February 5, 2009

Team Notes: Raiders Travel to Princeton, Quinnipiac

The following article appeared February 5 on the Colgate Web site.

 

HAMILTON, N.Y. -- The Colgate University women’s ice hockey takes it’s nine game unbeaten streak in ECAC Hockey to Princeton and Quinnipiac this weekend. The Raiders face-off with Princeton on Friday, Feb. 6 followed with Quinnipiac on Saturday, Feb. 7. The opening face-off for Friday’s game is at 7 p.m. followed with Saturday’s game at 4 p.m.

Colgate sports a 15-9-3 overall record, 9-4-3 in ECAC Hockey after a tie with Clarkson (1-1) and a win over St. Lawrence (3-1), last weekend to extend its unbeaten streak to a school record nine games. Leading the Raiders up front is senior forward Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.) with a team-high 26 points. Hunt has 12 goals and 14 assists. Junior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) has 22 points while senior Elin Brown (Calgary, Alta.) has 19. Hunt and Stewart lead the team in goals with 12 while junior Evan Minnick (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) has 11. Senior Kiira Dosdall (Fairfield, Conn.) leads in assists with a school record for a defenseman 19. Dosdall headlines the defenders with 23 points off four goals and 19 assists while senior Clancy Todd (Thorold, Ont.) has 13 and Amanda Kirwan (Mississauga, Ont.) seven.

Colgate has rotated two goaltenders; sophomore Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.), and freshman Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.). Plenderleith is 4-5 with a 3.26 GAA and a .883 save percentage, while Sass is 10-3-3 with a 2.09 GAA with a .938 save percentage. Both goaltenders have recorded one shutout this season.

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