Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. (1/20/12) - The Colgate women's hockey team was able to erase a three-goal deficit and force the game into overtime. However, it was not enough to topple No. 10/10 Dartmouth, which was able to secure the 4-3 win with just 25 seconds left in extra period.
 
Junior Jenna Klynstra led the Raiders with two goals in the game while sophomore Jocelyn Simpson tallied one. Junior Brittany Phillips also had two points with an assist in both of Klynstra's goals. In goal, the team had yet another impressive performance from senior Kimberly Sass who recorded 43 saves, 18 of which were in the second period.
 
Colgate (8-15-1, 3-9-1 ECAC Hockey) began the first period with a power play advantage just 30 seconds into play courtesy of a tripping penalty on Dartmouth. Despite the two-minute disadvantage, the Big Green was then able to turn things around and find a power play goal at the 7:20 mark to take the 1-0 lead. For the next seven minutes, Dartmouth controlled majority of the offense, firing a series of shots at Sass and eventually finding the back of the net at the 14:32 mark to increase its lead to 2-0 going into the second period.
 
Both teams came out playing a more attacking game in the second frame. The Big Green struck first with an early goal at the 4:29 mark to extend its lead to three. Not discouraged, Colgate responded with its first goal of the game from Simpson at the 6:26 mark to reduce the score to 3-1. Sophomore Megan Wickens was credited with an assist. The goal gave the Raiders the offensive surge they needed, earning them a second tally midway through the stanza to put the game within one. Klysntra scored the goal with help from Phillips and sophomore Rachel Walsh. Startled by the back-to-back goals, Dartmouth took control of the game, outshooting Colgate 19-5 in the period but the Big Green could not find the insurance goal it was desperately searching for.
 
The intensity picked up in the third frame with both teams playing a more physical game. Despite having three penalties called against them, the Raiders were able to find an equalizer after trailing the Big Green for over 53 minutes to send the game into overtime. Klynstra found her second goal of the night at the 13:12 mark with an assist from Phillips to tie the game at 3-3.
 
Colgate continued to play a strong game, hoping that it would carry its scoring momentum into the overtime period. However, it was Dartmouth that held a 7-0 shooting advantage that was rewarded with the game-winning tally at the 4:35 mark of the five-minute frame to secure the 4-3 win. 
 
Sass had 43 saves while Lindsay Holdcroft had 14 stops for the Big Green. The Raiders went scoreless in their two extra skater opportunities while holding Dartmouth to just one tally in its eight power play chances.
 
Colgate will resume ECAC Hockey play tomorrow (Jan. 21) with a second league matchup against No. 9/9 Harvard at 4 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass.