CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (11/21/2008) - Sophomore Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, Mass.) recorded two goals as the Colgate University women’s hockey team played to a 5-5 overtime tie with No. 9 Harvard on Friday, Nov. 21 at the Bright Hockey Center.

 

After falling behind 3-1 in the opening period the Raiders stayed composed and responded with four goals to leave with a tie.

 

“I thought we reacted well to all of the adverse situations we faced.” Said Colgate head coach Scott Wiley “We were able to turn every adverse situation into a positive.”

 

The Crimson opened the scoring in the first with two even strength goals from Jenny Brine and Sarah Vaillancourt before senior Kiira Dosdall (Fairfield, Conn.) put Colgate on the board with her third of the season at the 8:20 mark.

 

Dosdall found the back of the net unassisted during the Raiders first power-play. Dosdall recovered the puck off the boards and carried with her momentum as she crossed the blue line, she then riffled a quick shot through the Harvard defender and past goaltender Brittany Martin to narrow the gap 2-1.

 

 “Our special teams were key for us tonight” said Wiley “Whenever your special teams do good against Harvard you know you have a chance.”

 

Harvard would close the period with its third even strength goal to take a 3-1 lead into the intermission.

 

The second period turned into an old fashion shoot-out as six goals were posted in a 17 minute span. The Crimson began the feast with a power-play goal 12 seconds in as Sarah Wilson would extend their lead to 4-1.

 

Milan would counter 13 seconds later with her first of the night to bring the Raiders within striking distance. Milan’s was assisted by senior Sam Hunt (Calgary, Alta.).

 

Junior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) who is riding an eight point scoring streak extended that to nine as she netted her seventh goal of the season to bring the Raiders within one 4-3.

 

Vaillancourt would record her second of the game to give Harvard a 5-3 lead but that wasn’t enough as Milan would record her second of the game and seventh of the season at the 12 minute mark followed by junior Ali Edell (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) six minutes later to knot the score 5-5.

 

Colgate was 3-for-8 on the power play and 10-for-11 on the penalty kill. Freshman Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.) recorded 36 saves to improve to 5-1-1 on the season, while Martin recoded 15 for the Crimson. 

 

Colgate (7-6-1) will continue on the road tomorrow at it travels to No. 5/6 Dartmouth for a 4 p.m. game.