Team Notes: Colgate Faces Cornell in League Quarterfinals

The following article appeared February 25 on the Colgate Web site.

The Colgate women’s hockey team will take on top-seeded Cornell in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Hockey playoff series this weekend at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. The best-of-three series begins on Friday at 3:30, followed by a 2 p.m. game on Saturday. If necessary a third game will be played on Sunday at 2 p.m.

SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Cornell – The Big Red won their first ever ECAC Hockey regular season championship this past Saturday, Feb. 20 with a 6-1 victory against Union. This also marks the first time in history that Cornell will host a quarterfinal series. The squad earned the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with a 14-2-6 league record and an overall mark of 15-8-6. The Big Red are 9-5-2 at home in James Lynah Rink and are riding a five-game winning streak, outscoring their opponents 19-2 in those last five games. Cornell’s last loss came at Clarkson, 2-1, back on Jan. 30. The squad is led by sophomore Catherine White with 33 points off of a team-high 26 assists to go with seven goals. Freshman Laura Fortino has nine goals and 17 assists while sophomore Chelsea Karpenko leads the squad in goals with 15 to go along with nine assists. Sophomore Amanda Mazzotta heads the Big Red in goal sporting a 15-7-6 record along with .924 save percentage and 1.45 goals against average. Cornell won its first-ever ECAC Hockey regular season championship this past Saturday with a 6-1 victory over Union. Prior to this season, Cornell had never finished higher than fifth in the regular season.

LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders clinched the eight seed in the ECAC Hockey playoffs after defeating Union and Rensselaer this past weekend. On Friday, Colgate downed Union 2-1 to claim ninth place in the league standings. Freshman Jordan Brickner (Lake Forest, Ill.) and junior Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, Mass.) each scored on a 5-on-3 power-play opportunity to give the Raiders the victory. Then on Saturday, Colgate upset Rensselaer, which was third in the standings, to claim the eighth and final slot in the ECAC playoffs. The Raiders outlasted the Engineers with two goals from senior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) while the game-winning goal came off the stick of fellow senior Marissa Dombovy (Webster, N.Y.), mid-way through the final period. Junior goaltender Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) had a two-day total of 37 saves, making 21 stops against Rensselaer and 16 against Union.

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