February 24, 2001
Women's Ice Hockey Contact: Michele Kelley
Office: 315-228-7860
Fax: 315-228-7977
Email: mlkelley@mail.colgate.edu

Burlington, Vt. - In a thrilling 2-1 triple-overtime victory, the Colgate women's ice hockey team has ousted Vermont out of the playoffs, advancing to the ECAC Division III semifinals.

The two teams remained scoreless until 1:33 of the second period.  Jenny Agnew scored for the Catamounts, with Whitney Gage and Rebecca Godsill getting credited for assists.

Rookie Katie Koch (Exeter, N.H.) evened the score three minutes later off of passes by Heather Murphy (St. Paul, Minn.) and Annie Stover (Peapack, N.J.) for the Red Raiders.

After that, the two teams went without a goal for 81:48 until Murphy achieved the game-winning goal 6:22 into the third overtime period, on a set-up by Kelly Roos (Milford, Conn.).

In the marathon 106:22 contest, Vermont's Tiffany Hayes withstood the onslaught of 58 Colgate shots.  Colgate's Jen Burtraw (Guilford, Conn.) was up to the test, making 25 saves.

The Red Raiders will face top-seed and host Middlebury on March 3rd at 12:30 pm in the semifinal round of the ECAC Women's Division III championships.  Earlier this season, Colgate fell to Middlebury 3-2 in Starr Rink.  Last year, the Red Raiders' post-season run was ended by the eventual national champion Panthers with a 5-1 loss in the ECAC Championship game.  Middlebury is currently undefeated in league play in their five year program history.

Colgate (14-7-3, 10-4-3 ECAC)   0  1  0  0  0  1  --  2
Vermont (14-8-2, 14-2-2 ECAC)   0  1  0  0  0  0  --  1

SCORING
1.  none
2.  V -  Jenny Agnew (Whitney Gage, Rebecca Godsill) 1:33; C - Katie Koch (Heather Murphy, Annie Stover) 4:34
3.  none
1OT.  none
2OT.  none
3OT.  C - Heather Murphy (Kelly Roos) 6:22

GOALTENDING
C - Jen Burtraw (106:22) - 4  5  4  4  6  2  --  25
V - Tiffany Hayes (106:22) - 7  10  12  14  10  5  --  58

PENALTIES
C - 2/4
V - 1/2