HAMILTON, N.Y. (2/9/08) – Colgate University wrapped up Pink at the Rink Weekend with a 1-1 tie with No. 8/9 Clarkson University. The Raiders earned three points during the weekend and sits in sixth place in the ECAC Hockey standings.

 

Freshman Jacquie Colborne (Calgary, Alta.) gave Colgate a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, scoring her third goal of the weekend. Junior Kiira Dosdalll (Fairfield, Conn.) released a hard shot from the point that got caught in a scramble out in front. Teammate Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.) found the puck and tipped it to Colborne who shot into the lower right corner at 13:41. Hunt’s assist marked her 99th career point, just one away from reaching the Century Club.

 

Carlee Eusepi tallied the equalizer at 4:09 of the second stanza. Genevieve Lavoie found the puck in the Clarkson zone and fed Melissa Wadie in the neutral zone. Wadie found Eusepi who skated into the Raider zone and went five-hole on netminder Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.).

 

Both teams had seven shots on goal in the third period and two apiece in the overtime period but neither could sneak one over the goal line.

 

Plenderleith and Clarkson’s Eve Grandmont-Berube finished the night with 19 saves each, as the shots fell even at 20 apiece.

 

Colgate went 0-for-3 on the power-play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill.

 

Colgate is now 11-12-5 overall and 8-6-4 in the league, while Clarkson falls to 19-6-5 and 10-5-2 in the league.

 

The Raiders will travel to Rensselaer and Union next weekend, Feb. 15 and 16. Colgate stops off at RPI on Friday at 7 p.m., and at Union on Saturday at 4 p.m.