HAMILTON – No. 4 Colgate women's ice hockey downed No. 2/1 Yale 5-3 Friday afternoon.
Danielle Serdachny etched her name into the record books, as she holds the single-season point record with 55. Serdachny collected three assists in tonight's matchup.
Elyssa Biederman and
Dara Greig potted multi-point nights. The freshman forward Biederman tallied three assists while junior linemate Greig netted two goals.
Seven separate Raiders totaled points, as
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe,
Katie Chan, and
Sammy Smigliani found the back of the net.
Kayle Osborne moved to 11-3-1 as she made 25 saves. Osborne sits second in program history with 38 career wins.
The Raiders opened up the scoring early as Greig fired the rubber top-shelf just two minutes into play. Yale answered back minutes later with a goal. Play continued for another four minutes before Greig lit the lamp again as the Raiders took a 2-1 lead into the locker room.
After a back-in-forth 13 minutes of play to start the second period, sophomore forward Chan found the back of the net for her sixth goal of the season. Colgate and Yale battled for the remaining seven minutes of play but the score remained 3-1.
O'Donohoe recorded her fifth power-play goal of the season just 33 seconds into the third period, receiving a record-breaking pass from Serdachny. The Bulldogs recorded their second goal of the game just six minutes later with a shot from the point. Smigliani scored the Raiders' fifth and final goal of the game on a breakaway chance from Biederman. Yale bounced in their third of the night but fell short as the Raiders closed out the season series sweep.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Greg Fargo
*On Serdachny breaking the single-season point record
"That's a really great accomplishment. We've had a lot of great players come through this program over the years and for Danielle to accomplish that tonight is really special."
UP NEXT
The Raiders return to the Class of 1965 Arena for their final regular season home game against Brown, Saturday at 3 p.m. Colgate will be recognizing seniors
Tanner Gates,
Sydney Bard,
Allyson Simpson,
Maggie MacEachern, and
Sammy Smigliani after the game.
