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HAMILTON, N.Y. (10/15/11) – Austin Mayer tipped home a Corbin McPherson shot on the power play with 2:03 remaining in overtime to give the Colgate men's hockey team a 3-2 win over No. 4/5 Miami at Starr Rink on Saturday night.

Colgate (3-1-0) put the pressure on Miami at some points during the game and came out with 40 shots on goal and erased a pair of one-goal deficits. In addition to Mayer's goal, Austin Smith and Robbie Bourdon tallied goals for the winners. Chris Wagner added two helpers on the day and four others had assists. Eric Mihalik stood tall in net and made huge saves to keep Colgate in the game as he finished with 20 stops.

Miami (2-2-0) got goals from Patrick Tiesling and Reilly Smith, while Max Cook and Alden Hirschfeld added helpers. Connor Knapp had a great night in net with 37 saves, but was tabbed with the loss.

The Redhawks took a 1-0 lead with 11:50 remaining in the first period after a breakdown by Colgate behind its own net. Max Cook collected the puck on the miscue and fed the puck to Tiesling, who was all alone in the slot. He chipped a shot over the outstretched glove of Mihalik for the early lead.

Colgate evened the score at 1-1 on its third 5-on-3 advantage of the second period. After failing to score on the previous two, the top power play unit for Colgate tied the game. Thomas Larkin fed the puck to Wagner below the goal line and he slipped a pass through two sticks to Bourdon at the far post. Bourdon then hit home a one-timer to knot the score. Colgate controlled most of the period as they earned five power plays and outshot the Redhawks, 12-7.

Miami took the lead back at 2-1 on Reilly Smith's fourth goal of the weekend. It came midway through the third period with the assist to Hirschfeld. He received a pass from Hirschfeld just above the face off dot and ripped home a wrister. The Miami lead didn't last long as Austin Smith tied the game 1:20 after the Redhawks went up by one goal. Joe Wilson chipped the puck up to Wagner, who skated into the zone with Smith. Wagner found Smith at the far post and he tipped it in with a defender on him to tie the game at 2-2 with 7:57 remaining.

Colgate took a penalty for too many men on the ice late in the third and it carried over to the extra period. However, Mihalik was able to make three stops during the power play to keep the game at 2-2. The Raiders then got their chance on the power play and they able to put home the gamewinner with one second left on the man advantage. Mayer won the face off back to Nick Prockow, who slid a pass to McPherson at the middle point. He blasted a shot on net that Mayer tipped home for the winner and gave the Raiders a split in the series and a 3-2 win.

Colgate won the shot battle at 40-22. The Raiders went 2-for-9 on the man advantage, while Miami failed to score on five of its opportunities.

Colgate heads back on the road this coming weekend to play Army in the second annual Cape Cod Collegiate Classic at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center. Tickets are on sale now for the 7 p.m. start on Saturday, Oct. 22.

NOTES: The Raiders are 2-1-0 in one-goal games and three of the last four games have been decided by one goal … first OT win since beating Union in last year's ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals … first home OT victory since beating Princeton 5-4 in January of 2009 ... Colgate has three wins in its first four games since 2008 … Austin Smith is four goals away from 50 in his career … the Raiders have four power play goals in the last two games after failing to score on the PP at the Stampede … Colgate is 2-1 when giving up the first goal.