HAMILTON, N.Y. (1/11/08) – The Colgate University women’s hockey team earned a 5-2 win over Union College on Friday, Jan. 11 at Starr Rink. Sophomore Marissa Dombovy (Webster, N.Y.) paced the Raiders with a three-point night, while junior Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.) tallied two goals, including the game winner, and senior Kate Wolgemuth (Anchorage, Alaska) scored her first career goal. Sophomore Beth Rotenberg (Toronto, Ont.) and senior Mallory Johnston (Chatham, Ont.) each had two-point efforts.

 

Union surprised Colgate by taking a 1-0 lead at 9:24 of the first period. Kelly Fleming had a shot blocked on the left side and the puck deflected back out onto the ice where Suzanne Ostrow got to it and skated it behind the net and flicked it into the netting from the right side.

 

The Raiders capitalized on its first power-play opportunity to even the scoring at 1-1. Dombovy fed Johnston the puck and Johnston centered it to Rotenberg who put the puck away from the slot at 12:55.

 

Dombovy gave Colgate the lead just under three minutes later when she found an Evan Minnick (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) pass on the doorstep and batted it in. Junior defender Laura Jansen (Wilmette, Ill.) also earned an assist on the play.

 

The Dutchwomen tied the game up at 11:18 of the second, scoring a 5-on-3 power-play goal, but it was short lived as Hunt scored the eventual game winner at 14:58. Freshman Jessi Waters (Menlo Park, Calif.) sent a pass to junior Clancy Todd (Thorold, Ont.) and Todd slipped it to Hunt who went five hole on Union netminder Lundy Day.

 

Wolgemuth notched her first career goal early in the third period, extending Colgate’s lead to 4-2. Dombovy sent a shot in on net that was stopped by Day but sent back out onto the ice on the right side and Wolgemuth was there to put it away. Rotenberg also received credit on the play.

 

Hunt displayed her stick skills to put the game away at 14:21. Johnston sent the puck down the ice to Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) on the right side of the net and Stewart sent it towards to net where Hunt skated across the ice and backhanded it over the goal line.

 

Colgate goaltender Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) made 10 saves to earn her seventh win this season. Day stopped 48 shots for the Dutchwomen, as Colgate outshot Union, 53-12.

 

Each team went 1-for-4 on the power play.

 

Colgate (8-9-2, 5-3-1 ECAC Hockey) hosts Rensselaer tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m.