No. 9/9 Quinnipiac Women’s Ice Hockey Falls to Maine, 4-2

Saturday, September 30

Orono, ME

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-1-0

Maine

1-1-0

Quinnipiac

Maine

No. 9/9 Quinnipiac Women’s Ice Hockey Falls to Maine, 4-2

9/30/2017 5:26:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Two goals in the 2nd Period Not Enough for Bobcats

ORONO, Maine – The No. 9/9 ranked Quinnipiac University Women's Ice Hockey team fell to the Black Bears of the University of Maine 4-2 on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats were led by Kate MacKenzie and Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout who each scored their first goal of the season. T.T. Cianfarano and Melissa Samoskevich each tallied their first points of the year, with both recording two assists.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2 / Maine 4

LOCATION
Alfond Arena / Orono, Maine

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-1-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) / Maine (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Hockey East)

SCORING SUMMARY

15:37 1^st Period (ME 1-0): Michelle Weis cleaned up a rebound in front of the net off of a shot from the right side by Brittany Kucera.
3:34 2^nd Period (ME 2-0): Vendula Pribylova tapped in a rebound in front of the crease off of a shot from the right side by Tereza Vanisova. Michelle Weis also added the secondary assist.
5:17 2^nd Period (ME 2-1): Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout finished from short range on the left side. Melissa Samoskevich sent a pass from the defensive zone that found T.T. Cianfarano near center ice. Cianfarano would find Coutu-Godbout after skating over the blue line.
11:29 2^nd Period (Tied 2-2): Kate MacKenzie planted a one-timer for a power-play goal from close range on the left after a cross-ice pass from Cianfarano. Cianfarano was dished the puck by Samoskevich from a few feet inside the blue line
13:01 2^nd Period (ME 3-2): Lydia Murray deflected a shot by Alyson Matteau past Abbie Ives. Matteau's shot was came from the left side after a pass from Ebba Strandberg
18:28 3^rd Period (ME 4-2): Tereza Venasova scores on an empty-net.

NOTES

Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout scored the third goal of her career for Quinnipiac. She now has eight points in 24 career games.
Kate MacKenzie scored the first power play goal of the season for the Bobcats. It was her eighth career goal, first of the season.
Melissa Samoskevich and T.T. Cianfarano each recorded an assist on both Bobcat goals
Cianfarano, Samoskevich, MacKenzie, and Coutu-Godbout now all share the team lead in points with Abby Cleary (2).
Freshman Allison Small made her collegiate debut in goal for the Bobcats tonight. She made 6 saves in 23 minutes.
Abbie Ives came in in relief of Small and made 14 saves over the remainder of the game.