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Brown University
3-20-3, 1-15-3ECAC
Cornell
10-12-4, 6-9-4ECAC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's hockey team outscored Cornell 2-1 in the third period but could not overcome the Big Red's early lead and fell, 4-2, on Friday night at Meehan Auditorium. Prior to the start of the game, senior Alli Rolandelli (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Cornell's Morgan Richardson were recognized for being named finalists for the 2016 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award.
Cornell (10-12-4, 6-9-4 ECAC) was the first team to score and did so just before the end of the opening period, at 17:24, with a power-play goal from Jess Brown. The Big Red held a slight advantage in shots in the stanza, at 11-9. Cornell capitalized on the lone Brown penalty of the period, going 1-for-1 in man-up opportunities while the Bears were 0-for-1.
Just 1:32 into the second period, with Brown (3-20-3, 1-15-3 ECAC) on a power play, Cornell was able to move the puck up ice and Taylor Wood scored a short-handed tally to increase the Big Red's lead to two. Anna Zorn added another power-play goal for Cornell at 18:02 to give the team a 3-0 advantage. The Big Red outshot the Bears 18-9 in the second and was 1-for-2 on the power play while Brown was 0-for-2.
Brown got on the board soon into the third to bring the game to 3-1, when senior Hunter Davis (Clifton Park, N.Y.) scored her second goal of the season while the Bears were on the power play (2:13). Sophomore Samantha Swanstrom (Ham Lake, Minn.) and freshman Abby Niewchas (Cochrance, Alberta) recorded the assists. The play started when Niewchas quickly passed it up to Swanstrom who skated into the offensive zone and then fed Davis in front of the net, where she flicked it past the Cornell goalie for the tally.
The Big Red responded with a score to bring their lead to three again (4-1) at 11:20 when Taylor Woods scored her second goal of the game.
Junior Maddie Woo (Plymouth, Minn.) next scored her fifth goal of the year at 12:10. Woo had her initial shot blocked but then freshman Cara Najjar (Stoneham, Mass.) fought for the puck, that ended up going to junior Erin Conway (Jackson, Mich.) who passed it to Woo who then buried the one-timer from the slot. With the assist, Conway registers her sixth point in the last seven games (3G, 3A).
The Bears generated six more shots in the period but could not climb back to tie the Big Red.
Cornell finished the game with a 41-33 lead in shots and went 2-for-5 on the power play while Brown went 1-for-6.
Junior Monica Elvin (Oakland, Calif.) had 37 saves while Marlene Boissonnault of Cornell had 31.
The Bears compete again tomorrow, Feb. 13 against No. 10/10 Colgate at Meehan Auditorium with the puck drop set for 4:00 p.m. The game will be Brown's Senior Day, where seniors Hunter Davis, Kelly Micholson and Alli Rolandelli will be honored prior to the start of the game.
