HANOVER, N.H. —  Seniors Taylor Zahirnyi and Hannah Price supplied the offense and classmate Amanda Rampado hung strong in net as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey ended their weekend with a 2-1 victory on the road at Dartmouth.

With the win, RPI improves to 7-18-1 overall and 3-11-1 on ECAC Hockey play. Dartmouth falls to 6-15-0 overall and 2-12-0 in their ECAC Hockey slate.
 
Rampado turned 32 Big Green shots away in victory. Dartmouth goaltender Maggie Emerson stopped 21 of 23 shots she faced, including eight in the second period.
 
In the first period, the Big Green tested Rampado 13 times, while only allowing six shots on net. RPI's defense held strong, anchored by Rampado and strong play in the faceoff circle to keep things scoreless through the first frame.
 
The second period featured back and forth action from both squads, with RPI recording 10 shots to Dartmouth's nine. The Engineers opened the scoring just past the midway mark of the period, as Hannah Price ripped a shot from the point past Emerson. Marah Wagner and Ellie Kaiser earned assists on the play.
 
The Engineers struck again just 34 seconds later, as Taylor Zahirnyi found the back of the net to increase her team's lead. The Big Green were unable to respond throughout the remainder of the frame, as RPI held a 2-0 advantage after two periods. Kaiser once again hit the score sheet, assisting on Zahirnyi's tally.
 
The Big Green's lone goal of the game was provided by CC Bowlby in the third period, who capitalized on a breakaway opportunity set up by Tiffany Hill. Bowlby made the most of the breakaway chance, as she made a move and shot the puck past Rampado to cut RPI's lead in half.
 
Dartmouth could not solve Rampado for most of the contest, as RPI's captain held the Big Green off the board as the third period came to a close.
 
The teams combined for eight penalties and 19 penalty minutes. Neither the Big Green nor the Engineers scored on the power play.
 
The Engineers return to action next weekend starting on Friday, January 27 when they play the first of two matchups with Union. Friday's matchup will take place at Houston Field House at 6 p.m., with Saturday's matchup coming in downtown Albany at MVP Arena at 3 p.m.