University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Ice Hockey Falls To RPI, 10-2
1/17/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut womens ice hockey team fell to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 10-2, at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs on Wednesday evening (Jan. 17).
With the loss, UConn drops to 2-4, while RPI improves to 5-6-1 on the season.
UConn's Melissa Bailey (West Hartford, CT) scored both of the Huskies tallies. Kristine DeRosa netted a hat trick for RPI, with Anais Cunha assisting on all three goals. Andrea Wadman and Julie Durham each added two goals for the Engineers.
Diana Cohen (South Salem, NY) stopped 28 shots on net, while Laura DeNuccio and Carla King combined for 17 saves in goal. Rensselaer outshot UConn, 38-19.
UConn travels to Wayne State on Saturday, January 20 for a game slated to begin at 8:00 p.m. in Detroit, MI.
RPI 6 3 1 = 10 Connecticut 1 1 0 = 2
SCORING
First Period:
UC Melissa Bailey (Laura Scarpa, Devon Hehl) 2:25
RPI Maj Nixon (unassisted) 9:48
RPI Andrea Wadman (unassisted) 11:16
RPI Julie Durham (unassisted) 11:46
RPI Durham (Jessica Malec) 12:33
RPI Cara Jones (unassisted) 17:31
RPI Jamie Lalos (unassisted) 17:53.
Second Period:
RPI Wadman (Andrea Poley, Libby Eldrige) 5:29 PP
RPI Kristine DeRosa (Kate Adams, Anais Cunha) 8:23
RPI DeRosa (Cunha) 8:43
UC Bailey (unassisted) 14:29 PP.
Third Period:
RPI DeRosa (Cunha) 3:41.
SHOTS:
UC 19; RPI 38
SAVES:
UC 28 (Diana Cohen); RPI 17 (Laura DeNuccio 13,
Carla King 4)
PEN/MIN:
UC 4/8; RPI 2/4
POWER PLAYS:
UC 1-2; RPI 2-4
