Cabral Strikes in OT as 'Cats Down No. 7 UConn, 3-2

Saturday, January 31

Storrs, Conn.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

13-12-3, 7-9-2

UConn

19-7-2, 12-5-1

OT 1

New Hampshire

UConn

Photo by: Boston College Athletics

1/31/2026 10:21:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Noemi Martinez stopped 49-of-51 shots faced in the win.

STORRS, Conn. — The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey took a close one on the road, topping No. 7 University of Connecticut (19-7-2, 12-5-1 HEA) on Saturday evening (Jan. 31) at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, Conn., winning 3-2 in overtime.

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Neither team found the back of the net through the opening 20 minutes, keeping the 0-0 deadlock intact. Following the first period, UConn holds the edge on the shot chart, outshooting the 'Cats 12-6.
-UConn opened the scoring midway through the second period, when Claire Murdoch put away a loose rebound glove-side to make it 1-0.
-The 'Cats found the equalizer early in the third period, when Danika Botterill (Portage La Prairie, Manitoba) collected a Julia Cabral (Lee, N.H.) rebound in the low slot, firing past UConn's Tia Chan to pull the score to 1-1.
-New Hampshire took their first lead of the weekend with 6:59 to play in the third period, when Nina Rossi (Pittsgrove, N.J.) poked the puck away from traffic in front of the net, landing at the stick of Addison Finn (Stillwater, Minn.), who fired on goal for her first score of the season and giving the Wildcats the 2-1 edge.
-With 3:31 left in the game, UConn grabbed the tying goal when True Thompson took drop pass from Kyla Josifovic before firing on net, beating the 'Cats defense and forcing overtime.
-The Wildcats found the game-winning goal just 1:47 into the overtime period, when Alyson Hush (Scarborough, Ontario) dropped a pass for Cabral in the high slot, before beating Tia Chan for the 3-2 win.

WILDCAT GAME HIGHS
Goals: Botterill, Finn, Cabral (1)
Assists: six players (1)
Points: Botterill, Cabral (2)
Shots: Rossi (9)
Blocks: Legro (4)

SPECIAL TEAMS
UNH
Power Play: 0-2
Penalty Kill: 3-3

UConn
Power Play: 0-3
Penalty Kill: 2-2

BY THE NUMBERS

-Six players closed the night with a point, headlined by one goal, one assist performances from Danika Botterill and Julia Cabral.
-11 different Wildcats landed a shot on net in the win, paced by Nina Rossi with nine tries on goal in the win.
-On special teams, the Wildcats went zero-for-three on the power-play, marking their first two-game weekend series without a power-play score since the team's pair of games against Holy Cross on Nov. 21-22, 2025.
-On defense, nine different players landed a block, paced by Lucie Legro (Brentwood, N.H.) with four blocks.
-In net, Noemi Martinez (Glen Ridge, N.J.) closed her night in net denying 49-of-51 shots faced, good for a .961 save percentage. With her season-high 49-save performance, Martinez logged the second-most saves in a game in her career (52 saves, Feb. 22, 2025 vs. Boston College).

NEXT UP • HOME VS. MERRIMACK, FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 2 P.M.
The Wildcats conclude their season series with Merrimack College (5-20-3, 2-15-1 HEA) at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex on Friday, Feb. 6, when the Wildcats face the Warriors for a 2pm puck drop.

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