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HAMILTON – No. 10 Colgate Women's Ice Hockey saw Harvard tally the eventual game-winner early in the final period to hand the Raiders a tough 3-2 loss here Friday night. 
 
Colgate battled back after a first period two-goal deficit to knot the score at 2-all heading into the last frame. Unfortunately, the visitors intercepted the puck at center ice to spark a breakaway opportunity just 1:54 into the final period. Grace Zarzecky finished off the play giving the Crimson back their lead.
 
The Raiders then tried to rally and even had a power play opportunity in the frame but were unable to find the needed equalizer. Harvard's Emerance Maschmeyer was beyond impressive between the pipes in the final 18 minutes, securing her team the victory.
 
The Crimson were in need of a four-point weekend to secure home ice in the playoffs and are halfway there with Friday's win. Despite the loss, Colgate still could host next weekend's ECAC Hockey quarterfinals.
 
Here is the breakdown:
 
• Quinnipiac and Clarkson have secured the No. 1 and 2 seeds in the tournament, respectively, while Dartmouth, Brown and Union have been eliminated. The rest is still up for grabs.
 
• Princeton currently has 28 points, while Harvard and Colgate both have 27 heading into the final game of the regular season.
 
• Princeton hosts last-place Union on Saturday, while Harvard is at Cornell, which is still looking to clinch a spot in the postseason. Colgate welcomes Dartmouth. The Raiders need a better result than Harvard to grab home ice. Princeton and Harvard, however, both hold the tiebreaker over Colgate.
 
Annika Zalewski notched both Raider goals for her first multi-score game of the season. Her goals came at the 6:19 and 17:32 marks of the middle frame and knotted the score at 2-2.
 
The Raiders have quite a big day Saturday. They host Dartmouth at 4 p.m. for Senior Day and what they hope is a home-ice clinching contest. The match also marks the last regular season women's game ever played in Starr Rink. Colgate moves over to its new Class of 1965 Arena beginning in the fall of 2016. Live stats and video will be available at the start of the game.

Bottom Line
• Harvard 3, #10 Colgate 2
 
Won-Lost Records
• Harvard improves to 16-9-3 overall and 12-6-3 in ECAC Hockey play.
• Colgate dips to 19-7-7 and 11-5-5, respectively.

Key Raider Info
• Zalewski earned both Raider scores for her first multi-goal game of the season.
• Shae Labbe and Zalewski led the team with six and five shots, respectively.
• Ashlynne Rando recorded 25 stops between the pipes for the Raiders, including a 10-save opening period.  
 
How It Happened
• Harvard pulled in front at the 15:31 mark of the first frame on a breakaway opportunity where Miye D'Oench tallied her 14th goal of the season.
• On that same play, Colgate was called for tripping awarding the Crimson a power play opportunity.
• The Raiders nearly killed off the man-up advantage but Harvard was able to add onto its lead thanks to a tally from Sydney Daniels with six seconds remaining on the power play.  
• Harvard took that two-goal edge into the first intermission, but Colgate would not waver. Zalewski put the Raiders on the board 6:19 into the middle frame when she and Lauren Wildfang teamed up to slide one past Maschmeyer to cut the lead in half at 2-1.
• A little less than 12 minutes later, Zalewski found the back of the net again, knotting the game at 2-all. Jessie Eldridge and Labbe were awarded the assists on the play.
• The two teams went into the second intermission all tied up by the Crimson quickly ended that with the eventual game-winner just 1:54 into the final period. Zarzecky intercepted the puck at center ice and skated for a breakaway opportunity. The first-year then found a small opening to put the Crimson back in front by one.
• Colgate tried to equalize in the remaining minutes but was unable to find the needed tally.

Raider Goals
• 1st period: no goals.
• 2nd period: Zalewski, with an assist to Lauren Wildfang; Zalewski, with Eldridge and Labbe on the assists
• 3rd period: no goals.
 
Facts & Figures
• Harvard converted on one of its three power play opportunities, while Colgate went 0-for-2.  
• The Crimson slightly outshot their hosts 28-27.
• Senior Rando shifted her career saves total to 2,310 with 25 stops in the game.
 
Up Next
• Colgate welcomes Dartmouth on Saturday for the teams' regular season finale.
• The contest marks senior day for three special student-athletes and the Raiders' final regular season game in Starr Rink as Colgate moves to the Class of 1965 Arena beginning next fall.
• Saturday's game is slated for a 4 p.m. tilt and will have live stats and video will be available at the start.

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