HAMILTON – The No. 5 Colgate women's hockey team completed the sweep against No. 10 Quinnipiac University with a 4-1 win against the Bobcats Sunday evening at the Class of 1965 Arena.
 
Sophomore Danielle Serdachny recorded her first multi-point game of the season with two goals and junior Rosy Demers notched her second of the season to give the Bobcats their second loss in as many days.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The game started out going back-and-forth with both teams getting almost equal shots on goal, but a Quinnipiac penalty gave the Raiders an early power play opportunity that set the tone for the rest of the game. With the man advantage, junior Rosy Demers got assists from sophomore Sydney Bard and junior Delani MacKay to score at the 10:38 mark to give Colgate its first lead of the contest. Despite having the lead, the Raiders were outshot 12-9 by the Bobcats in the first period.
 

With assists from Sydney Bard and Delani MacKay, Colgate takes an early 1-0 lead! pic.twitter.com/sTjypQAzGz

— Colgate Women's Hockey (@ColgateWIH) January 10, 2021

 
The Raiders came back for the second period and dominated offensively as the Bobcats almost never had control of the puck. With the help of another Quinnipiac penalty, Colgate capitalized on the power play for the second time on the night as Danielle Serdachny scored off a pass from first-year Kalty Kaltounkova to extend the Raiders lead to 2-0 not even three minutes into the second period.
 
Continuing the stellar offensive performance for the Raiders was sophomore Darcie Lappan, who now has a two-game scoring streak as she notched her second of the weekend in the final minutes of the period to make the score 3-0. After being outshot in the first, Colgate dominated shots on goal in the second period as the team finished outshooting the Bobcats by a 15-3 margin.
 

The big assists from Allyson Simpson and Eleri MacKay keep the momentum going for the Raiders! pic.twitter.com/02T1lIbcil

— Colgate Women's Hockey (@ColgateWIH) January 10, 2021

 
Quinnipiac started to pressure back to start the third period and the Raiders defense stood strong until the Bobcats tallied their own goal on the power play at the 7:29 mark to cut the make it a two-goal game. With approximately three minutes remaining in the game, the Bobcats pulled their goalie, which paved the way for Serdachny to score her second of the day on the empty net, to give the Raiders the 4-1 win.
 
COLGATE SCORING PLAYS
• Period 1 | 10:38 – After receiving a pass from sophomore Sydney Bard, junior Delani MacKay made a quick pass to junior Rosy Demers who snuck it through the five-hole for a 1-0 lead.
• Period 2 | 2:24 – Junior Tanner Gates passed it across the blueline to first-year Kalty Kaltounkova for a one-timer. Sophomore Danielle Serdachny was ready at the edge of the crease to score on the rebound through the backdoor.
• Period 2 | 17:19 – A deflected shot from sophomore Allyson Simpson set up Darcie Lappan to chip it in on the rebound to beat the blocker side.
• Period 3 | 17:06 – After Quinnipiac pulled its goalie, Kaitlyn O'Donohoe picked off the puck along the boards as she battled with a Bobcat. Chipping it out to Serdachny, she went on to score from the hashmarks for a 4-1 mark. 
 

???????? An Empty-Netter!

Danielle Serdachny scores her second goal of the day to give Colgate a 4-1 lead! pic.twitter.com/oyDQwi52sR

— Colgate Women's Hockey (@ColgateWIH) January 10, 2021

 
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• Danielle Serdachny recorded her first multi-goal game of the season as she finished the contest with two goals. She is now on a two-game point streak with three goals and one assist the past two games.
• Tanner Gates extends to a six-game point streak as she earned her sixth straight apple.
• Sophomore Darcie Lappan begins a two-game scoring streak as she tallied one goal in each game against Quinnipiac
• Serdachny and junior Kalty Kaltounkova both led the team in shots on goal with five, while  Caroline Ross led the Raiders in blocked shots with two.
• The Raiders tied their season-high of four goals, which was set in the previous game against Quinnipiac. 
• Colgate is now 4-1-1 against teams ranked in the top 10 this season.
• In terms of special teams, the Raiders went 2-for-4 on the power play.
• Overall, the Raiders outshot Quinnipiac by a 33-22 margin after their standout second period with a 15-3 advantage. 
• Between the pipes, first-year netminder Kayle Osborne recorded a total of 42 saves on the weekend with just one goal against. 

THE BOTTOM LINE
• No. 5 Colgate 4, No. 10 Quinnipiac 1
 
RECORD UPDATES
• No. 5 Colgate holds a 6-1-1 record with a 2-0-0 start to ECAC Hockey action.
• No. 10 Quinnipiac drops to 3-2-0 overall and now has an 0-2-0 ECAC record.
 
HEAD COACH GREG FARGO'S TAKE
"Quinnipiac is a tough opponent and again tonight we had to work for everything. We've been putting a lot of work into our power play and it was nice to see us convert to get our team started. Overall, the good result was due to some quality team play from everyone in our room. I liked our game tonight and I like how we did it together."
 
UP NEXT
Colgate remains at home at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 to begin a home-and-home series against Clarkson University.
 
FOLLOW THE RAIDERS
For more information on the Colgate women's hockey program, follow the Raiders on Twitter @ColgateWIH and Instagram at colgatewih. 
 
 
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