(Providence, RI – Nov. 4, 2011) Austin Smith scored two shorthanded goals to lead the Colgate men’s hockey team to a 5-3 win over Brown to give head coach Don Vaughan (pictured) his 300th career win, becoming the 13th active coach to reach the milestone.
Colgate (5-2-1, 1-0-0 ECAC) saw Smith collect his third two-goal game of the season and his second and third shorthanded goals of the year. Kevin McNamara tallied his fourth career multi-point game with a goal and an assist, while Chris Wagner and Jeremy Price added goals in the win. Eric Mihalik was impressive in net and finished with 33 saves between the pipes for his fourth win of the year.
Brown (1-2-0, 0-1-0 ECAC) got goals from Jack Mclelland, Massimo Lamacchia and Chris Zaires in the loss. Matt Wahl added a pair of helpers for the Bears and Mike Clemente pushed aside 20 saves.
Coach Vaughan joins a select club with win No. 300. He becomes the 39th coach in NCAA Division I men’s hockey history to reach 300 wins and the fourth active ECAC Hockey coach to reach the milestone and second one in the last week, joining Dartmouth’s Bob Gaudet. He is also the first Colgate hockey coach to ever reach the milestone.
Smith gave the Raiders a 1-0 lead 6:35 into the first period with his second shorthanded goal of the season and extended his point-scoring streak to nine games. Spiro Goulakos did a great job pressuring the puck during the Brown power play. He intercepted the puck and found Smith in stride on a breakaway and he buried his eighth goal of the year.
Brown answered in the second period with two-straight scores coming 1:14 apart in the first five minutes. Mclelland tallied the first Bear goal on the power play and it came during an extra attacker situation as Brown pulled the goalie during a delayed penalty on a 5-on-4 power play. After tying the game, the Bears took their first lead 1:14 later with Lamacchia scored on the man advantage. Brown took advantage of over four-straight minutes of power play time.
The Raiders answered with 12:12 remaining in the period as McNamara scored his first of the season with a blast from the blueline. Robbie Bourdon was given the assist as he dropped the puck for McNamara during a rush up ice and he blasted it home.
The Bears tied the game 6:25 into the final frame as Zaires won a battle in front of the net. Jeff Ryan put a shot on Mihalik that the sophomore couldn’t cover and Zaires was there for the rebound to tie the game at 3-3. Smith got the lead back for the Raiders at 4-3 with his second shorthanded strike of the night, coming with 4:35 left in the game. He scored 40 seconds into the Brown power play and the goal came unassisted. Wagner sealed the win for Colgate and coach Vaughan with an empty-netter with five seconds remaining in the game.
Brown earned the shot battle with 36 shots to Colgate’s 25. The Raiders were 1-for-7 on the man advantage, while Brown went 2-for-8 with the extra skater. All three power play goals came in the second period.
Colgate will be back on the ice tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink as the Raiders travel down to ninth-ranked Yale to face the Bulldogs in a battle against ranked teams.
NOTES: Coach Vaughan had a career record of 300-298-69 … 31 of those wins have come against Brown … Colgate earned its 50th win against Brown in the all-time series (50-20-3) … Colgate has three shorthanded goals this season, all by Smith, after only scoring one in 2010-11 … Smith has scored a goal in six of the eight games played this season and has three multi-goal games … he has 11 career multiple goal games now and had his 30th multi-point game of his career … the Raiders scored the first goal for the third time this season (3-0-0) … Colgate is 4-0-0 when leading after the second period … McNamara tallied his first multi-point game since his freshman year in 2007-08 Raiders scored their 10th power play goal of the season and has at least one in its last three games … Brown has given up the 300th win to Gaudet and Vaughan this season … Mihalik made 30 or more saves for the third time this season … Wagner has scored in five of the eight games so far this season … first time since beating Robert Morris in the season opener that Colgate has won by two goals.
Colgate Women’s Basketball Tops Kings College
By Jeremiah Hergott, Director of Athletic Communications
(Hamilton, NY – Nov. 2, 2011) The Colgate women’s basketball team cruised by King’s College 82-51 in their first exhibition game on Thursday night at Cotterell Court. Sophomore Catherine Lewis led the Raiders with a game-high 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting.
Junior Jhazmine Lynch added 13 points, five assists, and two blocks while sophomore guard Lauryn Kobiela scored 13 points with five assists and two steals. Freshman Mariah Jones also reached double-digits with 10 points along with a game-high three steals, while senior Candice Green had a game-high seven assists and Kelly Korkowski recorded six blocked shots.
From the jump ball Colgate took control of the game and made it a priority on defense to hound the Monarchs, forcing 13 turnovers and racking up eight steals in the first half. The Raiders opened an early 15-5 lead with 13:31 to play and never looked back. At the end of the half Colgate had a commanding 51-31 lead, as Kobiela and Lynch each had 11 points, while Lewis had 10 to lead the Raiders.
The second half resembled the first, with the Raiders applying full court man-to-man defense, which was too much for Monarch’s to handle. The pressure continued, as the Raiders were able to push the lead to 72-39 in the closing minutes to put the game out of reach.
Colgate shot 60.6 percent from the field in the first half and 48.1 percent in the second. The team also shot 69.2 percent from beyond the arch in the first half, but cooled down a little in the second only shooting 50 percent.
Women’s Soccer
Colgate’s Jillian Kinter (pictured), the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, battles an Army player for possession during semifinal round action in the 2011 Patriot League Tournament. (Photo by Bob Cornell)
Raiders Clinch PL Tournament Berth with Sweep
(Easton, Pa. – Nov. 4, 2011) The Colgate volleyball team will be going to its eighth-straight Patriot League Tournament after a 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-20) sweep of Lafayette on Friday night at Kirby Sports Center.
Colgate (12-14, 8-3 PL) saw Caitlin Cremin turn in a terrific game from the backline with seven service aces and 10 digs. The seven aces were all in the first two sets. Maureen Colligan chipped in with a team-high nine kills, while Kaylee Dougherty andLindsay Young posted six kills apiece. Lexi Finger tied Cremin for the team-high in digs with 10.
Lafayette (8-16, 1-10 PL) got nine kills from Camissa Beghou, while Michelle Woodworth tallied 10 digs. Sarah Frohnapfel scored 22 assists in the loss.
“Our serving game was strong tonight which allowed us to control the match,” said head coach Ryan Baker. “However, we need a better performance tomorrow. I felt our backrow specialists were consistent throughout the match which helped us secure the win.”
The Raiders had trouble early on in the first set, allowing the Leopards to gain a 6-2 advantage. Colgate then went on a run of eight-straight points to take the lead at 10-6. Cremin was a one-woman wrecking crew with four service aces to factor in four of the eight points. The Raiders allowed Lafayette back in the match, but with the score 14-10, Young, Colligan and Diane Seely helped Colgate close out the set with an 11-5 run to win the first set 25-15. Young and Colligan finished with three kills in the set and Seely had two.
Cremin continued her excellent serving with two aces in the first five points to give Colgate an early 4-1 lead. The Raiders held onto that lead throughout the set, allowing the Leopards to get to within one three times down the stretch, including 22-21. Colgate finished off the second set with Colligan recording two kills between a Lafayette error to give the Raiders a 25-21 win in the second set.
In the third set, the Leopards jump out to a 5-1 lead and held the advantage untilKaylee Fifer struck with a kill to give Colgate its first lead of the set at 16-15. After a back-and-forth few points, Colligan gave the Raiders a two-point lead at 19-17. Colgate kept the momentum and didn’t give up the lead. Dougherty helped close out the match with her sixth kill and then Lafayette had an error to end the set at 25-20. Colligan and Young led the team in the third set with three kills apiece.
