Box Score

CANTON, N.Y. (2/4/11) – The Colgate women's hockey team dropped its first ECAC Hockey game of the weekend, 4-2, when it fell to St. Lawrence on Friday night. This was the team's seventh league setback of the season.

Sophomore Brittany Phillips and freshman Rachel Walsh scored a goal each for the Raiders. Both Walsh and Phillips as well as sophomore Jenna Klynstra, who had two assists, registered two points apiece in the game.

The Saints got off to an aggressive start, firing a series of shots in the opening minutes of the game. Colgate (9-17-2, 6-10-1 ECAC) soon returned the favor, creating some scoring opportunities but could not find the net either. As the period progressed, both teams continued to search for a first goal, but it was St. Lawrence that found success twice to take the lead. The Saints found their first goal on a breakaway at the 12:15 mark and then again with a shot from the blue line at the 17:49 mark to take the 2-0 lead.

In the second frame, St. Lawrence got off to a productive start scoring its third goal just under four minutes into the period to put the score at 3-0. Colgate answered back with its first goal of the game at the 9:42 mark, when Phillips received a wide-open pass in the crease and lifted it past Maxie Weisz to put the score at 3-1. Walsh and Klynstra were credited with the assists. Not discouraged, the Saints then came back and scored a fourth goal minutes later to end the period with a 4-1 advantage.

Despite finding a second goal just 3:26 into the final frame with a one-time shot from Walsh that beat Weisz with the help of Phillips and Klynstra, the Raiders could not push past St. Lawrence, eventually falling to the Saints 4-2.

The team will resume play tomorrow when it travels to Clarkson for matchup at 4 p.m. in Potsdam, N.Y.