December 30, 2009

Team Notes: Raiders Return to Ice Against Syracuse

The following article appeared December 30 on the Colgate Web site.

 

The Raiders will return to the ice this weekend when they take on the Syracuse Orange in a non-conference match-up on Saturday, Jan. 2. The game is slated for 4 p.m. at the Tennity Ice Pavilion in Syracuse, N.Y. This will be the second meeting between the two teams this season after Colgate hosted the Orange back on Nov. 24.

SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Syracuse -
The Orange currently sport an overall record of 11-7-1 and a mark of 4-2-0 in the College Hockey America conference. Syracuse last series was back on Dec. 11-12 when they faced fellow ECAC opponent Princeton. The Orange defeated the Tigers, 4-3 on Dec. 11 followed by a 1-0 shut-out in overtime. Stefanie Marty is the leading scorer for Syracuse with 22 points off of 11 goals and 11 assists. Julie Rising and Isabel Menard add 19 points apiece with Menard leading the squad in assists with 12 along with seven goals. Rising has nine goals and 10 assists for the Orange. Lucy Schoedel has played in all 19 games for the Orange this season recording a .916 save percentagea 2.3 goals against average and two shut-outs.

LAST TIME OUT The Raiders, currently 4-12-3 overall, last played back on Dec. 6 falling to Yale, 3-0, after defeating Brown, 4-2, the previous day.Junior Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) had 14 saves against the Bulldogs and 25 against the Bears.Senior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) and rookie Brittany Phillips (Lauder, Man.) each had a goal and an assist in the win against Brown with Jordan Brickner (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, Mass.) each adding a goal. Sophomore Heidi Peterson (Hastings, Minn.) picked up an assist for the Raiders to earn her first collegiate point.   

Complete article can be accessed via the Colgate Web site by clicking here.