DUDLEY, Mass. (Feb. 3) – The Nichols College women’s hockey team tied Wesleyan College, 0-0 Wednesday night in a non-conference game at June Rockwell Levy Rink. The tie brings the Bison’s record to 2-13-3 and the Cardinals’ to 3-14-1.
The first period was a defensive struggle for both sides. Nichols had two power plays to capitalize on early, but could not manage to get on the board managing only four shots on net in the period. Wesleyan began slow, but picked up the pace by peppering Nichols’ junior net-minder Christine Rigosi (Ridgewood, N.Y.) with 13 shots. Rigosi set aside all of the Cardinals chances including three shots during the Cardinals lone power play and the game held scoreless after the first period.
The second period saw more of the same. Nichols had a few more chances firing off 14 shots. Wesleyan only managed six shots in the stanza. Wesleyan had a golden opportunity midway through the second eriod as they were awarded a penalty shot on an interference call. Rigosi was able to stop Jill Reynolds’ shot with a pad save and keep the game scoreless.
In the third both teams had several opportunities, but neither could manage to get on the board. The Bison had five shots on net while the Cardinals managed nine. As the game went into overtime both teams were desperately seeking a goal. Nichols managed to get a power-play with 48 seconds remaining, but Wesleyan’s first year goaltender Nicole Bonneau shut them down and the game ended in a stalemate.
The Bison fired 25 shots overall in the game while the Cardinals put up 30 shots. The Cardinals had 16 penalty minutes on 8 penalties while the Bison had five penalties for 10 minutes.
Nichols College will play next at Trinity College on Saturday February 6th at 3:00 pm.
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