COLGATE RECORDS THIRD-STRAIGHT SHUTOUT WITH 3-0 BLANKING AGAINST WESLEYAN

HAMILTON, N.Y..-- Lauren Pufahl scored two goals including the game-winner to lead the Colgate women's ice hockey team to its third-straight shutout victory with a 3-0 blanking of Wesleyan Saturday afternoon.

After a scoreless first period, Pufahl gave Colgate a 1-0 lead with her first marker of the game at 5:40 of the second period off feeds from Kelly Roos and Stephanie Sand. Red Raider leading scorer Heather Murphy scored her 21st goal of the season to extend the lead to 2-0 at the 10:19 mark of the second off a pass from Roos. Pufahl closed out the scoring with her second goal of the game just 20 seconds later with helpers from Casey Schofield and Sand.

Jen Burtraw stopped all nine shots on goal she faced to record her seventh shutout of th year and sixth in ECAC DIII play. The shutout lowered her goal against average to 1.02 and just 0.47 in ECAC DIII.

Scoring:

1st Period:

2nd Period:
CLG 05:40 Lauren Pufahl (Kelly Roos, Stephanie Sand)
CLG 10:19 Heather Murphy (Kelly Roos)
CLG 10:39 Lauren Pufahl (Casey Schofield, Stephanie Sand)

3rd Period:

Wesleyan Goaltending:
Emma DeSimone (60:00) 9-14-13--36

Colgate Goaltending:
Jen Burtraw (60:00) 4-4-1--9

Wesleyan Power-Play: 0/3
Colgate Power-Play: 0/2

Penalties:

Wesleyan Penalties: 2 for 4
Colgate Penalties: 3 for 6