February 21, 2009

Raiders Drop Season Finale

Boxscore

 

TROY, N.Y. -- Junior Beth Rotenberg (Toronto, Ont.) recorded her second goal of the weekend, but it wasn’t enough as the Colgate University women’s hockey team lost the regular season finale to Rensselaer 4-1 Saturday afternoon at Houston Field House.

Rensselaer (16-13-4, 11-8-3) opened the scoring 1:06 into the first when Sydney O’Keefe slid one by sophomore goaltender Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.).The Engineers outshoot Colgate 13-7 in the period.

Rensselaer added its second goal 2:11 into the second to extend its lead 2-0. The Raiders lit the lamp seven minutes later as Rotenberg recorded her second power-play goal of the weekend to trim the lead in half, 2-1. Rotenberg’s goal was assisted by a pair of defenders senior Clancy Todd (Thorold, Ont.) and junior Ali Edell (Mountain Lakes, N.J.).

The Engineers add their third goal at the 17:06 mark of the second period to take a 3-1 lead into the intermission. Colgate out-shot Rensselaer 10-9 in the period including its 45th power-play goal of the season.

Rensselaer concluded the scoring 7:16 in the third for a 4-1 win and split the season series. Colgate won the first game, 3-2 at Starr Rink.

The Raiders out-shot Rensselaer 32-25 for the game. Plenderleith made 21 saves in the loss while Sonja van der Bliek recorded 31 for the Engineers. Colgate finished 1-5 on the power play and went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.

Colgate (18-12-3, 12-7-3) clinched the fifth-seed in the ECAC playoffs on Friday and will travel to Hanover, N.H. next weekend to face Dartmouth the No. 4-seed in the best-of-three quarterfinals series. The first game is slated to begin Friday, Feb 27 at 7 p.m.