2016-17 Women's Hockey Game Notes
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2016-17 Women’s Hockey Game Notes Nov. 4/5 vs. RIT Non-Conference Games Colgate University Athletic Communications | Huntington Gymnasium, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 | gocolgateraides.com Contact: Katie Callahan | Email: [email protected] | Office: 315-228-6761 | @gatewhockey | Facebook.com/ColgateRaiderNation 2016-17 RAIDERS SCHEDULE This Weekend’s Matchup Date Opponent Time/Result The Raiders face the RIT Tigers in a home-and-home series this weekend, with Fri- day night’s game taking place in the Gene Polisseni Center at 6 p.m. Colgate is then OCTOBER back at the Class of 1965 Arena on Saturday at 3 p.m. to close out the weekend. The 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 4-2 Raiders are 8-0-1 thus far in the 2016-17 campaign and RIT has started the season at 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 3-1 1-9-0. 7 MERRIMACK W, 4-3 8 MERRIMACK W, 6-0 Program History 21 at Syracuse W, 3-2 The nine game unbeaten streak to start this season is the longest in Colgate’s 22 SYRACUSE T, 2-2 (OT) program history. Before this year, the Raiders’ longest stretch at the beginning of a 28 at Union * W, 2-0 season had been five games, done in both 2003-04 and 2015-16. Colgate is averag- 29 at Rensselaer * W, 4-1 ing 3.3 goals per game, two more than its opponets, and is recording 36.3 shots per NOVEMBER contest. Goaltender Julia Vandyk has a 7-0-1 record through the first nine Raider 1 CORNELL * W, 2-1 games this season, helping the team to its historic start. 4 at RIT 6 p.m. 5 RIT 3 p.m. Recent Action 11 YALE 6 p.m. Colgate defeated ECAC rival Cornell on Tuesday night, topping the Big Red 2-1. 12 BROWN * 3 p.m. Both defenses were stifling throught the first two periods, keeping the game 18 at Princeton * 6 p.m. scoreless. Cornell’s top point scorer Kristin O’Neill brought the tie 27 seconds into 19 at Quinnipiac * 3 p.m. the third period, giving the Big Red a 1-0 advantage. Lauren Wildfang scored the 22 MERCYHURST 7 p.m. equalizer with just under seven minutes remaining in the game, thanks to an assist 23 MERCYHURST 3 p.m. by Shelby Perry. Senior captain Cat Quirion recorded her second game-winning DECEMBER goal of the year with just over a minute remaining in the game to give the Raiders 2 DARTMOUTH * 3 p.m. the win. Shae Labbe pushed the puck to a breaking Eldridge who drew the de- 3 HARVARD * 3 p.m. fenders and the goalie to her. Eldridge then backhanded a pass to Quirion for the game-winner. Vandyk recorded 31 saves in the game to secure the victory. JANUARY 6 at St. Cloud State 7 p.m. Series History vs. RIT 7 at St. Cloud State 3 p.m. Colgate holds the slight edge in the series over the Tigers, with the 6-5-1 advan- 13 QUINNIPIAC * 6 p.m. tage. The teams have skated to three overtime games in their history, with two 14 PRINCETON * 3 p.m. ending in Raider wins and one ending in a tie. The Raiders hold a 3-3 record at RIT 17 at Cornell * 7 p.m. and a 3-2-1 record at home. The last meeting between the teams ended in a 3-1 20 at St. Lawrence * 6 p.m. Colgate win at Starr Rink. Eldridge, Labbe and Bailey Larson each pitched in a goal 21 at Clarkson * 3 p.m. in the game to lead the Raiders to a win. 27 at Harvard * 6 p.m. 28 at Dartmouth * 3 p.m. Eldridge Point Streak Through the first nine games of the season, Eldridge has scored at least one point FEBRUARY in eight of the contests. The sophomore has scored a point in the last six games, 3 RENSSELAER * 6 p.m. just one shy of her career-long point streak of seven games. She has registered six 4 UNION * 3 p.m. multi-point contests during this season and recorded a season-best three points 10 at Brown * 6 p.m. against Merrimack on Oct. 8. Eldridge leads the team with 15 points on the year 11 at Yale * 3 p.m. and is second in the ECAC. 17 CLARKSON * 6 p.m. 18 ST. LAWRENCE * 3 p.m. Vandyk Named ECAC Goalie of the Month Vandyk earned the award after starting seven of the Raiders’s eights games this season and boasting a 6-0-1 record. The sophomore goalie has logged two shut- * ECAC Hockey Contest HOME GAMES outs thus far and her goals-against-average is 1.13, good for third in the conference. Vandyk has saved 150 of 158 shots faced this season, garnering a save percentage of .949. She recorded a season-best 33 saves against New Hampshire on Oct. 22. #GoGate COLGATE RIT RAIDERS TIGERS Overall Record ...............................................................................8-0-1 Overall Record .................................................................................1-9-0 Conference Record ������������������������������������������ 3-0-0 ECAC Hockey Conference Record ��������������������������������������������������������������0-2-0 CHA Head Coach ........................................................................ Greg Fargo Head Coach ................................................................Scott McDonald Alma Mater ............................................................................Elmira ’06 Alma Mater ...........................................................................Niagara ‘00 Assistant Coach ...............................Sophie Leclerc (Norwich ‘10) Assistant Coach ..........................Edith Racine (American Int’l ‘09) Assistant Coach .................Stefen Decosse (SUNY Geneseo ‘12) Vol. Assistant Coach ��������������������������������Shane Madolora (RIT ‘12) All-Time Series Cornell leads the series 6-5-1 Last Meeting: Colgate 3, RIT 1 (Nov. 14, 2015 - Hamilton) 2016-17 ECAC Hockey Standings School Pts. Conf. Overall 1. COLGATE 6 3-0-0 8-0-1 2. St. Lawrence 4 2-0-0 7-0-1 Quinnipiac 4 2-0-0 7-2-1 Clarkson 4 2-0-0 6-3-1 5. Princeton 3 1-0-1 3-0-1 6. Rensselaer 2 1-1-0 3-6-1 Cornell 2 1-2-0 3-2-0 Harvard 2 1-2-0 1-2-0 9. Yale 1 0-1-1 2-1-1 10. Brown 0 0-2-2 2-2-0 Union 0 0-2-0 2-8-0 Dartmouth 0 0-3-0 0-4-0 CURRENT PLAYER CAREER STATS Career Goals Career Assists Career Points Name No. Name No. Name No. Megan Sullivan 29 Jessie Eldridge 29 Megan Sullivan 51 Breanne Wilson-Bennett 25 Bailey Larson 26 Breanne Wilson-Bennett 49 Annika Zalewski 23 Breanne Wilson-Bennett 24 Annika Zalewski 47 Shelby Perry 15 Annika Zalewski 24 Jessie Eldridge 42 Lauren Wildfang 22 Bailey Larson 40 Bailey Larson 14 Shelby Perry 35 Jessie Eldridge 13 Megan Sullivan 22 Lauren Wildfang 33 Shae Labbe 12 Shae Labbe 21 Shae Labbe 33 Lauren Wildfang 11 Shelby Perry 20 Cat Quirion 27 Cat Quirion 9 Cat Quirion 18 Olivia Zafuto 25 Olivia Zafuto 8 Olivia Zafuto 17 Hannah Rastrick 14 Hannah Rastrick 3 Hannah Rastrick 11 Kaila Pinkney 9 Anonda Hoppner 2 Kaila Pinkney 8 Shannon Ormel 4 Livi Altmann 1 Chelsea Jacques 4 Anonda Hoppner 4 Meghan Brennan 1 Shannon Ormel 3 Chelsea Jacques 4 Shannon Ormel 1 Meghan Brennan 2 Meghan Brennan 3 Ellie DeCaprio 1 Anonda Hoppner 2 Ellie DeCaprio 1 Kaila Pinkney 1 Livi Altmann 1 @gatewhockey 2015-16 RESULTS RECORD: 22-9-7, 12-5-5 ECAC HOCKEY (HOME: 12-5-3, AWAY: 10-3-4, NEUTRAL 0-1-0) Date Opponent W/L/T Score Record Shots Goal Scorers Goalie (Svs) 10/2 ROBERT MORRIS W 5-3 1-0-0 31 Labbe, Parker, Gass, Wildfang, Quirion 21 - Rando 10/3 ROBERT MORRIS W 6-0 2-0-0 36 Wilson-Bennett (2), Labbe (2), Eldridge, Zalewski 31 - Rando 10/17 at Providence W 6-2 3-0-0 31 Sullivan (2), Eldridge (2), Pinkney, Zalewski 22- Rando 10/18 at UConn T 3-3 3-0-1 43 Sullivan, Zalewski, Larson 23 - Rando 10/23 at Merrimack W 4-3 4-0-1 31 Wilson-Bennett, Labbe, Zalewski, Wildfang 8 - Vandyk 10/24 at Merrimack L 4-2 4-1-1 49 Wildfang, Larson 11 - Rando 10/30 UNION * T 2-2 4-1-2 60 Perry, Eldridge 16 - Rando 10/31 RPI * T 3-3 4-1-3 34 Perry, Labbe, Larson 29 - Vandyk 11/6 at Quinnipiac * T 0-0 4-1-4 22 -- 44 - Rando 11/7 at Princeton * L 3-2 4-2-4 34 Labbe, Zalewski 29 - Rando 11/13 at RIT W 3-2 5-2-4 35 Perry, Eldridge, Wilson-Bennett 23 - Rando 11/14 RIT W 3-1 6-2-4 35 Eldridge, Labbe, Larson 32 - Vandyk 11/17 at Cornell * T 3-3 6-2-5 22 Sullivan, Zalewski, Quirion 32 - Rando 11/20 SYRACUSE W 2-1 7-2-5 17 Eldridge, Gass 35 - Vandyk 11/24 MERCYHURST L 4-2 7-3-5 26 Wilson-Bennett, Larson 17 - Rando 11/25 MERCYHURST W 3-0 8-3-5 29 Zafuto, Wildfang, Larson 25 - Vandyk 12/4 at Clarkson * W 4-3 9-3-5 19 Zafuto, Perry, Sullivan, Labbe 33 - Vandyk 12/5 at St. Lawrence * W 2-1 10-3-5 21 Eldridge, Larson 23 - Vandyk 1/4 at Syracuse T 2-2 10-3-6 22 Zafuto, Wilson-Bennett 18 - Vandyk 1/8 at Dartmouth * W 4-2 11-3-6 26 Wilson-Bennett (2), Zalewski, Larson 33 - Rando 1/9 at Harvard * L 6-2 11-4-6 32 Perry, Sullivan 20 - Rando, 2 - Vandyk 1/12 CORNELL * W 4-3 12-4-6 28 Sullivan, Labbe, Haus, Larson 17 - Vandyk 1/15 BROWN * W 6-2 13-4-6 33 Zafuto, Perry, Wilson-Bennett 20 - Vandyk 1/16 YALE * W 4-2 14-4-6 26 Zafuto, Sullivan, Zalewski, Larson 25 - Vandyk 1/22 ST.