Team Notes: Raiders on the Road

The following article appeared November 17 on the Colgate Web site.

The Raiders will be on the road this weekend facing two ECAC opponents, Quinnipiac and No. 10 Princeton.  Colgate will first take on the Bobcats on Friday, Nov. 20th in Hamden, Conn., at 7 p.m.  The Raiders will then face Princeton the following day, Nov. 21st at 4 p.m. in Princeton, N.J.

Scouting the Opposition

Quinnipiac - The Bobcats enter the weekend 6-4-2 overall with a conference mark of 4-1-1 and a home record of 3-2-0.  Quinnipiac took on Harvard and Dartmouth last, splitting the weekend with a 2-1 win against the Big Green and a 7-2 road loss against the Crimson.  The Bobcats have won four of their last six games, with their only loss coming against Harvard and finishing in a draw against Brown.  Freshman Heather Hughes currently leads Quinnipiac in scoring with eight points off a team-high five goals as well as three assists.  Senior Janine Duffy also has five goals, and two assists for seven points, tied with sophomore defender Bethany Dymarczyk, who has four goals and three assists for seven points.  Freshman Victoria Vigilanti has been the Bobcats top goaltender tallying a 5-4-2 record with a save percentage of .939 and a goals against average of 1.57.  Rick Seeley is in his second season as Quinnipiac's head coach after tallying a record of 3-26-5 in his first season with the Bobcats.  Seeley was previously the head coach for fellow ECAC opponent Clarkson.

Princeton - The Tigers are currently 5-2-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the conference with a home record of 1-0-1 this season.  Princeton has won their last four of five games with their last loss coming to Dartmouth, 4-1, on Nov. 13th.  The Tigers bounced back from that ECAC loss to defeat Harvard 2-1 on Nov. 14.  Sophomore Danielle DeCesare heads Princeton's offense with 12 points off of four goals and a team-high eight assists.  Classmate Heather Landry leads the squad in goal-scoring with six goals.  Landry and fellow sophomore Paula Romanchuk each have nine points, with Landry adding three assists to her goal total and Romanchuk collecting three goals and six assists.  Freshman Cassie Seguin and sophomore Rachel Weber have split time between the posts.  Seguin has a 2-1-1 record, including two shutouts and a .918 save percentage.  Weber is 3-1-0 on the year with a .877 save percentage and goals against average of 2.02.  Head coach Jeff Kampersal is in his 14th season with the Tigers women's hockey program, accumulating an overall record of 204-156-36. 

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