HAMILTON – Rookie Megan Sullivan posted the game-winning goal 2:15 into overtime to hand Colgate women's hockey its first ECAC Hockey victory of the year.
 
After needing an extra period to do it, the Raiders defeated Brown 4-3. The other Colgate goals came from the sticks of Hannah Rastrick , Miriam Drubel , and Taylor Craig . Rastrick's goal marked her first of the season, while Drubel and Craig added their third and second, respectively.
 
The Raiders jumped out to the early lead just 28 seconds into the contest when Rastrick notched the game's first goal. Brown answered midway through the second period but Colgate's first short-handed marker of the season with less than two minutes to play in the frame gave the Raiders back their edge.
 
Again, the Bears found the tying goal three minutes into the final period to pull even at 2-2. Craig's goal in the 10th minute of that period, however, lifted the Raiders back ahead 3-2. Exactly two minutes later though Brown knotted the score for the third time in the game.
 
Neither team was able to convert in the remaining minutes of regulation, sending the game into overtime.
 
Two minutes and 15 seconds into the five-minute extra period, Sullivan found the back of the net thanks to a great feed from Katie Case to give Colgate the win.

The Raiders are back on the ice Tuesday for a rivalry game at Cornell. The Raiders and Big Red are scheduled to play at 7 p.m.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 4, Brown 3 - OT

Won-Lost Records
• Colgate improves to 3-8-0 overall and 1-3-0 in ECAC Hockey play.
• Brown shifts to 3-6-0 and 1-3-0

Key Raider Info
• Sullivan tallied her fifth goal of the year and first career game-winner in the contest.
• Rastrick recorded only her second collegiate goal in the game, while Drubel and Craig posted No. 28 and 12, respectively. Drubel's short-handed goal also marked the fourth of her career, which places her tied for second in Colgate's records book.
• Senior Brittney Brooks got her first victory of the season posting 22 stops throughout the contest.

Facts & Figures
• The Raiders outshot the Bears 38-25, including back-to-back double-digit shots in the second and third frame.    
• Both teams went 0-for-5 on the man-up opportunity.
• Colgate recorded a goal in each of the four periods.
 
Game-Winner
• Case sparked the attack by shifting the puck up the ice to Sullivan, who fired off a shot inside the right faceoff circle. The first-year's initial shot was saved but Breanne Wilson-Bennett collected the puck and tried her luck on net. Again, Brown's Monica Elvin came up with the stop but she couldn't fall on the puck quick enough as Sullivan finished it off.
 
Period Breakdown
• Colgate took the very early lead 28 seconds into the contest. As the Raiders moved their attack up the ice Sullivan played the puck over to Annika Zalewski. The rookie fired a shot toward goal but her attempt was saved. The rebound, however, fell at the stick of Rastrick, who blasted it into the top right corner of the net.
• The Bears equalized in the middle frame but Drubel's short-handed marker gave the Raiders back their edge. Sullivan recorded her second helper of the game on the goal.
• Another goal from Brown three minutes into the final period tied the game at 2-all.
• Craig put the Raiders back on top midway through the frame when she finished off her own rebound.
• Yet again the Bears came up with a goal to knot the score at 3-3, sending the game into overtime.
• Sullivan's marker 2:15 into the extra period lifted the Raiders to their first conference victory of the year.
 
Straight from the Source
• Colgate head coach Greg Fargo: (on the game's back-and-forth style) "It was a seesaw battle tonight. We did a lot of good things that I was very pleased with. Anytime you can come out and get the first goal it kind of sets the tone and to win the first period was huge for our club today. To their credit, we even talked about it during film, you need to play a complete game and Brown kept fighting back. They kept finding a way to grab goals and even up the score.

"I give all the credit to our leadership group today. They did a great job to make sure our bench stayed positive and responded in the right way at the right times."
 
Up Next
• The Raiders are back on the ice Tuesday against Cornell at 3 p.m. in Starr Rink.
• The Big Red are coming off a 6-2 win over Yale on Saturday afternoon.  
• Live stats and video will be available at the start of the game.
 
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