Williamstown, Massachusetts – Sophomore forward leads dylan greenthe Wesleyan women's ice hockey team lost 4-3 to Williams College on Friday night in NESCAC action against Williams College's Lansing Chapman Rink in the first of two weekend games.
Green scored the Cardinals' (4-4-1 overall, 1-2-0 NESCAC) first goal of the night, putting them ahead just 5 1/2 minutes into the game.Green, found holding the puck at the blue line for the Efs (5-3-1 overall, 4-1-0 NESCAC) Sam DeLeo '25 slipped out above the left faceoff circle before DeLeo passed it back to Green, who fired a low-center shot to Efs goaltender Erin Pye.
The Effs responded quickly and rallied with a goal two minutes after the Cardinals' early lead.Christina Halloran scored and Chloe Noxon hit the Cardinals goaltender with the first shot. Ray Halloranthe ricocheted puck was left to Christina Halloran, who stuffed the rebound. Ray Halloran '23 made a diving save, but the puck had already crossed the line.
Entering the second period tied at 1, the Effs took the lead on Noxon's goal less than a minute into the game, as they had the man advantage on a late penalty against the Cardinals, who had returned from the first period.
Joyce Sun '24 tied the score with the Cardinals at 16:26 of the final period with two points. Shannon Burke '25 won the face-off that set up the goal, Beats Tula '27 and Aiko Sims '26 made a play for Sun and got an assist. at 13:56 caroline key '26 scored the back of the net to give the Cardinals a one-point lead, and she faced off on a play of her own.With Tula caroline mejias Recorded an assist in 2015. Efs' Quinn Dawson tied it again at 3 just 16 seconds later, and Noxon scored his second goal of the night with the game-winning goal at 8:37.
Key led the Cardinals in head-to-head games, winning by 10 ties. jenna lecosc '24 follows with seven people.
Halloran made 35 saves in goal for the Cardinals. Pai finished with 34 saves.
The Cardinals will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 6, and will once again face Williams in Game 2 of the weekend series starting at 2 p.m.
