November 13, 2010

Sophomores Lead Colgate Over Niagara

HAMILTON, N.Y. (11/13/10) - The Colgate women’s ice hockey team secured its fourth win of the season when it defeated Niagara 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Starr Rink. Sophomore Brittany Phillips (Lauder, Man.) had one goal and one assist for the Raiders while her classmates Jordan Brickner (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Jessica Hootz (Edmonton, Alta.) had two assists apiece.

Colgate (4-8, 1-3 ECAC) started the game with a bang, outshooting the Purple Egales 12-6 in the first 20 minutes of play and finding the net at the 18:44 mark from senior Jessi Waters (Menlo Park, Calif.). She picked up a loose puck in the crease and snuck it past Niagara’s Sarah Moses to give the Raiders the 1-0 lead at the end of the first period. Classmate Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, Mass.) and Brickner were credited with the assists.

In the second frame, the Raiders came out with the same fire they had in the first period, finding an early second goal at the 2:27 mark to put the score at 2-0. Hootz fired a shot at the net, Moses made the save, and Phillips pounced on the rebound and hammered it home. Sophomore Jenna Klynstra (Edmonton, Alta.) also had an assist in the play.

The Raiders then went on to score twice more in the third period. Freshman Rachel Walsh (Calgary, Alta.) scored the first goal at the 12:17 mark with the help of Phillips and Hootz, and freshman Jocelyn Simpson (Shorewood, Ill.) scored the second at the 18:04 mark with assists from Brickner and classmate Shannon Doyle (Baldwin, Ont.).

Niagara finally answered back with a late goal from Erica Owczarczak at the 18:52 mark, but could not make up the three-goal deficit, resulting in Colgate winning the second game of the two-game set and splitting the weekend.

The Raiders outshot the Purple Eagles 32-15. Junior Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.) had 14 saves while the Moses had 28 saves for the Eagles.

Colgate will resume play next weekend when it hosts ECAC opponents Quinnipiac and Princeton on Friday Nov. 19 and Saturday Nov. 20, both at Starr Rink.