Women's Ice Hockey Wins 2019 Nutmeg Classic, Defeats Yale, 3-1

Saturday, November 30

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-6-3, 2-5-2ECAC

Yale University

6-5-0, 3-3-0ECAC

Yale

Quinnipiac

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Women's Ice Hockey Wins 2019 Nutmeg Classic, Defeats Yale, 3-1

11/30/2019 7:07:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team defeated the Yale Bulldogs, 3-1, and captured the program's 8th Nutmeg Classic Cup. Senior Abbie Ives was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and received the Laurie Belliveau Goaltender Award.

Senior Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout and junior Brooke Bonsteel scored in the 3-1 win, including an empty-net goal by Bonsteel in the last two minutes of the game.

Coutu-Godbout, sophomore Lexie Adzija and first-year Kate Reilly were named to the All-Tournament Team.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Yale 1

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (8-6-3, 2-5-2 ECAC), Yale (6-5-0, 3-3-0 ECAC)

LOCATION
Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena | Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY

(9:12, 1st period, EV) – Quinnipiac 0, Yale 1: Yale's Grace Lee sniped from above the left circle into the top right corner past senior netminder Abbie Ives.
(6:13, 2nd period, EV) – Quinnipiac 1, Yale 1: Senior Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout scored off a rebound from junior Grace Market and sophomore Zoe Boyd to tie the game.
(10:02, 2nd period, EV) – Quinnipiac 2, Yale 1: Junior Brooke Bonsteel skated with the puck off her own face-off win and shot from the slot past Yale's Gianna Meloni.
(18:57, 3rd period, EN) – Quinnipiac 3, Yale 1: Bonsteel scored an empty-net goal to give Quinnipiac a 3-1 lead. Tabin added an assist on the goal.

NOTES

Coutu-Godbout scored her second goal of the tournament and finished with three points through two games. She leads the team with eight goals on the season.
Adzija leads the team in points with 16 after a three-point weekend on two goals and one assist.
Bonsteel scored two goal in today's win, including the game-winner. The junior now has four goals and four assists for eight points this season.
Boyd finished the weekend with two assists and now has four helpers this season.
Markey tallied an assist in each win this weekend and now has six on the year.
Ives recorded 35 saves, with one goal against in the 3-1 win. She stopped 76 of 79 shots faced through two games in the Nutmeg Classic and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

UPCOMING GAME