Freshman defenseman Kathryn Davis scored her first collegiate goal, but it wasn't enough as the Dutchwomen fell to Providence, 6-2, in a non-conference game Saturday at Messa Rink.
Providence took an early 1-0 lead with a Molly Illikainen power play goal at 15:03 of the first period. Victoria Virtue's tally 53 seconds later quickly pushed the Providence lead to 2-0.
Davis' first collegiate goal, a power play tally, cut the Union deficit to 2-1 at 17:47. The Lawrence Academy product has a goal and an assist through her first three collegiate contests.
"She's playing great," said Union head coach Claudia Barcomb. "She's a great offensive defenseman, and I look forward to seeing more of her development."
"We didn't put our best effort out there today," said Barcomb. "We got in penalty trouble early and it got us tired. We just didn't play as well as we did [on Friday]. Providence had a great game today. They came after us and they took away a lot in our offensive zone."
Sophomore Courtney Turner pitched in two assists for the Dutchwomen. The Milton, Massachusetts native leads the team with six points (two goals, four assists) through three games.
Providence controlled the faceoff battle, winning 41-of-58 draws. Union has been dominated in the faceoff battle through the first three regular season games with opponents winning nearly two-thirds of draws.
"We have to work on it," Barcomb said. "It's something we worked on this week, but we will work on it a great deal again this week."
The Dutchwomen return to action next weekend with non-conference home tilts against Northeastern (Friday, 3:30 pm) and Boston University (Saturday, 3:30 pm).
"Northeastern will be good, but they're beatable," Barcomb said. "They lost to Syracuse [on Friday]. Boston University is a returning Frozen Four team. I expect good things, but they've lost some kids up front. I think we're going to give them a good run."
Barcomb didn't commit to a specific starting goaltender for Friday's game.
"We'll see how practice goes," she said.
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The Friars wasted little time regaining momentum as Cassidy Carels extended the Providence lead to 3-1 at 18:27.
Carels struck again to make it 4-1 with a power play goal at 8:42 of the second period. Kathryn Tomaselli made it a 4-2 game with a marker at 13:40.
Barcomb yanked starting goaltender Shenae Lundberg after the second period. The junior netminder allowed four goals on 24 shots and was replaced by sophomore Maddie Dahl.
"It was the right thing to do at the time," said Barcomb.
Dahl stopped 7-of-8 shots in relief of Lundberg. The exception was Illikainen's second of the afternoon at 10:28 of the third period that pushed Providence's edge to 5-2.
Beth Hanrahan tacked on an empty-netter with 45 seconds left in regulation.
The loss dropped the Dutchwomen to 2-1 while Providence evened their record at 1-1.
Carels struck again to make it 4-1 with a power play goal at 8:42 of the second period. Kathryn Tomaselli made it a 4-2 game with a marker at 13:40.
Barcomb yanked starting goaltender Shenae Lundberg after the second period. The junior netminder allowed four goals on 24 shots and was replaced by sophomore Maddie Dahl.
"It was the right thing to do at the time," said Barcomb.
Dahl stopped 7-of-8 shots in relief of Lundberg. The exception was Illikainen's second of the afternoon at 10:28 of the third period that pushed Providence's edge to 5-2.
Beth Hanrahan tacked on an empty-netter with 45 seconds left in regulation.
The loss dropped the Dutchwomen to 2-1 while Providence evened their record at 1-1.
"We didn't put our best effort out there today," said Barcomb. "We got in penalty trouble early and it got us tired. We just didn't play as well as we did [on Friday]. Providence had a great game today. They came after us and they took away a lot in our offensive zone."
Sophomore Courtney Turner pitched in two assists for the Dutchwomen. The Milton, Massachusetts native leads the team with six points (two goals, four assists) through three games.
Providence controlled the faceoff battle, winning 41-of-58 draws. Union has been dominated in the faceoff battle through the first three regular season games with opponents winning nearly two-thirds of draws.
"We have to work on it," Barcomb said. "It's something we worked on this week, but we will work on it a great deal again this week."
The Dutchwomen return to action next weekend with non-conference home tilts against Northeastern (Friday, 3:30 pm) and Boston University (Saturday, 3:30 pm).
"Northeastern will be good, but they're beatable," Barcomb said. "They lost to Syracuse [on Friday]. Boston University is a returning Frozen Four team. I expect good things, but they've lost some kids up front. I think we're going to give them a good run."
Barcomb didn't commit to a specific starting goaltender for Friday's game.
"We'll see how practice goes," she said.
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