Bobcats Lose Heartbreaker to Ohio State in NCAA Regional Final

Saturday, March 11

Columbus, OH

5:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Ohio State

Bobcats Lose Heartbreaker to Ohio State in NCAA Regional Final

3/11/2023 11:24:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The No. 8 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team ended their season against Ohio State in the NCAA Regional Tournament Final by a score of 5-2, on Saturday, March 11. The Bobcats carried a one goal lead into the intermission before giving up two goals to the Buckeyes in the second period. The Bobcats battled hard against the Buckeyes and managed to cut Ohio State's lead by one in the third before giving up an empty net goal.

Graduate netminder Logan Angers recorded 39 saves through 57 minutes of play. The Bobcat defense tallied both goals on the night from junior defenders Kendall Cooper and Maddy Samoskevich.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2, Ohio State 5

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (30-10-0, 17-5-0 ECAC) | Ohio State (32-5-0, 23-4-1 WCHA)

LOCATION
OSU Ice Rink | Columbus, Ohio

SCORING SUMMARY

(18:58, 1^st period, PP) Quinnipiac 1, Ohio State 0: The Bobcats took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission after Kendall Cooper sniped a shot to the right of Buckeyes' goaltender Amanda Thiele from the top of the near circle.
(12:12, 2^nd period, PP) Quinnipiac 1, Ohio State 1: Ohio State scored four unanswered goals starting with Gabby Rosenthal's goal off the rebound in front.
(16:00, 2^nd period, EV) Quinnipiac 1, Ohio State 2: Lauren Bernard scored unassisted 3:48 seconds later to give the Buckeyes' a one goal lead heading into the second intermission.
(8:08, 3^rd period, EV) Quinnipiac 1, Ohio State 3: Emma Peschel put OSU up by two midways through the third as she was able to slip one to the left of Angers from the near circle.
(14:45, 3^rd period, PP) Quinnipiac 1, Ohio State 4: Sophie Jaques scored on the powerplay after senior defender Kate Reilly took a tripping call with just over five minutes remaining in the third.
(16:24, 3^rd period, EA) Quinnipiac 2, Ohio State 4: Junior defender Maddy Samoskevich cut the Buckeyes lead by one when she buried the puck behind Thiele with the extra attacker after Angers headed to the bench four seconds earlier.
(19:31.2, 3^rd period, EN) Quinnipiac 2, Ohio State 5: The Buckeyes sealed their ticket to Duluth on an empty net goal with 29.8 seconds remaining.

NOTES

Kendall Cooper tallied her second powerplay goal of the season and the Bobcats 19^th on the year.
Angers 39 saves marks her second highest save count on the year.
The Bobcats recorded the first goal in 29 matchups this season.
QU ends the season with a 30-10-0 record, going undefeated in overtime with four victories.