TOP-RANKED DARTMOUTH DOWNS NO. 2 GOPHERS 5-1

HANOVER, N.H.--After a scoreless opening period, Dartmouth scored four times
in the second period and the top-ranked Big Green earned a convincing 5-1
win over second-ranked Minnesota.

Dartmouth got offensive production from each of its top three lines. After
grabbing a 1-0 lead on Carrie Sekela's power-play goal at one minutes, 20
seconds of the second period, the teams continued to battle evenly for the
next 13 minutes.

Dartmouth took a 2-0 lead when Kristina Guarino banked a shot of the back of
Minnesota goalie Erica Killewald's leg which opened the flood gates. The Big
Green scored two more goals in the next four minutes and, a short-handed
goal 1:19 into the third period, gave them a five-goal lead.

The Gophers got their only goal when Melissa Coulombe's shot from the left
point hit traffic in front of the net and deflected into the net for her
first career goal.

Killewald finished the game with 37 saves as Dartmouth held a 42-30
advantage in shot on goal, including a 15-4 margin during the first period.
Amy Ferguson had 29 saves for Dartmouth.

Minnesota...........  0  0  1 -  1
Dartmouth...........  0  4  1 -  5

   1st period--No scoring. Penalties--UM bench (protocol violation) 00:00;
Kristin King, DC (elbowing) 05:40; Emily Buchholz, UM (checking) 08:43;
Nadine Muzerall, UM (holding) 19:58.
   2nd period--1, DC, Carrie Sekela 8 (Kim McCullough, Kristin King) 01:20
(pp). 2, DC, Kristina Guarino 3 (Lauren Trottier, Jennifer Wiehn) 14:35. 3,
DC, Lydia Wheatley 3 (Sarah Clark) 15:32. 4, DC, Carly Haggard 3 (Correne
Bredin) 18:47 (pp). Penalties--Louise Pietrangelo, DC (checking) 02:54;
Kristin King, DC (checking) 05:46; Laura Slominski, UM (hooking) 08:10;
Ronda Curtin, UM (interference) 17:20.
   3rd period--5, DC, Kristina Guarino 4 01:19 (sh). 6, UM, Melissa Coulombe
1 (Nadine Muzerall) 10:40 (pp). Penalties--Kim McCullough, DC (slashing)
01:10; Jennifer Wiehn, DC (cross-checking) 09:59; Stefanie Snow, UM
(tripping) 11:55.
   Shots on goal--Minnesota 4-11-15-30. Dartmouth 15-17-10-42. Power
plays--Minnesota 1 of 5. Dartmouth 2 of 6. Goalies--Minnesota, Erica
Killewald 9-3-1 (42 shots-37 saves). Dartmouth, Amy Ferguson 5-0-0 (30-29).
Referee--Matthew Smith. Assistant referees--Michelle Boutin, Julie
Piacentini. A--525.

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