Women's Hockey's Season Comes to a Close with Hard-Fought Loss at Quinnipiac in ECAC Quarterfinals

Sunday, March 1

Hamden, Conn.

2 p.m.

Brown University

18-14-2

Quinnipiac

26-8-3

Brown

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Women's Hockey's Season Comes to a Close with Hard-Fought Loss at Quinnipiac in ECAC Quarterfinals

3/1/2026 4:30:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

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HAMDEN, Conn. - Brown women's hockey's (18-13-2) season came to a close with a 5-4 loss in Game Three of the ECAC Quarterfinals at Quinnipiac (26-8-3), in M&T Bank Arena on Sunday (March 1).

Monique Lyons, Sam Broz, Jade Iginla and India McDadi all scored for the Bears. Lyons added two assists for a tjhree-point game, Iginla added an assist and Olivia Fantino had two assists.

Anya Zupkofska finished the game with 18 saves for Brown.

"Today was overall a hard-fought game," said head coach Melanie Ruzzi. "Perhaps we had a little bit of nerves to start and allowed them to jump out to an early lead, but we kept scraping back in the game and I am super proud of the team's performance. I felt like we deserved a better outcome today. This was an elite team with elite players and they gave us a chance to win every single night. The leadership provided by our seniors carried forward a culture defined by a joyful locker room and a tenaciuos brand of hockey. I can't thank them enough for what they have done for this program and what they've tought me as a coach."

Quinnipiac scored the first goal of the game just 30 seconds into the contest and doubled its lead six minutes later.

Brown earned a power play opportunity nine minutes into the period and Lyons struck to pull the Bears within one. The Bears used good puck movement and Ava DeCoste found Lyons alone in the near circle. Lyons shot beat Felicia Frank (37 saves) to make it 2-1.

Quinnipiac pushed its lead to 3-1 on a shorthanded goal halfway through the second period.

Two minutes later, Brown picked up a goal as the Bears won the puck in Quinnipiac's corner. Fantino took the puck to the net and found Sam Broz on the doorstep for the goal.

The Bobcats added two goals to go ahead 5-2 before Brown responded on another power play. On a five-on-three, great puck movement led to Lyons passing to Iginla right in front of the net and the senior deflected the puck past Frank to make it 5-3.

With the goalie pulled, Brown was able to get within one the puck ended up on India McDadi's stick in the slot. McDadi backhanded the puck into the net to make it a 5-4 game.

The Bears had chances as they played the last two minutes of the game with a 6-on-5 advantage but Frank made multiple stops from point-blank range to keep the Bears off the board.

GAME NOTES

Lyons' 37^th point of the season gives her the most points by a Bear since Haley Moore had 43 in 2005-06.
Quinnipiac's first goal was the fastest goal Brown had given up all season.
Lyons' goal was the first of the series for the sophomore but her sixth in her last 10 games.
Iginla and Lyons both pushed their point streak to 10 games to finish off the season.
Iginla closes out her career with 99 career points, moving her into a tie for 21^st all-time in program history.