2008 Woodie Awards
Penalties plague women's hockey in loss to Trinity
Mikeala Reynolds
Issue date: 2/7/08 Section: Sports
Sacred Heart women's ice hockey lost a heartbreaker to Trinity Friday night, 1-0.
The lone goal by Trinity's Kim Weiss, who scored the final period with 9:51 left to play.
"At times we looked good, at times we didn't. We've been playing some really good hockey, but we're not scoring enough. We need to work on putting the puck in the net. I think some of the players have mental blocks up that prevent them from scoring. So, we just need to break through those blocks," said coach Tom O'Malley.
The game, played at Wonderland of Ice, took the team to a record of 6-16-1, with five of those wins at home.
"A hockey game consists of sixty minutes, if we're only playing forty-three, we're not finishing our job. With that said, I am always optimistic. We have a really great team and some very good players. We just need to show up and play together," said O'Malley.
"We didn't play as well as we know we can. We do a great job in practice, but lately we've been having a hard time putting it all together for the win," said freshman Brittany Hartman.
The level of game play was evenly mathced. Sacred Heart out shot Trinity by a mere 28-27. Leading the Pioneers in shots were freshman Kristina Hankins, junior Whitney Dziama, junior Jackie Rideout, and freshman Lauren Fontaine. Meanwhile, goalie, senior Sarah Perry blocked twenty-six of the twenty-seven shots fired at her.
"We had good tempo for the game but had trouble finding the net. I think we've allowed ourselves to get frustrated with the fact that we're not scoring goals. We just need to take it one game at a time and focus on our execution," said Perry.
Sacred Heart was plagued with five penalties throughout the game. One of which led to the game-losing goal. Trinity finished with just three penalties, none of which proved to be problematic for them.
With a game final of 0-1, Sacred Heart felt another reality check through defeat. Although not a devastating loss, the lack of victory in recent weeks has taken its toll on the women's record.
The team's last victory was on Jan. 12, against Nichols College. However, the team has recognized and is learning from its past mistakes to help turn thier season around.
"The team could work on catching all our passes, capitalizing on the other team's mistakes, and playing hard all 60 minutes of the game," said Hartman.
"We have a big game against our rivals St. Anselm's, this game is a great opportunity to break out and play to our full potential. I'm always optimistic about games. We need to approach every game positively because we know we can play against great teams and we've done it recently," said Perry.
The Pioneers next two games will be this weekend at the Wonderland of Ice , where they will host the Robert Morris Colonials.
The lone goal by Trinity's Kim Weiss, who scored the final period with 9:51 left to play.
"At times we looked good, at times we didn't. We've been playing some really good hockey, but we're not scoring enough. We need to work on putting the puck in the net. I think some of the players have mental blocks up that prevent them from scoring. So, we just need to break through those blocks," said coach Tom O'Malley.
The game, played at Wonderland of Ice, took the team to a record of 6-16-1, with five of those wins at home.
"A hockey game consists of sixty minutes, if we're only playing forty-three, we're not finishing our job. With that said, I am always optimistic. We have a really great team and some very good players. We just need to show up and play together," said O'Malley.
"We didn't play as well as we know we can. We do a great job in practice, but lately we've been having a hard time putting it all together for the win," said freshman Brittany Hartman.
The level of game play was evenly mathced. Sacred Heart out shot Trinity by a mere 28-27. Leading the Pioneers in shots were freshman Kristina Hankins, junior Whitney Dziama, junior Jackie Rideout, and freshman Lauren Fontaine. Meanwhile, goalie, senior Sarah Perry blocked twenty-six of the twenty-seven shots fired at her.
"We had good tempo for the game but had trouble finding the net. I think we've allowed ourselves to get frustrated with the fact that we're not scoring goals. We just need to take it one game at a time and focus on our execution," said Perry.
Sacred Heart was plagued with five penalties throughout the game. One of which led to the game-losing goal. Trinity finished with just three penalties, none of which proved to be problematic for them.
With a game final of 0-1, Sacred Heart felt another reality check through defeat. Although not a devastating loss, the lack of victory in recent weeks has taken its toll on the women's record.
The team's last victory was on Jan. 12, against Nichols College. However, the team has recognized and is learning from its past mistakes to help turn thier season around.
"The team could work on catching all our passes, capitalizing on the other team's mistakes, and playing hard all 60 minutes of the game," said Hartman.
"We have a big game against our rivals St. Anselm's, this game is a great opportunity to break out and play to our full potential. I'm always optimistic about games. We need to approach every game positively because we know we can play against great teams and we've done it recently," said Perry.
The Pioneers next two games will be this weekend at the Wonderland of Ice , where they will host the Robert Morris Colonials.
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