PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Megan Sullivan (Toronto, Ontario) scored a pair of goals for the No. 3/3 Colgate women’s ice hockey team Saturday afternoon as the Raiders skated past the Brown Bears, 5-3, at Meehan Auditorium.
Sullivan gave the Raiders a two-goal scorer for the second straight game following up Breanne Wilson-Bennett’s (Markham, Ontario) two-goal game Friday night at Yale.
With the victory, the Raiders extend their winning streak to six games for the second longest winning streak in the nation. The Raiders are now 13-1-0 on the season, their most wins through 14 games in program history.
Annika Zalewski (New Hartford, New York) scored for the second straight game while first-year’s Malia Schneider (Millarville, Alberta) and Coralie Larose (Embrun, Alberta) also scored for the Raiders in Saturday’s 5-3 win.
Shae Labbe (Calgary, Alberta) tallied a two-point game as well for the Raiders with a pair of assists.
Zalewski got the Raiders off to a great start as they scored in the first five minutes of the game for the second straight night with Zalewski’s tally coming just 3:25 into the game. Jessie Eldridge (Barrie, Ontario) and Shelby Perry (Elginburg, Ontario) each picked up helpers on Zalewski’s fourth goal of the season
After Brown tied the game less than five minutes later, the Raiders took control and scored the next three goals of the game to extend their lead to 4-1.
Sullivan scored her first of the game with a power-play goal coming with 2:41 left in the first period off assists from Lauren Wildfang (Waterdown, Ontario) and Wilson-Bennett.
As the second period wore on, Larose picked up her second goal of the season to give the Raiders a 3-1 lead with 6:15 left in the second period. Labbe and Kaila Pinkney (Denfield, Ontario) each picked up assists on Larose’s goal.
Schneider got the Raiders off to a goal start in the third period with her eighth of the season just two minutes into the final frame. Labbe and Jackie Leone (Andover, Massachusetts) picked up helpers on Schneider’s goal.
Sullivan rounded out the scoring for the Raiders with her goal sandwiched by a pair of goals from the Bears. Sullivan buried her goal after a nice feed from Bailey Larson (Sycamore, Illinois) and give the Raiders their fifth goal in back-to-back games.
BOTTOM LINE
No. 3/3 Colgate 5, Brown 3
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Raiders extend their winning streak to six games, the second longest in the nation, and improve to 13-1-0 (5-1-0 ECAC Hockey) while the Bears fall to 1-9-0 (1-7-0) with their second straight loss
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Colgate’s six-game winning streak is tied for the second longest in program history
-The Raiders’ 13 wins through the first 14 games are the most in program history
-Colgate has scored five goals in back-to-back games and five different times this season
-Sullivan’s two-goal performance is the eighth multi-goal game of the season for the Raiders and second in as many nights. She also has 18 multi-point games now.
-Sullivan now has five two-goal performances with her last coming in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal win against Harvard on Feb. 28, 2016
-Zalewski scored her second goal in as many nights for her fourth of the season as the Raiders’ captain has now crossed the 70-point mark
-Schneider moved into a tie with Eldridge and Labbe for the team lead with eight goals on the season
-Eldridge recorded her 50th career assist and 80th career point, becoming the 11th different player in program history with 80 points and 12th player with 50 or more assists
-Larose buried her second goal of the season
-Labbe recorded her seventh career two-assist game and 18th multi-point game, as she became the fifth different player on the team with 70 points
-Wildfang recorded her team-leading 12th assist of the season and is one away from her 50th career assist
-Perry also picked up an assist for the Raiders and is second on the team with 11 behind Wildfang
-Wilson-Bennett recorded the 35th assist of her career and Larson picked up the 40th assist of her career
-Leone tallied her first career assist in the win
-Goaltender Liz Auby (Stoughton, Wisconsin) had 20 saves in her sixth win of the season
FACTS AND FIGURES
-The Raiders were dominant early in shots leading to a 39-23 advantage, including 30-13 in the first two periods
-Colgate scored the only power-play goal of the game, going 1 for 9 with the advantage while the penalty kill (4 for 4) was perfect once again
-The Raiders held a 39-31 edge in faceoffs led by Wilson-Bennett’s game-high 17 wins
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Greg Fargo
“It’s nice to get four points on the road this weekend. Both teams played hard tonight. Brown outsmarted us at different points throughout this game and took advantage of some of their momentum. Once again, we had some good play in five-on-five situations. We moved the puck on the power play really well and had some quality looks. Their freshman goaltender made some key saves to keep the game close at different times.
With Thanksgiving break ahead of us, it’ll be nice to focus in on our game a little bit more this week before heading to Vermont to play in the Windjammer Classic.”
UP NEXT
The Raiders travel to Burlington, Vermont, next weekend for the Windjammer Classic hosted by the University of Vermont. Colgate will face Minnesota Duluth in the first game on Friday at 4 p.m. and will face either RIT or Vermont on Saturday with the game time to be determined.
