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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Colgate’s top scoring line of rookies Cheryl Setchell (Sydney, N.S.), Kristin Cirbus (Jamestown, N.Y.), and Amanda Barre (Grafton, Ont.) had a banner night as the Raiders skated to a 5-5 tie with Yale on Friday at Ingalls Rink.  Setchell led all scorers with assists on all five Colgate goals, while Barre racked up a hat-trick plus a helper, and Cirbus netted the other two Raider goals and added an assist.

Yale and Colgate exchanged blows in the first period, with Bulldog rookie Keely MacMillan (Portland, Ore.) starting the scoring spree at 4:42, capitalizing on the only power play chance of the opening stanza.  After receiving a pass from junior Rory Neuner (Haslett, Mich.), MacMillan fought through a scrum in front of the net to slip the puck over the goal line and get the Bulldogs on the board.

The Raiders responded at 8:55, when Setchell fed Barre waiting in the slot and she ripped it over the shoulder of Yale goaltender Katie Hirte (Cottage Grove, Minn.).

The Bulldogs’ second goal started as a two-on-one opportunity, with senior Sara Wood (Randolph, Mass.) skating the puck into the zone on the right side.  Wood passed it over to junior Kaitlin Porcaro (Pelham, N.Y.) at the left point, and Porcaro dumped it in hard toward the goal, where it deflected off of junior Deanna McDevitt (So. Boston, Mass.) to give Yale the 2-1 lead at 15:20.

Colgate continued to press the Bulldogs through the waning minutes of the period, and their chance finally came when Setchell made a centering pass to Cirbus who deftly deflected it past Hirte to tie the game with 25 seconds left in the opening period.

The teams continued to trade control of the scoreboard in the second, as the Raiders got their first lead of the game at 1:14 when Barre scored her second goal of the night, this time on the power play, with Setchell setting her up from the right face-off circle.

Yale responded just 35 ticks of the clock later, with a goal by freshman Erin Duggan (Beaumont, Alb.), with Neuner and sophomore Wallis Finger (New Rochelle, N.Y.) getting credit for the assists.

Colgate took control of the lead at 9:47 of the middle period, as Cirbus tallied her second of the game when she redirected a shot by Setchell after Barre set up the play.

McDevitt scored two straight goals to regain the Yale advantage, with her goals coming at 8:27 and 11:00 of the third period.

The Raiders desperately looked to tie the game, and their chance came at 13:35 when Setchell once again set up Barre, this time for the hat-trick and a shot at the win.

Although Colgate was not able to put the Bulldogs away, they had several quality chances in the remainder of regulation and in the overtime period.  Cirbus had prime opportunities in the final minutes, including on the last play of the game when she fired a shot just wide of the cage, but she was unable to join Barre with her first career hat-trick.

Freshman Rebecca Lahar (Vienna, Va.) made 30 saves in her third straight start as the Raiders’ backstop.  For the Bulldogs, Hirte finished with 24 stops on the night.

Colgate (10-12-2, 1-6-2 ECAC-North) travels to Princeton for another league contest on Saturday at 4 p.m., while Yale (6-13-3, 2-8-1 ECAC-North) hosts Cornell for a 4 p.m. game.
 

Colgate (10-12-2, 1-6-2 ECAC North)   2   2   1   0  -  5
Yale (6-13-3, 2-8-1 ECAC North)    2   1   2   0   -  5  

Scoring
Yale 4:42 (1) - MacMillan (Neuner) PP
Colgate 8:55 (1) - Barre (Setchell, Cirbus)
Yale 15:20 (1) - McDevitt (Porcaro, Wood)
Colgate 19:35 (1) - Cirbus (Setchell, Nelson)
Colgate 1:14 (2) - Barre (Setchell) PP
Yale 1:49 (2) - Duggan (Neuner, Finger)
Colgate 9:47 (2) - Cirbus (Setchell, Barre)
Yale 8:27 (3) - McDevitt (MacMillan)
Yale 11:00 (3) - McDevitt (Symington, Wood)
Colgate 13:35 (3) - Barre (Setchell)

Goaltenders
Colgate – Rebecca Lahar (60:00, 5 GA, 30 svs); Yale – Katie Hirte (60:00, 5 GA, 24 svs).

Shots: Colgate - 29; Yale - 35

Penalties: Colgate – 2 for 4; Yale - 4 for 8

Powerplays: Colgate – 1 of 4; Yale - 1 of 2