Three First Period Goals Take Down Bears, Bobcats Look to Tomorrow

Friday, January 20

Hamden, Conn.

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

23-3-0, 13-1-0

Brown

5-14-1, 3-10-0

Brown

Quinnipiac

Captain Lexie Adzija and Nina Steigauf celebrate after a win against Wisconsin

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Three First Period Goals Take Down Bears, Bobcats Look to Tomorrow

1/20/2023 9:01:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn— The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team took down the Brown Bears at home on Friday, Jan. 20 thanks to three first period goals. The Bears attempted a comeback in the third period after a breakaway by Jade Iginla broke junior netminder Catie Boudiette's shutout.

Graduate Captain Lexie Adzija scored the opening goal of the game less than three minutes into the first. Junior forward Nina Steigauf recorded the game-winner and graduate forward Shay Maloney tallied her second goal in two games. Senior Jess Schryver recorded two assists and graduate captain Zoe Boyd also tallied an apple.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Brown 1

RECORDS
Quinnipiac ( 23-3-0, 13-1-0 ECAC) | Brown (5-14-1, 3-10-0 ECAC)

LOCATION
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY

(2:50, 1^st period, EV) Quinnipiac 1, Brown 0: Captain Lexie Adzija notched her eighth goal on the year just before the three-minute mark of the first period. A dump in by the Bobcats and a small misstep by the Bears on the boards gave Nina Steigauf the go-ahead to find Adzija in front of Brown netminder Megane Pilon, who went top shelf over her glove side.
(4:45, 1^st period, EV) Quinnipiac 2, Brown 0: Nina Steigauf wanted to join her linemate on the scoresheet less than two minutes later. Graduate captain Zoe Boyd took a shot from the blueline that was deflected by senior Jess Schryver and landed perfectly on Steigauf's tape. She proceeded to bury the puck in the net as Pilon was too close to the post trying to stop Schryver's tip.
(8:48, 1^st period, PP) Quinnipiac 3, Brown 0: Graduate transfer Shay Maloney was able to tally her second goal against her alma mater this season after completing a textbook tic-tac-toe on the powerplay. Schryver passed the puck up to Steigauf at the bottom of the near circle who tapped it to Maloney where she completed the one timer through Pilon's blocker side.
(13:54, 3^rd period, SH) Quinnipiac 3, Brown 1: Jade Iginla broke junior netminder Catie Boudiette's shutout, unassisted, as she found herself on a breakaway after a hiccup in the neutral zone by the Bobcats.

NOTES

Steigauf tallied a goal and two assists, extending her point streak to three games.
Schryver recorded two assists on the night.
Co-captains Adzija and Boyd tallied a point on the night.
Boudiette made 13 saves in the victory and the Bobcats outshot the Bears 31-14.
QU dominated the faceoff circle once again, going 33-15 at the dot.