The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team were victim to two empty-net goals in a 6-2 loss to Dartmouth College on Saturday afternoon at Appleton Arena in Canton, New York.
 
Shailynn Snow found the back of the net first, and put the Saints up 1-0 with five minutes and 16 seconds left to play in the first. Rachel Bjorgan stole the puck and carried it up the right side of the ice into the zone with Snow down the middle. Bjorgan sent the puck to Snow on a backhand pass and Snow fired a one timer into Dartmouth's net.
 
Dartmouth's Currie Putrah evened the score at 1-1 just 30 seconds later, also scoring off the rush.
 
Shots were tied up at the end of the first with 11 apiece.
 
The Scarlet and Brown had several excellent breakaway chances in the second, outshooting Dartmouth 10-6, but could not get one past Dartmouth netminder Maggie Emerson.


 
The Big Green started the third period hot on the power-play and Tiffany Hill put Dartmouth up 2-1 just 49 seconds in.
 
Catherine Trevors gave Dartmouth a 3-1 lead at the 3:34 off a rebound, and Gabby Billing scored shorthanded on a breakaway to increase their lead to 4-1.
 
Head coach Chris Wells '92 pulled Morgan at the 5:34 mark for the extra attacker, but Dartmouth's Jenna Donohue scored an empty net goal one minute and 26 seconds later.
 
The Saints headed to the power-play at the 17:03 mark and Kristen Guerriero was able to find the back of the net to close Dartmouth's lead to 5-2 with two minutes and one second left in the game.
 
Nara Elia passed the puck up top to Guerriero at the point, and Guerriero fired a slapshot past Emerson.
 
With the Saints' net empty once again, Dartmouth's Currie Putrah scored the second empty netter of the game to solidify the Big Green's 6-2 victory.
 
"Dartmouth played a solid game and disrupted a lot of what we have been able to do all year," said Wells. "We certainly weren't as sharp as we have been the last month. After a great effort vs. Harvard last night, I didn't have our team ready to play today."
 
After an action-packed third, St. Lawrence had outshot Dartmouth 19-9.
 
Morgan finished the game with 20 saves and Emerson had a career-high 38 for the Big Green.
 
St. Lawrence went 36-for-70 at the face-off circle, was one-for-five on the power-play, and three-for-four on the penalty kill.
 
St. Lawrence fell to 5-4-2 overall and 2-2-0 in conference play, while Dartmouth improved to 2-3-0 and 2-3-0.
 
"We will move on quickly from this and get back to work Monday, as we get ready to play Mercyhurst,'' Wells added. "Once again another great turnout to watch our team play and that is greatly appreciated!''
 
The two teams continued their efforts to raise awareness about the #CloseTheGapNCAA campaign to add 12 teams to the women's hockey national tournament with commentary before the game from Grace Smith and Billing.
 
The Saints head to Pennsylvania next weekend to face Mercyhurst University at Mercyhurst Ice Center on Friday night at 6:05 pm.