Fri./Sat., Nov. 13th/14th – vs. St. Lawrence, vs. No. 2 Clarkson at 7 p.m./4 p.m.

 

The Raiders will return home to host two ECAC opponents this weekend.  First off are the Saints of St. Lawrence slated to play Colgate on Friday, Nov. 13th at 7 p.m. The Raiders will then host No. 2 ranked Clarkson University on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.

 

St. Lawrence – The Saints enter the weekend with a 4-4-3 overall record and a conference mark of 2-3-0. St. Lawrence was ranked No. 7 before losing a pair of games to Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend. The Saints were shutout by Harvard, 3-0, on Nov. 7, following a 4-2 road loss to Dartmouth. Their two league wins came at home against Brown, 3-1, and Yale, 4-0. Vanessa Edmond currently leads the Saints in scoring with 14 points on a team-high eight goals and six assists. Kelly Sabatine follows Edmond with nine points off of six assists and three goals. Britni Smith and Michelle Ng each have four assists with Ng ahead in scoring with seven points and Smith following with six. Brittony Chartier has been the Saints go-to in goal, carrying a 3-3-3 record, 2.09 goals against average and a .915 save percentage. Maxie Weisz has also appeared in goal picking up a.905 save percentage and 2.48 goals against average with a 1-1-0 record. Head Coach Chris Wells is entering his second season at the helm of the Saints program after guiding the 2008-09 squad to the NCAA Tournament and a record of 24-11-3 overall. During the pre-season, St. Lawrence was selected as the ECAC Hockey favorite.

 

Clarkson – The Golden Knights will look to continue their seven-game winning streak this weekend as they travel to Cornell on Friday, followed by a game at Starr Rink on Saturday. The second-ranked Golden Knights won their last five home games, before picking up a pair of road victories last weekend to claim an 11-1-1 overall record and a perfect 5-0-0 mark in league play. Clarkson defeated Harvard 2-1 on Friday before downing Dartmouth 3-1 in ECAC play. Heading into the weekend, seniors Dominique Thibault and Britney Selina are atop the Clarkson scoring column. Thibault leads with 17 points off of eight goals and nine assists, while Selina follows right behind with 16 points from six goals and a team-high ten assists. Sophomore Juana Baribeau and junior Melissa Waldie are tied with Thibault in goal scoring with a team-high eight goals apiece. Baribeau also has seven assists for 15 points while Waldie added six assists for 14 points. The Golden Knights have looked to Lauren Dahm as a backstop in all 13 games, with the junior holding a 1.07 goals against average and a .946 save percentage. Shannon and Matt Desrosiers are in their second season as the co-head coaches of the women's hockey program. In their first year with the program the Desrosiers led Clarkson to a 16-14-6 record.

 

The Raiders are coming off a weekend conference split in which they shutout Union 4-0 but suffered a 10-4 loss to Renssellaer on the road. Senior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) led the Raiders with three goals over the weekend, while Jessi Waters () added two goals between the two games. All three goalies saw action against the Engineers with sophomore Kimberly Sass (East Amherst, N.Y.) getting the loss. Junior Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) got the shutout win against Union making 12 saves. 

 

Clarkson – Colgate went 0-0-2 against the Golden Knights last season, first tying Clarkson 2-2 on Dec. 6, followed by a 1-1 draw on Jan. 30 extending an eight game unbeaten streak. Current seniors Beth Rotenberg (Toronto, Ont.) and Marissa Dombovy (Webster, N.Y.) each scored a goal against the Golden Knights last season. Sass picked up both ties for the Raiders, stopping a two-game total of 45 shots.

 

St. Lawrence – The Raiders split last year's series with the Saints, falling in their first meeting 3-1 in Canton, N.Y. Colgate defeated St. Lawrence in their next meeting upsetting the then ranked No. 4 Saints 3-1 for head coach Scott Wiley's 100th career win. Sam Hunt scored first for the Raiders followed by Amanda Kirwan (Mississauga, Ont.) tallying her first career goal. Evan Minnick (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) picked up the final goal on an empty net to ensure the win. Sass gave up just one goal while making 42 saves. 

 

The Raiders were selected to finish eighth in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll as chosen by conference coaches. The Raiders received a total of 52 votes, while top-choice St. Lawrence grabbed the No. 1 spot with 107 votes including three first place votes.

 

Head coach Scott Wiley enters his eighth season at the helm of the Raiders. He currently holds a Colgate career record of 104-117-26. Wiley led last year's team to a school record 19 wins, including an eight-game unbeaten streak in January. The 2003-04 ECAC Coach of the Year has high hopes for this year's team and will look to make this eighth straight ECAC playoff appearance.

 

Katie Stewart (Exeter Ont.) leads the way for the Raiders in both the points and goals category, tallying nine points and five goals thus far. Junior Jessi Waters (Menlo Park, Calif.) leads the team in assists with five and is tied with Evan Minnick with seven points overall. Freshman Brittany Phillips (Lauder, Man.) leads the rookie class in scoring, lighting the lamp four times while adding one assist.  

 

The Raiders will continue their ECAC schedule going back on the road to face Quinnipiac at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20 before heading to Princeton, N.J. to face Princeton at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21.