NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Breanne Wilson-Bennett (Markham, Ontario) scored a pair of goals for the Raiders Friday night at Ingalls Rink as the No. 3/3 Colgate women’s ice hockey team dominated the Yale Bulldogs in a 5-1 win.
Wilson-Bennett picked up her second two-goal game of the season and sixth of her career as part of the Raiders fifth consecutive win, tied for the third longest winning streak in program history.
Fellow seniors Annika Zalewski (New Hartford, New York) and Lauren Wildfang (Waterdown, Ontario) also added two points on the night with Zalewski recording a goal and an assist and Wildfang picked up a pair of assists.
Kaila Pinkney (Denfield, Ontario) and junior Jessie Eldridge (Barrie, Ontario) also scored for the Raiders in Friday night’s victory.
The Raiders got a pair of goals in the first 10:07 of the game behind Eldridge’s eighth goal of the season and Wilson-Bennett’s first goal of the game. Eldridge put the Raiders on top 1-0 just 2:54 into the game before Wilson-Bennett doubled the Raiders lead just over seven minutes later.
Yale pulled within a goal as Laura Anderson potted her second of the season but its as close as the Bulldogs could get in Friday’s game.
Zalewski buried her third goal of the season just 1:11 into the second period and Pinkney got her first of the year nearly midway through the third as Olivia Zafuto (Niagara Falls, New York) and senior Ellie DeCaprio (Wellesley, Massachusetts) picked up the helpers on Pinkney’s goal.
Wilson-Bennett capped off the scoring with her second goal of the game coming with 8:24 to go in the third period to solidify the Raiders win to make them 12-1-0, tied for the most wins for the program in its first 13 games after going 12-0-1 in the first 13 games last season.
BOTTOM LINE
No. 3/3 Colgate 5, Yale 1
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Raiders picked up their fifth consecutive win to improve to 12-1-0 (4-1-0 ECAC Hockey) while the Bulldogs fall to 2-5-2 (1-4-2 ECAC Hockey)
KEY RAIDER INFO
-The Raiders scored five goals in a game for the fourth time this season and have scored four or more goals on eight different occasions
-Wilson-Bennett tallied her second two-goal game of the season and her sixth career two-goal game
-Wilson-Bennett also has two points in back-to-back games after a goal and an assist at New Hampshire on Nov. 11
-Eldridge found the back of the net for the eighth time this season, tying Shae Labbe (Calgary, Alberta) for the most goals on the team
-Eldridge’s goal was also the 30th of her career, making her the fifth active player on the team with 30 career goals
-Julia Vandyk (Cambridge, Ontario) finished the game with 17 saves as she lowered her GAA to 1.14 on the season and maintained a .951 save percentage
-Vandyk has allowed just four goals over the last five games and is now 7-0-0 on the season
-Wildfang took over the team lead as she finished the game with 11 assists on the season after picking up two against the Bulldogs
-Wildfang has recorded 10 of her 11 assists in the last seven games
-Zalewski recorded her third multi-point game of the season and 14th of her career after a goal and an assist Friday night
-Pinkney recorded her first goal of the season and first goal since Jan. 27 for her third career goal
-DeCaprio, a senior for the Raiders, picked up her first assist of the season as she played in her 99th career game
-Sullivan picked up her sixth of the season and matched Wilson-Bennett as the pair recorded their 10th points of the season
-Colgate now has eight players already with 10 or more points this season
-Bailey Larson (Sycamore, Illinois) picked up her fourth assist and eight point of the season
FACTS AND FIGURES
-The Raiders once against dominated the shots with a 37-18 advantage and recorded at least 12 shots in every period
-Colgate tallied a power-play goal for the third straight game and was perfect (4 for 4) on the penalty kill for the ninth time this season
-The Raiders also won the faceoff battle 38-22 led by Wilson-Bennett’s game-high 14 wins and Labbe’s 12 for 17 performance
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Greg Fargo
“It was a good effort from start to finish tonight. I really liked how ready we were to play from the start. We did some good things in 5-on-5 situations on both sides of the puck, and overall, we’re making strides forward in the areas that we are talking about improving upon.
“It was a good team win and everyone is excited to play again tomorrow.”
UP NEXT
Colgate travels North on I-95 where they’ll take on the Brown Bears (1-8-0, 1-6-0 ECAC Hockey) Saturday afternoon at Meehan Auditorium with puck drop set for 3 p.m. in Providence, Rhode Island.
