HAMILTON, N.Y. – Senior Katie Stewart (Exeter, Ont.) and rookie Brittany Phillips (Lauder, Man.) each had a goal and an assist as the Colgate women's hockey team defeated ECAC opponent Brown, 4-2, at Starr Rink on Friday night.  

 

Sophomore Heidi Peterson (Hastings, Minn.) also picked up her first career point, an assist, as the Raiders improve to 4-11-3 overall and 2-4-3 in the ECAC. With the loss, the Bears drop to 1-9-3 and 0-6-3 in the conference. 

 

The Raiders came out flying from the first drop of the puck, outshooting Brown, 14-7 in the opening period. Their puck possession transitioned into the games first goal 10 minutes in, after a dump-in by Colgate was misplayed by Bears netminder Katie Jamieson and came right to Raider forward Beth Rotenberg (Toronto, Ont.). Her initial shot was denied by a diving Jamieson, but the rebound found the stick of freshman Jordan Brickner (Lake Forest, Ill.) who netted her fourth goal of the season, giving the Raiders the early, 1-0, lead.

 

Colgate picked up two more goals before the end of the first period, with Stewart scoring on a two-on-one opportunity after a Brown turnover at center ice. Phillips netted her seventh goal of the season soon after with just under a minute left in the session. Peterson's initial shot on goal was saved by Jamieson but the puck popped right out in front if Phillips who drilled it in the lower right corner.  

 

The Raiders scored their final goal at 12:19 in the second period to gain a solid 4-0 advantage over Brown. Stewart's shot was blocked but Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, Mass.) picked up the rebound putting a turnaround shot right under Jamieson's right leg.  

 

The Bears scored twice late in the third period but it wasn't enough to catch up to the Raiders.  Jenna Dancewicz netted both of Brown's goals, which came in the final four minutes of play.  Dancewicz' first goal came just after the Colgate penalty expired, as the Raiders goalie Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) came out too far from the net, giving Dancewicz a clear shot.  Laurie Jolin had assists on both the Bears' goals. 

 

Plenderleith made 25 stops, earning her third win of the season.  Jamieson had 29 saves for Brown. Each squad scored once on the power-play with Colgate going 1-5 and the Bears finishing 1-4.  

 

Colgate will be looking for a weekend sweep tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 5, as they host Yale starting at 4 p.m.