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HAMILTON – The No. 4/4 Colgate women's hockey team saw five different players find the back of the net on its way to defeating Union 6-1 Friday afternoon at the Class of 1965 Arena.
 
Shae Labbe led the way with two goals and an assist. Annika Zalewski, Malia Schneider, Lauren Wildfang and Coralie Larose were the other goal-scorers for Colgate.
 
Additionally, six different Raiders had multi-point performances, led by Labbe with two goals and an assist. Zalewski (1g, 1a), Schneider (1g, 1a), Wildfang (1g, 1a), Shelby Perry (2a) and Jessie Eldridge (2a) were the other big producers. 
   
After jumping to a 2-0 lead and holding Union to just two shots in the first period, Colgate saw Union cut the lead to one goal when Katelynn Russ scored on a power play 1:43 into the second period.
 
Minutes later, Zalewski answered with a power play goal of her own. The team captain was assisted by Labbe and Perry on the goal.
 
Colgate ended the game scoring four unanswered goals.
 
Julia Vandyk starred between the pipes, registering 24 saves on 25 shots faced. The native of Cambridge, Ontario, improved her save percentage to .932 and goals allowed average to 1.70 on the season.  
 
BOTTOM LINE
No. 4/4 Colgate 6, Union 1

WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The No. 4/4 Colgate Raiders improve to 21-3-1 on the season and 11-2-0 in ECAC Hockey play. Union drops to 6-16-3 on the season and to 4-9-0 in conference play.

KEY RAIDER INFO
-The Raiders improved their home record to 12-0-1 and remain one of two schools in the nation that has yet to lose at home. The other unbeaten team is No. 1/1 Wisconsin.
-For just the third time this season, the Raiders netted six goals.
-Colgate extended its unbeaten streak to eight games, its longest of the season. This current unbeaten streak is good for the second longest in program history.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate fired a season high 47 shots on goal, shattering its previous high by seven.
-Wildfang recorded a goal and an assist today to move her career points total to 70. She is now just two points shy of tying the program record of points scored throughout a career set by Tara French 07.
-Labbe is now the sole team-leader of both points (26) and goals (13) on the season. 
-Labbe recorded her third multi-goal game and her ninth multi-point game of the season.
-Labbe extended her point-streak to three games.
-Zalewski (1g, 1a) registered her second mutli-point performance in three games.
-Schneider scored her 12th goal of the season, which ranks second on the team.
-Schneider recorded her third multi-point game of the season, with the most recent coming against Mercyhurst on Oct. 21.
-Larose notched her third goal of the season and has now tallied a point in two of her last four games.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Greg Fargo
"We had a great start coming out in the first period. For us, the key is just to continue to do things the way that we've been practicing. And everyone was in sync tonight. All four lines were going and contributing to that. When we were doing the right things away from the puck, we found ourselves with some good looks and fortunately we were able to cash in on a few of them.
 
"It's always good to get opportunities. That's a result of doing the right things away from the puck. For us, where we're placing the value is that we got some good quality chances, played on the right areas of the ice and were able to move the puck offensively, which are big keys for us."
 
"Jules (Vandyk) was strong for us, coming up with some big saves. But, it was a good team effort defensively. We had everyone coming back to help. What I like in a game like this is when you're up a couple and your team is still doing the right things away from the puck, especially on our end. We didn't take any shortcuts and just continued to play good hockey."

UP NEXT
No. 4/4 Colgate hosts RPI Saturday afternoon. Puck drop is at 3 p.m., with coverage on the Patriot League Network.