Athletic Results: Girls' Hockey

JWHL UConn Weekend

By Gwen Schultz

NSA celebrates after a goal against the Colorado Selects

Storrs, CT—The Girls’ hockey team spent the weekend in the beautiful Connecticut and played four JWHL games.

All of the games in this league weekend were played in the University of Connecticut  Freitas Ice Forum.

The competition started Friday night at 9 pm when the Mountaineers played the Boston Shamrocks after a long day of practice and traveling. NSA came out on top with a 4-1 win, which got the weekend off to a good start.

On Saturday, NSA started the day facing off against the JWHL powerhouse NAHA. The team’s newest member, Lenka Craigova of the Czech Republic, started in net for the Mountaineers, but unfortunately had to get off the ice early due to a groin injury.

The team’s other new goalie, Carmen Aguirre, took the ice and played an impressive two periods, especially when considering she did not expect to play.

Despite NSA’s efforts, the game ended 9-0 in NAHA’s favor.

Later on Saturday, NSA faced off against the Colorado Selects and lost 5-3 after going into the third period with a 3-1 lead. Sarah “Quigs” Quigley played a solid game in net.

Finally, the girls finished up the weekend with a 6-5 loss to the Washington Pride. Although it was frustrating to end up on the losing side of a one-goal game, the team took it as a learning experience.

Even after some bumps and bruises and a possible concussion, NSA returned to Lake Placid on Sunday night ready to work hard the next week. Although the weekend did not show the capabilities of the NSA girls’ team, they look forward to performing better in the Northwood Tournament this coming weekend.