Williams Women Pluck Cardinals, 3-1

- February 22, 2008

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Outshooting Wesleyan 45 to 10, the Williams women's ice hockey team skated to a decisive 3-1 victory over the Cardinals on Friday evening. The Ephs improve to 4-17-2 on the season, while the Cardinals drop to 5-15-1.

The Ephs recorded the first goal of the game at 12:19 into the first period on a power play. Moving the puck really well, first-year Lauren Zurek passed the puck to junior Mallory Green who immediately returned it to Zurek at the top. Zurek then one-touched it to sophomore Tracey Ferriter, who quickly fired on goal to put the Ephs up 1-0.

At 10:17 into the second period, senior captain Caralyn Quan extended the Ephs' lead to two with a short handed goal. First year Allison Page collected an assist on the play.

Wesleyan scored its lone goal of the game at 4:32 into the third period when Hannah Jackson tallied an unassisted goal on the power play. The final goal of the game came at 19:55 when junior Sam Tarnasky, who leads the Ephs in points (10 goals, 11 assists), scored on an empty net.

Senior goaltender Denise McCulloch made 9 saves in goal for the Ephs, while Cardinal goaltender Rachel Stemerman recorded a total of 42 saves in the loss.

"We came out relaxed, but competitive and put together a good, solid game tonight. It was nice to see that come together for us," said Coach Shannon Bryant after the game.

The Ephs will play Hamilton on Saturday at 4 p.m.

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