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Brown University
3-16-1, 1-11-1ECAC
Rensselaer
8-11-4, 6-5-2ECAC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore Samantha Swanstrom (Ham Lake, Minn.) and junior Erin Conway (Jackson, Mich.) scored goals just 30 second apart to open the third period in what looked to be a mounting comeback for the Brown women's hockey team, but RPI shut the door and later responded with two unanswered goals to defeat the Bears, 6-2, in ECAC action on Friday at Meehan Auditorium.
The contest opened with RPI (8-11-4, 6-5-2 ECAC) scoring 6:35 into the first period when Makenna Thomas recorded the tally. Just at the end of the opening stanza, the Engineers increased their lead to two when Katie Rooney scored at 18:23. RPI held a 10-2 advantage in shots in the period.
In the second period, RPI scored quickly, j 1:02 into the period when Rooney notched her second goal of the game. Amanda Kimmerle made the Engineers' lead 4-0 at 11:05 with her score. Brown (3-16-1, 1-11-1 ECAC) increased its offense output in the second with nine shots and several chances to score but RPI's Lovisa Selander turned away all of the strikes.
Brown began its attempted comeback when freshman Cara Najjar (Stoneham, Mass.) fed a pass to Samantha Swanstrom, who was in front of the net and able to muscle the puck in amidst a battle at 1:48 in the final period, while on the power play. Freshman Abby Niewchas (Cochrane, Alberta) also registered an assist on the play. Shortly after, at 2:19, Niewchas again teamed up with Najjar and connected on a cross-ice pass where Najjar gathered it and skated along the boards and eventually found Conway streaking down the ice where she put home her shot from the slot. Najjar's and Niewchas' two assists were a career-high output for both of the freshmen.
Hannah Behounek halted the Bears' comeback with her score at 6:24. Alexa Gruschow added another goal, a short-handed tally, to bring the game to its eventual final, 6-2.
The Bears recorded 10 shots in the third to bring their game output to 21, compared to RPI's 35. The Engineers were 0-for-2 on the power play while Brown was 1-for-3.
Junior Monica Elvin (Oakland, Calif,) made a total of 29 saves in the game while Lovisa Selander recorded the win in net for RPI with 19 saves.
The Bears are back in action at Meehan Auditorium tomorrow, Sat. Jan. 23, hosting Union in a 1:00 p.m. contest.
