DURHAM, N.H. - Marina Alvarez (Center Moriches, N.Y.) and Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) scored third-period goals to lift the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team into a 2-2 tie, but No. 8 Quinnipiac University scored at 2:19 of overtime to record a 3-2 win Friday night at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.
Alvarez pulled UNH within 2-1 at 12:41 and Verrier scored an extra-attacker goal with 9.6 seconds remaining to level the score. Blair Sedona (Eden Prairie, Minn.) was credited with a season-high 33 saves.
Nina Steigauf scored at 2:19 of OT to lift the Bobcats to victory. Madison Chantler and Sadie Peart both scored in the second period. Logan Angers stopped 30 shots.
UNH is 2-1-0 and Quinnipiac is 3-0-0.
UP NEXT
- UNH and QU complete the two-game series at the Whitt on Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.
- Purchase tickets online at unhwildcats.com/tickets or call (603) 862-4000 or visit the Whittemore Center ticket office.
FIRST PERIOD
- Quinnipiac recorded a 9-8 shot advantage in the scoreless opening 20 minutes.
SECOND PERIOD
- Chantler's first goal of the season gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead at 3:53.
- Kate Reilly snapped a diagonal pass from the top of the right circle to Peart cutting down the slot and she lifted a shot into the net for a 2-0 lead at 9:12.
THIRD PERIOD
- Alvarez scored her first goal of the season to lift UNH within 2-1 at 12:41. Tamara Thiérus (Saint-Jérôme, Quebec) initiated the sequence from the right corner to the half-boards, where Chavonne Truter (Uxbridge, Ontario) shoveled a pass to the high slot for Alvarez's one-timer.
- UNH pulled Blair in favor of an extra attacker with 2:06 remaining.
- The Bobcats were whistled for icing at 19:37 and 19:45. Sydney Leonard (St. Bonifacius, Minn.) won the second faceoff into the left corner, where Kira Juodikis (LaSalle, Ontario) sent a backhanded pass to the low slot. Verrier, who was advancing toward the right post, double back onto the loose puck and slipped a low shot between Angers legs to tie the score, 2-2, at 19:50.4
OVERTIME
- Maya Labad corralled a loose puck in the neutral zone and led a 2-on-1 break along the right boards. She saucered a centering pass and Steigauf's one-timer from the slot floated into the upper-left corner to end the game.
GAME NOTEBOOK
- Quinnipiac finished with a 36-32 shot advantage and 47-27 edge in the faceoff circle.
- UNH went 0-for-3 on the power play and the Bobcats were 0-for-2.
- The Wildcats blocked 16 shot attempts and QU was credited with five blocks.
UNH NOTEBOOK
- Juodikis, the reigning Hockey East Player of the Week, has recorded a point all three games this season.
- Leonard has tallied an assist every game. She led the 'Cats with 15 faceoff wins.
- Blair recorded 11 saves in the second stanza and 13 more in the final frame. She made a total of 29 saves in two wins last weekend.
- Five Wildcats were credited with two blocked shots - Rae Breton (Brighton, Ontario), Juodikis, Jada Christian (Caledon East, Ontario), Kyla Bent (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and Sadie Makokis (St. Albert, Alberta).
SERIES NOTEBOOK
- UNH has a 10-6-1 lifetime record against Quinnipiac.
