DURHAM, N.H. – Breanne Wilson-Bennett (Markham, Ontario) scored the game-winning goal with 2:35 remaining in regulation Saturday night as No. 4/4 Colgate completed the weekend sweep of the New Hampshire Wildcats with a 2-1 win at the Whittemore Center.
The Raiders extended their current winning streak to four games as they completed their fifth weekend sweep of the season.
Megan Sullivan (Toronto, Ontario) scored the 40
th goal of her Colgate career in the winning effort, and also recorded an assist for the two-point game. Wilson-Bennett assisted Sullivan's goal to give her a two-point night as well.
Goaltender
Julia Vandyk (Cambridge, Ontario) continued to shine between the pipes as she made 22 saves to extended her unbeaten streak to six games to open up the season.
Colgate and New Hampshire nearly played a scoreless first period before the Wildcats managed to break the scoreless tie with 24 seconds left to make it 1-0 on Carlee Turner's fifth goal of the season.
The Wildcats held on to that lead until Sullivan was able to get the puck past New Hampshire goaltender Ava Boutilier for the Raiders first goal of the game.
Lauren Wildfang (Waterdown, Ontario) picked up the primary assist on Sullivan's goal that made it through traffic and past Boutilier.
Neither team broke the deadlock until Wilson-Bennett managed to get a piece of a Sullivan shot to redirect into the net for the game-winning goal.
Bailey Larson (Sycamore, Illinois) also picked up an assist on the game-winner.
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 2, New Hampshire 1
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Raiders improve to 11-1-0 with their fourth consecutive win while the Wildcats lose for the second straight game to fall to 6-3-3.
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Wilson-Bennett recorded her 12
th career multi-point game for the Raiders after her goal and an assist
-Wilson-Bennett also scored her seventh career game-winning goal in the victory
-Sullivan's two-point effort was her 17
th multi-point effort, the second most in a career by a member of the 2017-18 Colgate women's ice hockey team
-Sullivan tallied the 40
th goal of her career becoming the ninth player in program history to record at least 40 goals
-Wildfang now has points in five of her last six games after recording assists in both games over the weekend
-Larson picked up her third assist of the season to give her 68 career points
-Vandyk's 22-save performance was her fifth 20-save performance of the season as she claimed the team-lead with six wins on the season
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate dominated the Wildcats in shots, 38-23, including a 32-16 advantage in the final two periods of the game
-Both teams benefitted from a power-play goal with the Raiders going 1 for 3 and the Wildcats going 1 for 2
-Colgate won the battle for faceoffs, 31-23, as
Shae Labbe (Calgary, Alberta) tied Turner for the game-high with 10 wins
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach
Greg Fargo
"It was a good college hockey game tonight with both teams taking control at different points throughout. UNH came out ready to play but our team got better as the game wore on.
"You could see it come to life as we were playing free and our compete level elevated. Our veteran team fought hard and found a way to earn the win tonight."
UP NEXT
The Raiders continue their seven-game road trip next weekend with a two-game series beginning in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday at 6 p.m. against the Yale Bulldogs before traveling to Providence, Rhode Island, to face the Brown Bears at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
