COLGATE ATHLETICS : WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY : RELEASES

RENSSELAER AND COLGATE BATTLE TO 4-4 TIE IN WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY

January 14, 2001
Contact: Michele Kelley, Athletic Communications Student Assistant

HAMILTON, N.Y. - After a two-game conference series at home, the Colgate University women's ice hockey team comes away with a loss and a tie this weekend. On Saturday, the Red Raiders fell to Vermont, 2-0, and today they played their first overtime of the season and came up with a tie against Rensselaer.

Junior Andrea Poley (Monument Beach, Mass.) tallied a hat-trick for the Engineers, with sophomore Christin Sauca (Wakefield, Mass.) adding the fourth goal. Two of Poley's goals were on the power-play, as Rensselaer went 2-for-6 with the man advantage.

For Colgate, sophomore Maura Crowell (Mansfield, Mass.) started the scoring at 6:48 of the second with the Red Raiders' only power play goal of the game. Crowell's marker tied the game at 1-1 after Colgate had ended the first period with a one-goal deficit.

Junior Heather Murphy (St. Paul, Minn.) scored her 13th goal of the year with 33 seconds left in the second gave the Red Raiders a one goal advantage, but Rensselaer's Poley tied it again at 8:22 of the third period.

The final four goals of the game were scored within five minutes of each other. Colgate rookie Katie Koch (Exeter, N.H.) took the Red Raiders to a 3-2 lead at 12:20. Poley completed her hat-trick two minutes later, and Sauca put the Engineers ahead by one 33 seconds later. Murphy fed Koch the game-tying goal at 17:09, permanently knotting the game at 4-4.

The Red Raiders now take to the road for a four-game ECAC series, but they will be back at Starr Rink on February 3-4 for a weekend series against Colby and Bowdoin.

Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Rensselaer vs Colgate (Jan 14, 2001 at Hamilton, N.Y.)

Rensselaer (4-6-1, 4-4-1 ECACIII) vs. Colgate (8-5-1, 5-2-1 ECACIII)
Date: Jan 14, 2001 Location: Hamilton, N.Y. Arena: Starr Rink
Attendance:79 Start time:2:00 pm End time:4:20 pm Total time:2:20

Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT Tot
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Rensselaer.......... 1 0 3 0 - 4
Colgate............. 0 2 2 0 - 4

1st period - 1, RPI, Andrea Poley 7 (Andrea Wadman) 00:30.
Penalties - Libby Eldridge, RPI (OBSTRUCTION-INTERFERENCE) 05:33;
Missy Parkinson, CU (INTERFERENCE) 06:51; Julie Durham, RPI
(OBSTRUCTION-INTERFERENCE) 12:56.

2nd period - 2, CU, Maura Crowell 5 (Heather Murphy, Kelly Roos)
06:48 (pp). 3, CU, Heather Murphy 13 (Lori Marshall) 19:27. Penalties
- Kate Adams, RPI (TRIPPING) 02:59; Maj Nixon, RPI (BODY CHECKING) 06:42; Lori
Marshall, CU (INTERFERENCE) 10:47; Toby Mandel, CU (INTERFERENCE)
12:12.

3rd period - 4, RPI, Andrea Poley 8 (Andrea Wadman) 08:22 (pp). 5,
CU, Katie Koch 6 (Caitlin Hornyak, Kelly Roos) 12:20. 6, RPI, Andrea
Poley 9 (Julie Durham) 14:27 (pp). 7, RPI, Christin Sauca 5 (Katie
Woodward) 15:06. 8, CU, Katie Koch 7 (Heather Murphy) 17:09. Penalties
- Rachel Mascetta, CU (HOLDING) 08:05; Heather Murphy, CU (HOLDING)
12:56.

OT period - Penalties - Heather Murphy, CU (UNSPORTSMANLIKE
CONDUCT) 02:27; Kate Adams, RPI (BODY CHECKING) 03:55.

Shots on goal - RPI 22; CU 33.

Power plays - RPI 2 of 6; CU 1 of 5.

Penalties - RPI 5 (10 min); CU 6 (12 min).

Goalies - RPI, Laura DeNuccio (65:00 minutes, 33 shots-29 saves);
CU, Jen Burtraw (65:00, 22-18).

A-79 T-2:20
Three stars: 1. Andrea Poley 2. Katie Koch 3. Heather Murphy
Referee:Morgan Waters Asst Ref:Bob Zuckerman
RPI-Laura DeNuccio (2-3-1). CU-Jen Burtraw (6-5-1).