2008 Woodie Awards
Women's Hockey Beats UVM, Can't Stop Big Green
Andy McPartland
Issue date: 1/28/05 Section: Sports
- Page 1 of 2 next >
After splitting two hard-fought games with ECACHL foes Vermont and Dartmouth, the Raider women's hockey team enters perhaps its most important road weekend left in the season against upstate rivals Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
On Fri. Colgate traveled to Burlington to face-off against the lowly Catamounts, who were without a win in ECACHL play and in the midst of a 14-game winless streak. However, it was the green and gold that lit the lamp first, slipping the puck past senior goaltender Rebecca Lahar just four minutes into the game. The Raiders, who have a tendency to come out slow in the first period, bounced back in the second period when senior Amanda Barre buried a rebound from sophomore defenseman Tara French. Junior forward Allison Paiano also assisted on the goal.
The Raiders got on the board again five minutes into the third period. Barre netted her second goal of the game, with French tallying her second assist. With 10 minutes left to play, first-year Kara Leene put home her second goal this season to put the game out of reach. Lahar kept the net guarded for the rest of the game and ended up with 14 saves.
Although seniors Barre and Lahar starred for the Raiders, younger players played strong supporting roles. Sophomore French tallied three assists while four first-years were put on the ice to start the game.
"Now that it's the second semester," head coach Scott Wiley explained, "these girls aren't first-years anymore. Cassie Reid has the ability to score big goals, like the game-winner she had against Brown."
First-year defensemen Mallory Johnston and Kate Wolgemuth have been steady at the blue-line, skating on both the power-play and penalty-kill units. Leene, a native of Waterbury, VT, has shown the most promise as of late.
"Kara has steadily improved all year," Wiley said, "I think she was relieved to get the goal-scoring monkey off her back. She also scored in her home state, which was fun to see. She definitely works very hard at improving her game."
On Fri. Colgate traveled to Burlington to face-off against the lowly Catamounts, who were without a win in ECACHL play and in the midst of a 14-game winless streak. However, it was the green and gold that lit the lamp first, slipping the puck past senior goaltender Rebecca Lahar just four minutes into the game. The Raiders, who have a tendency to come out slow in the first period, bounced back in the second period when senior Amanda Barre buried a rebound from sophomore defenseman Tara French. Junior forward Allison Paiano also assisted on the goal.
The Raiders got on the board again five minutes into the third period. Barre netted her second goal of the game, with French tallying her second assist. With 10 minutes left to play, first-year Kara Leene put home her second goal this season to put the game out of reach. Lahar kept the net guarded for the rest of the game and ended up with 14 saves.
Although seniors Barre and Lahar starred for the Raiders, younger players played strong supporting roles. Sophomore French tallied three assists while four first-years were put on the ice to start the game.
"Now that it's the second semester," head coach Scott Wiley explained, "these girls aren't first-years anymore. Cassie Reid has the ability to score big goals, like the game-winner she had against Brown."
First-year defensemen Mallory Johnston and Kate Wolgemuth have been steady at the blue-line, skating on both the power-play and penalty-kill units. Leene, a native of Waterbury, VT, has shown the most promise as of late.
"Kara has steadily improved all year," Wiley said, "I think she was relieved to get the goal-scoring monkey off her back. She also scored in her home state, which was fun to see. She definitely works very hard at improving her game."