Hockey Game Central

HAMILTON, N.Y. (11/9/10) – The Colgate women's ice hockey team will continue its seven-game homestand this weekend when it hosts Niagara in a two-game set. The teams will first play on Friday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. and then again on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 12 p.m., both in Starr Rink.

The Raiders (3-7, 1-3 ECAC) are coming off two ECAC Hockey setbacks last weekend. The team fell to Dartmouth 6-2 on Friday and then to No. 10 Harvard 3-1 on Saturday. Freshman Rachel Walsh (Calgary, Alta.) and sophomore Jordan Brickner (Lake Forest, Ill.) scored a goal each against the Big Green while sophomore Jenna Klynstra (Edmonton, Alta.) scored the lone goal for the Raiders on Saturday.

STATISTIC LEADERS
The Raiders have 12 players with at least one point this season. Sophomore Brittany Phillips (Lauder, Man.) leads the team with six points off two goals and four assists and is followed by Klynstra, Brickner, and junior Amanda Kirwan (Mississauga, Ont.), who have five points each. Klynstra leads the team with five goals, while Brickner has one goal and four assists and Kirwan has a team-high five assists.

NO SOPHOMORE JINX
Three of the top four point leaders for the Raiders are sophomores. Phillips leads the team with six points and is followed by classmates Klynstra and Brickner who have five points each. As a whole, the sophomore class has contributed 18 of the team's 42 points and nine of the 15 goals this season.

THE SERIES
Colgate leads the all-time series with the Purple Eagles 9-6-1. The teams first met in 1999, two years before the Raiders moved up to the Division I level. Last season the teams split a two-game set on Jan. 8 and 9. Niagara won the first game 7-2, before the Raiders won the second 5-3.

SCOUTING NIAGARA
The Purple Eagles (2-7-1, 0-0-0 CHA) are coming off an impressive 4-3 overtime win over No. 4 Mercyhurst, after a 4-2 loss to St. Lawrence last week. The Eagles' only other win was over Maine in the second game of a two-game set last month. In addition to suffering a loss to Maine in the first game of the set, the team has also fallen to Quinnipiac, Minnesota State-Mankato and New Hampshire all in two-game sets.

Niagara is led in scoring by Autumn Stuntz, Daniela Dal Colle and Kristen Richard. Stuntz leads the team in points (4) with four assists while Dal Colle and Richards have three points each from three goals.