ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Nationally ranked No. 7/7 Colgate women's ice hockey freshman goaltender Liz Auby (Stoughton, Wisconsin) recorded 30 saves in her first career shutout Saturday evening as the Raiders skated to a 0-0 tie with the St. Cloud State Huskies at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
 
Following the scoreless overtime period, the Raiders won a shootout with the Huskies, 2-1, followed WCHA rules. Shelby Perry (Elginburg, Ontario) went five-hole on St. Cloud State netminder Janine Alder to score the shootout-winning goal.
 
Colgate's scoreless tie is its first since Nov. 6, 2015 at Quinnipiac and just the fourth in program history.
 
Auby was remarkable from start to finish for the Raiders, making 10 saves in each of the first two periods. One of Auby's most remarkable saves came in the second period when the Huskies found an open skater wide open on the back door but Auby managed to slide from post to post and track the puck down to make the save.
 
The Raiders had plenty of great scoring chances of their own throughout regulation and overtime as they pepped Alder with 40 shots, including 38 through the first 60 minutes.
 
Breanne Wilson-Bennett (Markham, Ontario) and Shae Labbe (Calgary, Alberta) tied for the game-high with six shots on goal apiece. Wilson-Bennett scored first in the shootout period before Julia Tylke answered her with a shootout goal of her own.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 0, St. Cloud State 0 (Colgate Wins Shootout, 2-1)
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Raiders' record improves to 15-3-3 with the scoreless tie while Huskies' record moves to 6-14-2.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Auby recorded 30 saves in her first career shutout
-Auby is the first Raider goaltender in program history to have her first career shutout come in a scoreless tie
-Six different players recorded at least four shots on goal, led by Wilson-Bennett and Labbe's six each.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-The Raiders outshot the Huskies, 40-30, as well as in every period in regulation
-Colgate had double-digit shots in each period of the game
-The Raiders went 0 for 3 on the power play but were a perfect 4 for 4 on the penalty kill despite allowing 10 shots on goal playing a skater down
-Colgate's 93.8 percent on the penalty kill is the best in the nation.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Greg Fargo
"Liz was great today, I was really happy for her…Something happens sometimes when you come into the second half of the year as a freshman, she seemed to have more confidence in her game since the first day she stepped foot on campus.
 
"I think it showed tonight, she was there for every stop and didn't allow many second chances. I'm really happy for her to get that first shutout under her belt."
 
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Freshman Liz Auby
"It's just a good feeling, good that we could get the win and get some momentum back."
 
"I hadn't played in a while so I was just trying to stay loose, have fun out there and play my game. I was just able to stay calm all game."

UP NEXT
The Raiders resume ECAC Hockey play on Friday when they host the nationally ranked No. 8/8 Quinnipiac Bobcats at Class of 1965 Arena with puck drop slated for 6 p.m. before hosting the Princeton Tigers the following afternoon at 3 p.m.