Box Score

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (1/24/09) – Freshman goaltender Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.) made 28 saves for her first career shutout and senior forward Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.) recorded three points as the Colgate women's hockey team beat Yale 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Ingalls Rink. The win extended the Raiders winning streak to a record six games.

Colgate (14-9-2, 8-4-2) who is tied with Harvard for third place, scored three goals, one power-play, one shorthanded and one even strength while Sass held the Bulldogs scoreless to secure the second straight shutout for the Raiders. The back-to-back shutout's is the first for Colgate since Jan. 26-27, 2007.

 

Colgate lit the lamp early, registering a tally at 4:22 in the opening period to go on top 1-0. Yale thought they had cleared the puck from its zone during a Raider power-play and was in the middle of the line change, but Hunt saved the puck on the blue line and centered to junior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) who wristed a hard shot towards Yale goaltender Genny Ladiges. Senior Elin Brown (Calgary, Alta.) crashed the net and deflected the rebound in for the score.

 

Hunt would record Colgate's second shorthanded goal off the weekend in the second period to give the Raiders a 2-0. Hunt again caught the Bulldogs in a line change and was able to beat Ladiges on a breakaway for her 12th goal of the season. For Hunt this was her 70th career goal making her the first Colgate player during the division I era to record 70 goals and 60 assists. With three points on the night Hunt also extended her current scoring streak to 10 points in six games. 

 

Colgate expanded its lead to 3-0 with an even strength goal 6:01 in the third. Stewart received a nice feed from Hunt on the crease to collect her second point of the contest. Brown also assisted on the goal giving the Raiders front line all seven points of the game.

 

Yale (8-12-0, 4-9) did not give up, however, out-shooting the Raiders 16-4 in the closing period. Sass, came within five seconds of a shutout last weekend, and stood her ground the entire game keeping Colgate's penalty kill a perfect 5-for-5 for the second straight game.  

 

Yale out-shot the Raiders 28-21. Colgate went 1-4 on the power-play, while the Bulldogs finished 0-5.

 

Colgate returns to action next weekend as it hosts in-state rivals Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The Raiders face-off against Clarkson Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. and follow with St. Lawrence Saturday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. Saturday's game will be covered live on Time Warner.