MIDDLETOWN, CT- Women's hockey gets back on track with a win over Williams Friday night, 3-2. The game was dominated by power play opportunities for both sides. Wesleyan capitalized on two of those chances in the 1^st period to take a 2-0 lead. The teams would then alternate goals in the 2^nd, before Williams scored the final goal on a power play of their own early in the 3^rd period to reach the final score of 3-2.
This win snaps a 9-game losing streak for the Cardinals, who started the season 6-0. They improve to 7-9 (3-8 NESCAC), while Williams drops to 10-7 (7-6 NESCAC).
 
HIGHLIGHTS:

• Wesleyan went on the power play just five minutes into the game and instantly capitalized. Brigitte Goeler-Slough '23 and Brooke Keough '23 worked the puck around to Bridget Cornell '23 who sliced her way to the front of the goal sniping a shot past the Ephs goalie while falling to the ice
• Wesleyan scored again on a power play chance later in the period. Jenna Stevens '24 set up a slapshot from Cornell, who had her shot redeflected into the back of the net by Goeler-Slough out in front of the net. The 1^st period ended with a combined six total power plays
• Williams put through their first goal early in the second period. After a Wesleyan turnover in the neutral zone, CC Wallin took the puck the other way and launched a wrist shot that beat Rei Halloran '23 to cut the deficit to one. The Ephs would go on two power plays in the 2^nd period, but were turned away by stellar Cardinals' defense
• Effie Tournas '25 would respond with a Cardinals goal with less than a minute left in the period. Tournas stole the puck from an Ephs defender and put a sweet move on the goalie to extend the Wesleyan lead back up to two goals
• Williams put the pressure on in the 3^rd period, desperate to at least tie the game and put it into overtime. The Ephs outshot Wesleyan 16-9 in the period, managing to score a late goal thanks to Ellia Chang to cut make the score 3-2
• The Wesleyan defense would hold strong in the final three minutes, even with the Williams' extra skater. Halloran was under siege with shots, including a span of five shots in under 20 seconds midway through the 3^rd period, but turned them all away

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Rei Halloran made 34 saves, her 6^th game of 30+ saves this season
• Jenna Stevens added two more blocked shots (20 total), and now ranks 5^th in the NESCAC
• Effie Tournas scored her team-leading 5^th goal of 2021-22
• Wesleyan ends 9-game losing streak

 
UP NEXT:
Wesleyan will return to Spurrier-Snyder Rink tomorrow February 5^th at 3pm, looking to beat Williams for a 2^nd consecutive game.