2017 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship Schedule & Results
No. 19 Dartmouth College-vs.-No. 16 University of Utah Scoresheet
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Goalie Adina Harri (Jr., Starkville, Miss.) of No. 19-ranked/New England Division Champion Dartmouth College made 11 saves to claim Player of the Game recognition as the Big Green upended No. 16/Rocky Mountain Division Champion the University of Utah, 7-4, in the final game of the 2017 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship opening round at the University of Pittsburgh’s Joe C. Trees Pool.
The victory advances Dartmouth into the quarterfinals where the team will square-off with No. 3/Pacific Coast Division Champion California Polytechnic State University at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, with a spot in a 6:20 p.m. semifinal later that day on the line. The Mustangs of Cal Poly advanced into the quarterfinals by turning back No. 14/Mid-Atlantic Division Champion Pennsylvania State University by a 15-6 count in the first game of the weekend.
Dartmouth jumped on the scoreboard early and never looked back against Utah as Meghan Christie (Sr., San Anselmo, Calif.) and Hallie Huffaker (Sr., Seattle, Wash.) tossed in shots with 4:50 and 3:24 remaining in the first quarter for a 2-0 lead after seven minutes of action.
Jessie Jones (Jr., El Dorado Hills, Calif.) pushed the margin to 3-0 by halftime as she buried a shot with 2:53 on the second quarter clock.
Following a strike by PJ Bigley (Sr., Redwood City, Calif.) 1:18 into the third quarter to enlarge the lead to 4-0 wth 5:42 remaining in the frame, Utah broke through to ruin a shutout bid by Hari.
Ashley Wilcox (Sr., Clovis, Calif.) stroked in a shot at 5:02 to break-up the bid prior to Huffaker responding back with 1:25 to go to set the scoreboard at 5-1.
The teams exhanged markers over the final 72 seconds of the third quarter as the Utes’ Amber Baker (So., Tooele, Utah) and Huffaker found the twine with 1:12 and nine seconds to go for a 6-2 Dartmouth lead after 21 minutes of competition.
Jones finished off the Big Green’s offense at the 5:22 mark of the fourth quarter by converting on an advantage opportunity to provide Dartmouth a 7-2 lead.
Utah chipped away at the margin over the remaining five minutes of the contest as Catherine Miller (So., Tooele, Utah) and Hart Baresco (Fr., St. George, Utah) pushed balls across the goal-line for tallies at the 3:06 and 2:48 marks, respectively, to finalize the 7-4 score.
For Dartmouth, Huffaker led the way with a hat-trick, while Jones (two), Bigley and Christie also deposited goals.
Baresco, Baker, Miller and Wilcox each scored once to account for Utah’s offense with Natalie Beony (Gr., Riverside, Ill.) taking the loss with six saves.
The defeat drops the Utes into the consolation side of the bracket as the team will return to the water at 9:50 p.m. this evening to meet No. 14 Penn State in a quest to commence playing their way back to notch a Ninth Place finish in the 16-team field.
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | Final |
| No. 16 University of Utah |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| No. 19 Dartmouth College | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 |
Dartmouth Goals: Hallie Huffaker (3); Jessie Jones (2); PJ Bigley; Meghan Christie
Utah Goals: Hart Baresco; Amber Baker; Catherine Miller; Ashley Wilcox
Saves: Dartmouth – Adina Harri (10) ; Utah – Natalie Benoy (6)
Exclusions: Dartmouth – 3 ; Utah – 4
Advantage Opportunities: Dartmouth – 1-for-4 ; Utah – 0-for-3
Sprints: Dartmouth – 1-for-4 (4th) ; Utah – 3-for-4 (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Cards: None
Officials: Jay O’Neil, Tiffany Urbanski
Dartmouth College’s PJ Bigley looks for an opening with the University of Utah’s LeAnn Nguyen (No. 2) and Ashley Wilcox (No. 12) in pursuit
University of Utah’s LeAnn Nguyen prepares to shoot as Dartmouth College’s Jessie Jones defends
