WILKES-BARRE, PA (February 4, 2023) --- One day after setting the program record for saves in a game, sophomore goaltender Syd Dahl was once again under fire, finishing with 61 saves, as the King's College women's hockey team fell to 14^th-ranked Nazareth 8-1. With the loss, King's falls to 0-19-2 overall and 0-16-2 in United Collegiate Hockey Conference play, while Nazareth improves to 16-5-0 overall and 15-1-0 in UCHC play.
 
Nazareth (16-5-0, 15-1-0) started quickly, forcing Dahl into two early saves, before King's (0-19-2, 0-16-2) had their first effort, as sophomore Sam Kulman's effort went just wide. The Golden Flyers pushed for an opening goal, before Sophia Nortz found the back of the net at 13:29 to put Nazareth up 1-0. Late in the first period, Nazareth doubled their lead on a goal from Audrey Donahue at 18:35 to take a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. In the second period, the Golden Flyers tallied twice, to take a 4-0 lead into the third period.
 
Early in the third period, Maggie Pfalzgraf added to the Nazareth lead just 18 seconds into the frame, to make it 5-0. King's responded however, as first-year Olivia McTavish broke through the Nazareth defense and found the back of the net on the breakaway to cut the deficit to 5-1 at 4:13. The Golden Flyers scored three more times in the period, taking the game 8-1.
 
Dahl was once again outstanding in net, finishing with 61 saves on 69 shots. Offensively, the Monarchs were led by McTavish who tallied the lone goal. King's won 19 of 67 face-offs, led by first-year Madison Vaughan, who won eight of 21 draws. The Monarchs went 0-3 on the power play and 1-3 on the penalty kill.
 
Maika Paquin got the start in goal, making five saves on six shots. The Golden Flyers had 11 players record at least a point, led by Delaney Carle who had two goals and one assist, and Ally Watrous who recorded three assists. Nazareth went 2-3 on the power play and 3-3 on the penalty kill, while winning 48 of 67 face-offs,
 
King's will stay at home as the Monarchs finish off their non-conference schedule against Hilbert College on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Revolution Ice Centre.