University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies Fall To Boston College, 6-1
12/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
STORRS, Conn. (December 3) - The University of Connecticut women’s ice hockey team fell to Boston College, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon in the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum. With the loss, the Huskies are now 5-10-0 overall and 4-4-0 against Hockey East competition while Boston College improves to 5-3-4 overall and 4-1-1 in the conference.
Boston College got things started offensively, with Deborah Spillane putting the first point on the board 10:31 into the first period. The Eagles continued their attack on the UConn net throughout the remainder of the period, with Jill McInnis putting the second Boston College goal in the net at the 12:17 point in the stanza and the third and final point of the period came at the 15:30 mark when Becky Zavisza took a pass from Rachel Wedig to beat senior Kaitlyn Shain (Calgary, Alberta) for the score. Boston College out-shot UConn, 13-2, for the period.
UConn had several good looks to score to open the second stanza, including a power play opportunity 5:13 into play before a tripping penalty on junior Natalie Vibert (Thunder Bay, Ontario) at the 6:47 mark evened the number of skaters on the ice. After the Boston College penalty concluded, Zavisza tallied her second goal of the game at the 8:36 point in the period with Vibert still in the box. Spillane increased the Eagles lead to 5-0 at the 13:47 mark and Boston College took that lead into the locker room.
UConn scored first in the third period, with junior Katherine Van Deveire (Brandon, Manitoba) tallying her first goal of the season on the power play 5:28 into the stanza. She was assisted by junior Leslie Hurlburt (Markham, Ontario) and freshman Kristen Russell (Dauphin, Manitoba) on the goal. Boston College closed out the scoring at the 17:30 mark of the third stanza on a Meghan Fardelmann goal.
The Eagles out-shot the Huskies, 30-16, for the game. Both teams were 1-for-3 on the power play. Shain had 10 saves for the Huskies in the first period while freshman Brittany Wilson (Nepean, Ontario) had 14 saves over the final two periods. Alison Quandt had 15 saves for Boston College.
The Huskies will be in action next on Tuesday, Dec. 6 when they host Brown University in the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum. The puck is set to drop at 7:00 p.m.
