Raiders Fall to Top-Ranked Mercyhurst

ERIE, Pa. (11/27/09) - The Colgate women's hockey team fell to top-ranked MercyhurstCollege, 8-3, in a non-conference match-up Friday evening at the MercyhurstIceCenter in Erie, Pa. The Raiders now drop to 3-10-3 overall while the Lakers improve to 11-1-1.

Senior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) had one goal and one assist to lead the Raiders in scoring for the night. Mercyhurst scored six goals in the first two periods to jump out to a 6-1 lead from which Colgate was never able to recover.

Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, Mass.) was the first to light the lamp for the Raiders, scoring less than a minute after the Lakers recorded their first point, at 13:07 of the first period. Mercyhurst then scored five unanswered goals before the end of the second period.

Colgate's offense was more aggressive in the final period, getting off 10 shots in the third compared to just eight total shots between the first two periods. Stewart opened the period with a short-handed goal just 1:04 into the stanza. The Lakers responded with a short-handed goal of their own a short time later to maintain their five point lead, 7-2.

Senior Evan Minnick (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) tallied the Raiders final goal of the evening with just over four minutes remaining in the game. Stewart and Whitney Routman (Northbrook, Ill.) were given the assists.

Sophomore goaltender Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.) had 22 saves for the Raiders. Hillary Pattenden finished with seven saves while Stephanie Ciampa made eight stops. The Lakers went 4-10 on the power-play while Colgate finished 0-9.

The Raiders will face Mercyhurst again tomorrow, Nov. 28 at the MercyhurstIceCenter in Erie, Pa. starting at 2 p.m.

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