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Brown University
3-21-3, 1-16-3ECAC
Colgate
19-6-7, 11-4-5ECAC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2/13/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's hockey team nearly upset No. 10/10 Colgate on Saturday at Meehan Auditorium, before falling 3-2 to the Raiders. Prior to the start of the game, seniors Hunter Davis, Kelly Micholson and Alli Rolandelli were honored for their contributions over four years.
Colgate (19-6-7, 11-4-5 ECAC) scored 5:11 into the opening period when Shannon Ormel was able to slip the puck past sophomore goaltender Julianne Landry (Hanover, Mass.) for the 1-0 lead. The Raiders held the shot advantage in the first at 13-7.
The Raiders took a 2-0 lead at 1:58 of the second when Lauren Wildfang scored. Brown (3-21-3, 1-16-3 ECAC) got one back when freshman Bridget Carey (Weymouth, Mass.) scored (11:32) with the assist coming from sophomore Sam Donovan (New Brighton, Minn.). Carey started the play when she broke up a Colgate pass and pushed the puck to Donovan. Donovan then passed it back to Carey who was in the right faceoff circle and fired one in for the score.
Colgate went in the power play at 14:10 but then got called for its own infraction to even out the skaters. Shelby Perry of Colgate then proceeded to score an unassisted tally at 15:54 to bring the Raiders' lead back to two (3-1).
Once the Bears' penalty was released, Brown again pulled within one (3-2) when junior Maddie Woo (Plymouth, Minn.) scored a power-play goal with the helpers coming from Donovan and senior Kelly Micholson (Elk Grove Village, Ill.). Micholson carried possession at the blue line and hit Donovan with a pass at the left circle, where Donovan flicked it ahead to Woo in the slot who connected on a wrister for the goal. The Bears edged Colgate in shots for the stanza, 12-11.
Junior Monica Elvin (Oakland, Calif.) went in goal towards the end of the period and made five stops.
At 4:54 in the third, Brown had a chance to tie the score when Woo fed freshman Cara Najjar (Stoneham, Mass.) with a pass in front of the net but Julia Vandyk was there to make the stop for Colgate.
The Bears had a 5-on-3 advantage for a short time at 11:13 but were unable to net the equalizer. Brown outshot the Raiders, 9-7, in the closing period.
For the game, Colgate had the lead in shots at 31-28. Brown went 1-for-3 in man-up opportunities while the Raiders were 0-for-3.
Elvin finished the game with a total of 12 saves while Landry registered 16. Vandyk had 26 stops for Colgate.
The Bears will finish out the 2015-16 season on the road with match-ups at No. 5/5 Clarkson on Friday, Feb. 19 (7:00 p.m.) and at St. Lawrence on Saturday, Feb. 20 (4:00 p.m.).
