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ERIE, Pa. - Junior assistant captain Randi Pilger (Port Elgin, Ont.) scored two third period goals to clinch a 4-0 win, and the weekend sweep, over Colgate on Sunday at Mercyhurst Ice Arena.  The pair of losses to the No. 9 Lady Lakers marks the first time ever that the Raiders have lost a weekend series on the road to the same team.

Freshman Lindsay Dellow (Dawson Creek, B.C.) scored her sixth goal of the season at 11:59 of the first period to put Mercyhurst on the board.  The power play tally was set up by junior defenseman Elizabeth Betteridge (Powell River, B.C.).

The Raiders repeated their second period performance of Saturday, keeping the Lady Lakers at bay in the middle stanza, as Mercyhurst attempted 29 shots and got 14 of them on goal.  

Colgate continued its defensive success through the first half of the third period.  However, with 9:59 remaining in the game, Mercyhurst captain C.J. Ireland (Capreol, Ont.) took a pass from sophomore Lindsay Barch (Burlington, Ont.) and Dellow, and beat Raider freshman goaltender Lindsay Bourne (Redlands, Calif.) to increase the Lady Lakers' lead to two.

Pilger netted an unassisted goal at 15:23, and followed with her second at 18:31, with Betteridge earning her second power play assist of the game.

Despite a stronger offensive showing, putting 21 shots on goal in today's game, versus nine in yesterday's loss, the Raiders could not get past the wall of Mercyhurst freshman netminder Desirae Clark (Salmo, B.C.).  In her first start of the new year, Bourne made 32 saves on 36 Lady Laker shots.

Colgate, who drops to 5-9-0 on the season, will travel north next weekend for a conference match up with Dartmouth and Vermont on Friday and Saturday.  Mercyhurst hosts Niagara on Tuesday, January 8, for a 7 p.m. game.

Colgate (5-9-1)   0   0   0  -  0
Mercyhurst (15-5-1)    1   0   3   -  4  

Scoring
Mercyhurst 11:59 (1) - Dellow (Betteridge) PP
Mercyhurst 10:01 (1) - Ireland (Barch, Dellow)
Mercyhurst 15:23 (3) - Pilger (unassisted)
Mercyhurst 18:31 (3) - Pilger (Betteridge) PP

Goaltenders
Colgate – Lindsay Bourne (60:00, 4 GA, 32 svs); Mercyhurst – Desirae Clark (60:00, 0 GA, 21 svs).

Shots: Colgate - 21; Mercyhurst - 36

Penalties: Colgate – 8 for 16; Mercyhurst – 7 for 14

Powerplays: Colgate – 0 of 7; Mercyhurst - 2 of 8