Team Notes: Raiders Take on No. 3 Clarkson and St. Lawrence

The following article appeared January 28 on the Colgate Web site.

Colgate will take on the league’s top-ranked Golden Knights this weekend as they head to the north country for ECAC action. The Raiders will first face Clarkson on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in Potsdam, N.Y. Colgate will meet with St. Lawrence for the second time this season, on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 4 p.m. in Canton, N.Y.

SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Clarkson – The Golden Knights sit atop the ECAC standings with an 11-1-1 mark in the league and a 17-5-3 overall record that places them at No. 3 nationally. Clarkson is 5-0-1 in their last six ECAC games and will look to extend its two-game win streak this weekend. The squad defeated Yale, 3-2, in overtime last Friday before earning their sixth shut-out in a 3-0 victory against Brown on Saturday. The Golden Knights’ last loss came against non-conference opponent and nationally top-ranked Mercyhurst, a 6-3 setback on Jan. 15. ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, senior Dominique Thibault, leads the Golden Knights as well as the ECAC in points with 31 coming from a team-high 16 goals along with 15 assists. Classmate Britney Selina is second in scoring for Clarkson, and third in the league, with 26 points coming off of eight goals and a team-high 18 assists. Sophomore Juana Baribeau follows with 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points. Junior goaltender Lauren Dahm owns a 17-5-3 record with the Golden Knights including six shut outs. Her 1.54 goals against average and .937 save percentage each rank as third best in the league. Second year co-head coaches Shannon and Matt Desrosiers have guided Clarkson to its best season ever in the history of the program.

St. Lawrence – The Saints currently sit in seventh place in the league standings with 16 points, just one point shy of a potential four-way tie for fourth place. At 7-4-2 in the ECAC and 11-8-6 overall, St. Lawrence is looking to bounce back from a 1-0 loss to Yale last Saturday. The Saints split the weekend, winning Friday’s meeting against Brown, 3-2. Vanessa Edmond has 28 points off of 14 goals and 14 assists, to lead the Saints and rank tied at second among all-scorers in the league. Britni Smith has contributed seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points so far this season. Maxie Weisz and Brittony Chartier have both spent time in the net this season with Chartier earning an 8-6-5 record and Weisz tallying a mark of 3-2-1. Chartier also owns a .909 save percentage and 2.26 goals against average while Weisz has a .907 save percentage and 2.05 goals against average. Head coach Chris Wells is in his second season at the helm of the St. Lawrence women’s hockey program after guiding the team to the 2009 NCAA Tournament and a 24-11-3 record.

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