Team Notes: Colgate Hosts Brown and Yale

HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Colgate women's hockey team will resume ECAC Hockey play this weekend with a pair of home matchups against Brown and Yale at Starr Rink. The team will first face the Bears on Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. before taking on the Bulldogs on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 4 p.m.
 
The Raiders are coming off a 6-2 setback to #3/3 Cornell in their first league game of the season. The team was able to find two goals in the second period from sophomore Taylor Volpe and freshman Melissa Kueber but it was not enough to topple the Big Red. Colgate now has a 3-3 overall record and a 0-1 league mark.

POINT LEADERS
Junior Brittany Phillips, who is fifth in the nation in power play goals with three, leads the team with 11 points from five goals and six assists. She is followed by Melissa Kueberwho has six goals and three assists for nine points and is ranked 13th nationally in goals per game. Behind them are sophomore Jocelyn Simpson and freshman Miriam Drubel who have seven and six points respectively. Simpson has one goal and six assists while Drubel has one goal and five assists.

ROOKIES' CONTRIBUTION
The freshman class, which includes two goaltenders, has already made its mark in the team's offense this season with a total of 20 points. The rookies have scored seven of the team's 20 goals and 13 of Colgate's 37 assists. Leading the way are Kueber and Drubel, collecting 15 points between the two of them.
 
SASS CONTINUES TO EXCEL IN NET
Senior Kimberly Sass had a career-high performance against #3/3 Cornell on Tuesday, recording 58 saves to become the fourth goalie in program history to have 50 or more saves in a game. Her 58 stops were the fifth most in school history, moving her total number of saves this season to 194. She also continues to sit at fourth in program history in career saves with 1,820.  
 
SERIES
The all-time series is tied between Colgate and Brown at 9-9-2 since the teams first met in the 2001-02 season. The Raiders have won four of the last five meetings, tying with Brown 2-2 in overtime in their first matchup last season. Colgate holds a 6-4 advantage at Starr Rink against the Bears, winning the last meeting at home 4-1 on Feb. 12, 2011.
 
The Raiders lead the all-time series against Yale, owning a 10-7-3 record since the teams first met in the 2001-02 season. Last season the teams went 1-1 with the Bulldogs winning the first meeting in New Haven, Conn. and Colgate winning the second meeting at Starr Rink. The win improved the Raiders' home record to 7-3.
 
SCOUTING BROWN
The Bears (1-0) are coming off a 10-0 shutout win over Sacred Heart last weekend in their opening game of the season. The team, which was picked to finish 11th in the preseason poll, will play its first league game against Colgate on Friday.
 
Brown is led by sophomore Emilie Dolan, senior Katelyn Landry and junior Laurie Jolin. Dolan has a team-high four points from two goals and two assists while Landry and Jolin both have three points each. Landry has three goals while Jolin has two goals and one assist. In net the team is led by sophomore Katie Jamieson who has four saves and a shut out win in the season-opener on Saturday.
 
SCOUTING YALE
The Bulldogs (0-2) are coming off a pair of losses in their opening weekend. They first lost to Niagara 5-1 on Friday before falling to Northeastern 7-0 on Saturday. The team will first travel to #3/3 Cornell for a matchup on Friday in its league-opener before facing the Raiders on Saturday.
 
Yale is led by sophomore Jackie Raines, junior Alyssa Zupon and freshman Stephanie Mock. Raines has one goal this season while Zupon and Mock have one assist apiece. Defending the net are senior Genny Ladiges and freshman Jaimie Leonoff. Ladiges has 32 saves for an .865 save percentage while Leonoff has 35 saves for an .833 save percentage.
 
ECAC PRESEASON POLL
The Colgate women's ice hockey team was picked to finish ninth in the 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll that was released on Sept. 15. The Raiders received 41 points for ninth place above Yale, Brown and Union. Two-time defending regular-season and tournament champion Cornell was picked to finish first with 121 votes and 11 first-place votes.