Middletown, CT – Bowdoin College defeated Wesleyan 4-3 on an overtime goal to advance in NESCAC action Friday night at Wesleyan's Spurrier Snyder Arena in a game in which the Wesleyan women's hockey team took full control of the pace. Ta.
Jane McCarter scored the first goal for the Polar Bears (6-5-2 overall, 3-2-2 NESCAC) at 7:13 on the power play.Abigail Ainsley took the first shot. Ray Halloran, Halloran made the save before McCarter could get the puck over the line. at 3:42 jenna stevens '24 tied the game at one point from just inside the blue line. Christina Tournas '25 picked up the puck on a turnover on the far board and made a pass. Mairead Kennedy 24, on the line for a cross-ice pass to Stevens.
With the second period underway, it took the Bears less than two minutes to take the lead. Runal Roux scores a goal. Lue stole the ball in the neutral zone and took a shot from the left faceoff circle.
Brigid Göhler-Slough '23 tied the score at 15:04 with the Cardinals' (5-5-2 overall, 1-3-1 NESCAC) second tying goal of the night, bringing the score to two. Catch the puck in the left corner amelia morin '27 passed out Joyce Sun On the '24 line. The Sun hit Sally Solotaroff-Webber with a hard wrist shot, allowing Goeller-Slough to grab the rebound and slam the puck into the post. A minute later, Brett Stoddard scored unassisted on a puck that bounced off the inside of Halloran's right pad.
The only goal in the final period was dylan green In '27, he took a backhand pass from Goeller-Slough from center and shot the puck over Solotarov-Weber's shoulder. The winning goal and the deciding point in overtime were scored by Bowdoin's Annie Sun, who waved off Morin and placed the puck behind Hallorann with a backhand.
Halloran made 17 saves in net for the Cardinals. Solotarov-Weber contributed 39 saves for the Bears.
jenna lecosc '24 led all Cardinals faceoff specialists with eight ties and wins.
The Cardinals will face Bowdoin again on Saturday, Jan. 13, in the second game of a two-game home series starting at 3 p.m.
