HAMILTON – Colgate's stretch-drive momentum continued Friday afternoon with a 4-2 win over Rensselaer at Starr Rink.
 
The Raiders picked up a victory for the third weekend in a row, and now coach Greg Fargo's squad has a chance to double its fun.
 
Colgate leapfrogged into ninth place ahead of the visiting Engineers in the ECAC Hockey standings, climbing to eight points at 4-10-0 in the league. RPI, which entered the weekend on a two-game ECAC winning streak, remains at seven points on 3-11-1.
 
The Raiders can move closer to that coveted eighth position when Union arrives in town Saturday. The Dutchwomen are 1-12-1 in the ECAC this season and 0-29 all-time against Colgate.
 
Friday, a balanced Colgate attack saw four different goal-scorers find the net. Miriam Drubel and Megan Sullivan tallied in the first period, and then Melissa Kueber and Breanne Wilson-Bennett lit the lamp for the Raiders toward the end of Period 2.
 
Ashlynne Rando stopped 23 shots in goal for the winners.
 

Colgate two weeks ago defeated Brown and lost at Yale, and then last week the Raiders lost at Harvard and defeated Dartmouth.
 
The Raiders host Union on Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 4, Rensselaer 2

Won-Lost Records
• Colgate improved to 7-19-0 overall and 4-10-0 in ECAC Hockey.
• Rensselaer is now 5-18-4 and 3-11-1.
 
Facts & Figures
• Colgate fired a season-high 50 shots on net.
• Previous best was 42 two weekends ago in the 3-0 win at Brown.
• Rensselaer countered with 25 shots.
• Colgate was 0-of-6 on the power play; RPI 1-of-5.

First-Period Scoring
• Colgate's first period goals were scored by Miriam Drubel 4:46 into the session, and Megan Sullivan at 17:17.
• Drubel's tally was her fifth of the season and came on a backhanded rebound of Nicole Gass' slap shot from the right circle. Melissa Kueber picked up the second assist on that goal.
• For Gass it was her ninth assist; Kueber picked up her fourth.
• Sullivan scored her team-leading eighth goal on a redirect from Hannah Rastrick's blue-line blast. Kayla Haus grabbed the second assist – the first of two in the game for the sophomore forward.

• Rastrick's assist was her third of the season.
 
RPI Gets One Back
• RPI made it a 2-1 game when Jenn Godin scored at 8:58 of the second period.
• It looked as though the Engineers had scored just seconds earlier but the net dislodged right before the puck crossed the goal line.
• On the ensuing faceoff, Mari Mankey won the draw and played it back to Godin at the right point. Godin collected the puck, found her opening and beat Colgate's Ashlynn Rando.
 
Turning Point
• Leading 2-1 after allowing a second-period goal, Colgate responded with two goals in a 34-second window.
• Kueber scored first by redirecting a shot from the point off the stick of Katie Case. Kueber's deflection caused a wild carom that completely fooled RPI goaltender Kelly O'Brien.
• It was Kueber's sixth goal of the season. Case and Shelby Perry had the assists – No. 8 for each player.
• And then Breanne Wilson-Bennett made it 4-1 Raiders when she redirected a shot in front for her sixth goal of the season.
• Kayla Haus had stolen the puck and fired on net, where Wilson-Bennett was in the right place. The assist for Haus was her third.

Final Tally

• Rensselaer scored a power-play goal with 2:19 remaining when Alex Gruschow skated into the zone through the right circle and rifled one past Rando. Shayna Tomlinson got the assist.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Starr Rink was 521.

Up Next
• Colgate is back on home ice Saturday afternoon against Union.
• The Dutchwomen lost 8-2 Friday at Cornell to fall to 4-19-4 overall and 1-13-1 in ECAC Hockey.
• The Raiders lead the all-time series against Union 29-0.
• The puck drops inside Starr Rink at 3 p.m.

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