MIDDLETOWN, CT – Men's hockey has their four-game win streak snapped at home against Williams Sunday afternoon, 6-1. The Cardinals held a 1-0 lead and only trailed 2-1 late in the 2^nd period before the Ephs had an offensive explosion to put the game out of reach. Wesleyan drops to 5-4-1 (4-1-1 NESCAC), while Williams improves to 6-4-0 (6-2-0).
 
HIGHLIGHTS:

• Wesleyan continued their theme of scoring in the opening minutes Sunday afternoon when Jeremy Abraham '24 beat the Ehps goaltender to give the Cardinals an early lead
• Williams responded less than five minutes later with the equalizer off the stick from Mac Carso off of a nice centering pass from Niko Karamanis. Wesleyan had multiple power play opportunities later in the period, but were unable to capitalize keeping the game tied going into the 2^nd period
• Faisal Alsaif ripped a slap shot that ended up in the back of the net to break the tie early in the 2^nd period. He was set up off a pass from Connor Tobin. Later in the period it was Niko Karamanis' turn to score, as he extended the Ephs lead to 3-1 going into the 3^rd
• Williams broke it open in the 3^rd period, scoring three more goals to total six on the day. The game got more physical down the stretch, resulting in three Wesleyan penalties. The second of those penalties resulted in the 6^th and final goal for the Ephs

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Despite the lopsided score Sunday, Wesleyan was only outshot 31-30 by Williams
• Marc Smith '24 had a career high 25 saves
• Jake Lachance '23 blocked two more shots, he is now tied for the team lead with 11 blocked shots

UP NEXT:
Wesleyan returns to play January 14^th where they will travel to Maine to play against Colby.