Team Notes: Raiders Welcome Princeton and Quinnipiac
HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Colgate women's
hockey team will return to the friendly confines of Starr Rink this
weekend when it hosts Princeton and Quinnipiac in a pair of ECAC
Hockey contests on Friday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m.
and 4 p.m. respectively.
The Raiders are coming off a 3-0 setback to No. 3/3 Cornell on
Tuesday night in Ithaca, N.Y. Senior goalie Kimberly
Sass had 39 saves in the loss, improving her total
saves this season to 545, which is second in the league.
LEAGUE PLAY
Colgate (8-12-1, 3-6-1 ECAC Hockey) is currently sitting in ninth
place in the ECAC Hockey standings above Rensselaer, Union and
Yale. The team has seven points from three wins over Yale,
Princeton and Union, and a 1-1 overtime tie with Brown for a 3-6-1
league mark. On top of the standings is Quinnipiac with 20 points
from a 9-3-2 conference record.
RAIDERS' SCORING LEADERS
Junior Brittany
Phillips leads the team with 23 points from 10 goals
and 13 assists. The forward is followed by freshman Melissa
Kueber and sophomore Jocelyn
Simpson who both have 15 points apiece. Kueber has
10 goals and five assists while Simpson has six goals and nine
helpers.
SERIES
Princeton leads the all-time series 17-6-2 since the all-time
series first started in the 2001-02 season. The Raiders won the
first meeting this season 6-4 on Nov. 19 in Princeton, N.J. Colgate
has won the last three meetings at home, owning a 3-6-1 record
against the Tigers at Starr Rink.
Colgate leads the all-time series, owning a 14-4-3 record since
the teams first met in the 2001-02 season. Quinnipiac won the first
meeting this season 6-2 in Hamden, Conn. on Nov. 18 and has won the
last three matchups against the Raiders in Starr Rink. Colgate owns
a 5-3-1 record at home.
SCOUTING PRINCETON
The Tigers (7-9-4, 6-6-2 ECAC Hockey), who were picked to finish
seventh in the ECAC Hockey preseason poll, currently hold the third
spot in the league standings with 14 points from wins over Union,
Harvard as well as Brown and Yale twice, and overtime ties with
Rensselaer and Dartmouth. Its six league losses this season were to
St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Cornell, Colgate and Quinnipiac twice.
Princeton, which is coming off a 3-0 win over Harvard and a 2-2
tie with Dartmouth, is led by sophomores Sally Butler and Denna
Laing. Butler has a team-best 11 goals and seven assists for 18
points while Laing has 15 points from six goals and nine assists.
Following them are sophomore Olivia Mucha and freshman Ali
Pankowski who have 10 points each. Mucha has four goals and six
assists while Pankowski has one goal and a team-best nine assists.
Defending the net is ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week senior
Rachel Weber. She leads the league with 560 saves, has a 1.98 goals
against average and a .933 save percentage.
SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC
The Bobcats (13-8-2, 9-3-2 ECAC Hockey), who were picked to finish
third in the league's preseason poll, are currently sitting at the
top of the league standings with 20 points. The team has nine wins
over RPI, Union, Yale, St. Lawrence, Colgate, Brown, Yale and
against Princeton twice, ties with Brown and Harvard, and losses to
Dartmouth, Cornell and Clarkson.
Quinnipiac, which will face No. 3/3 Cornell on Friday night, is
led by sophomore Kelly Babstock and freshman Nicole Kosta.
Babstock, who is third in the league in goals, has 26 points from
12 goals and four assists while Kosta has three goals and 13
assists for 16 points. Behind them are juniors Breann Frykas and
Brittany Lyons who both have 11 points apiece. Frykas has six goals
and five assists while Lyons has five goals and six assists. In
goal the team is led by ECAC Hockey Player and Goaltender of the
Month, junior Victoria Vigilanti. She has a 2.12 goals against
average, six shut outs and a total of 429 saves for a .911 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.
SKATE WITH THE RAIDERS
The Colgate men's and women's hockey teams will be hosting their
annual Skate with the Raiders event on
Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 6 - 7 p.m. at Starr Rink. Please click
here for additional information.
GOALS FOR GOOD UPDATE
With conference play fully under way, its time to put in your
donation for the Brendan Borak High Tides Memorial Fund. A reminder
that fans can give a donation based on a per goal or per win basis.
Also Goals for Good is not restricted to just men's teams, the
women's teams are competing as well. So don't forget to donate
based on each school's ice hockey teams. DONATE
HERE!
TOP-5 STANDINGS
Colgate $2,027
Brown $315
Princeton $193
Dartmouth $100
Quinnipiac $70
