Team Notes: Raiders Open Home Schedule

The following article appeared October 20 on the Colgate Web site.

The Raiders will open their home schedule this weekend Oct. 23-24, playing a two-game set against Wayne State.  The squads will face off at 7 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. 

Scouting the Opposition Wayne State- The Warriors will enter Starr Rink with a record of 0-2-2, with a tie and loss to both RPI and Boston University.  Last weekend, Wayne State finished in a 4-4 draw against the Terriers on Friday before dropping their Saturday game to Boston, 4-2. Senior Katrina Protopapas led the Warriors for the weekend tallying a total of three goals between the two games.  Freshmen Julie Hebert and Jaclyn Stapleton each collected one goal in the tie, while sophomore Alyssa Baldin picked up a goal in Saturday's loss.  Protopapas currently leads the Warriors in scoring this season with three goals and one assist followed by Hebert with two goals and Gina Buquet with one goal and one assist.  Head coach Jim Fetter is beginning his seventh season with the Wayne State women's hockey program.  Fetter has a career record of 100-84-18 with the Warriors, capped off by two of his most successful seasons yet during the 2007-08 (22-9-3) and 2008-09 (21-9-2) campaigns.  

Last Time Out The Raiders continued their non-conference schedule last weekend as they took on Providence College and the University of Connecticut. Colgate suffered a 4-1 loss to the Friars on Friday with senior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) netting the lone goal while junior Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) collected 27 saves in goal.  The Raiders picked up their first win of the season against the Huskies, a 5-2 victory in which Colgate held the lead for the entire game.  Sophomore goaltender Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.) made 32 saves for the win, while freshman Brittany Phillips (Lauder, Man.) picked up her first career goal and the eventual game-winner.  Seniors Ali Edell (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) and Marissa Dombovy (Webster, N.Y.) each scored once along with freshman Jordan Brickner (Lake Forest, Ill.) and sophomore Jacquie Colborne (Calgary, Alta.). Colgate is 1-3-0 overall heading into this weekend's games.

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