the right post and brought the game to its final 4-3 score.

Dartmouth's postseason prospects were deceivingly bright on Friday as the Big Green capitalized on two of three man-advantage opportunities to finish a 4-1 victory over the Golden Knights.

With the victory, Dartmouth remained in eighth place in the league high enough to make the postseason for the last time.

Clarkson (20-9-5, 14-5-3 ECAC Hockey) seized the initiative with an early point in the opening frame, but Dartmouth (12-14-2, 9-12-1 ECAC Hockey) came through with a four-goal surge to take the game.

With five minutes remaining in the first frame, co-captain Parsons turned up the offensive pressure with Dartmouth's first of two power-play goals.

Cunningham followed up with the second extra-skater goal, with eight minutes remaining in the middle period to send Dartmouth into the locker room with a 2-1 lead.

Dartmouth tops the ECAC in power-play goals with 30 and in the power-play conversion, 21.3 percent.

"We made a couple of changes going into the weekend and they really paid off," Cunningham said. "The power play unit played well and we were moving the puck really well."

Jenna Hobeika '12 put the game out of the reach of the Golden Knights by notching the game-winning goal in the final frame and Amanda Trunzo '11 collected an empty-netter for the final 4-2 score.

The Golden Knights bombarded Dartmouth's net in the first period, outshooting the Big Green, 12-5. Lacina remained solid between the pipes, however, and kept Clarkson to only one goal.

"It was one of the few games where we played for the full 60 minutes," Hudak said. "We got down in the first period and were able to respond quickly."

The loss bumped the Golden Knights out of the top spot in the conference as Cornell University took over the reins with victories over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College this weekend.

Yale University also fell out of postseason contention after losing to Quinnipiac University and Princeton University.

Colgate swept both RPI and Union over the weekend, earning the coveted eighth spot in the ECAC playoffs.