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Dutchwomen open first ECACH road trip at Colgate and Cornell

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - The Union College women's ice hockey looks to improve upon their 1-1-0 record against conference foes when they travel to Colgate and #3 Cornell for their first road conference matches of the season. 

The Dutchwomen will kick of their ECAC road schedule by taking a trip to Hamilton, N.Y. for a 7 pm matchup with the Raiders. They will follow that game by traveling southwest to Ithaca, N.Y. for a 4 pm matchup with #3 Cornell on Saturday afternoon. 

Last Time Out
Last weekend the Dutchwomen opened up ECAC play by welcoming Dartmouth and #7 Harvard to the confines of Messa Rink for matchups on Friday and Saturday. Despite never earning a win against either club in their previous 20 meetings the Dutchwomen played impressively against both opponents. They picked up their first program win against Dartmouth in a 3-0 shutout on Friday evening and followed that by losing a close 3-0 bout on Saturday against Harvard. 
  • The Dutchwomen opened the scoring mid-way through the first period when senior forward Mac Purvis tallied her first goal of season off a feed from sophomore forward Jessica Kaminsky. The play was set up also set up by junior forward Christine Valente who fed a puck to the corner for Kaminsky. Kaminsky rifled a pass to Purvis who tricked a shot through the goaltender's legs. The eventual game winning goal was scored at the 10:19 mark of the period.
  • The Dutchwomen added two more goals in the second period to gain the 3-0 advantage. Freshman defenseman Kathryn Davis opened up the second period scoring with a blast from the point that beat Dartmouth goaltender Katie Milligan high to the blocker side. Davis was set up by a cross-zone pass from sophomore forward Courtney Turner. Senior forward Stefanie Thomson also assisted on the play after a drop pass in the corner led to the Turner pass at the 8:44 mark of the second period.
  • The third period was all junior goaltender Shenae Lundberg as she stopped the final 10 shots she faced. The Dutchwomen took four penalties in the period but Lundberg stood strong as she made save-after-save through traffic. She ended the game with a 25-save shutout, the second of her career.
  • Sophomore forward Kathryn Tomaselli added the final Dutchwomen goal under three minutes later when she blasted a shot through Milligan's five-hole at point-blank range after a feed from the corner from Turner. Once again the play was set up by Thomson who made a drop pass to Turner in the corner at the 11:23 mark of the period.
  • Dartmouth outshot Union 25-18 in the game, including outshooting them 10-0 in the final stanza. For the first time this year the Dutchwomen tied an opponent in face-offs, with both teams earning 29 wins in the circle.
  • The first few minutes of the period plagued the Dutchwomen in the second matchup as all three Crimson goals were scored within the first 3:30 of the first and second period. Harvard opened up the game when Marissa Gedman scooped up a loose puck and bounced a shot off a defender's shin pad and through the five-hole of Lundberg.
  • The Dutchwomen had a slow start to the second period as Miye D'Oench tallied two goals just 2:07 apart to give the Crimson their 3-0 lead.
  • Junior goaltender Shenae Lundberg had another impressive day, racking up 22 saves including multiple saves on the penalty kill against a Crimson squad that leads the nation on the power play. Lundberg made 10 stops in the final period alone despite being pulled for 2:51 in favor of an extra attacker.
Scouting the Raiders
The Raiders are off to a slow start, racking up only 2 wins in their first ten games. Colgate dropped their first three games of the season to #1 Minnesota (1-3 and 3-8) and UConn (2-3 OT). They salvaged their home opening weekend by taking a 1-0 decision over UConn following the overtime defeat. Their only other win came in OT versus RIT. They come into the game after dropping their first four ECAC matches to St. Lawrence, #5 Clarkson, Quinnipiac and Princeton.
  • The Raiders have been outscored badly in their opening games with a scoring margin of -2.3 per game. This has led to them being the lowest scoring team in the nation by averaging only 1.1 goals per game. 
  • In the first ten games junior forward Miriam Drubel has led the Raider attack by racking up four goals and two assists. Senior forward Jocelyn Simpson, junior forward Melissa Kueber and freshman forward Liz Trautz have all registered two goals on the season. 
  • Colgate is led defensively by senior captain Megan Wickens. Wickens has never missed a game in her Raider career and racked up 16 points (1-15-16) a season ago. She and junior defenseman Katei Case lead an inexperienced group of underclassmen that includes two sophomores and two freshman. 
  • The team has used all three of the goaltenders on their roster to open up the season. Sophomore Ashlynne Rando has received the most starts (5) and has posted a 1-4 record with a 4.12 GAA and .881 Sv. %. Junior Susan Allen has seen action in six games, including three starts to rack up a 1-2 record with a 2.47 GAA and .915 SV %. Junior Brittney Brooks has also seen action and has lost bother her decisions by averaging 3.38 goals against per game and posting a .919 SV %. 
Scouting the Big Red

The third ranked Big Red are tied for the second longest unbeaten streak in the nation at six after starting out the season 5-0-1. Cornell has racked up wins over Northeastern, Clarkson, St. Lawrence and Princeton and currently sit atop ECACH with a 3-0-1 record in league play. 
  • Cornell has racked up power play goals in bunches and currently sit seventh in the nation with 7 power play goals on 30 attempts. This has also led to them being the highest scoring team in the nation (4.5 G/GM). 
  • Cornell is led offensively by the nation's leading scorer, junior Emily Fulton, who has racked up 14 points (6-8-14) in just six games. Cornell also has three other players in the top twenty offensively. Senior Jessica Campbell (1.67 PPG) and junior Jillian Saulnier (1.33 PPG) also help lead the potent Big Red attack. Freshman forwards Hanna Bunton and Kaitlin Doering rank in the top thirty in points per game for rookies (.5). 
  • The Crimson blue line is led by senior Hayleigh Cudmore who is leading the nation in points per game by a defenseman with 1.33. Fellow senior Alyssa Gagliardi (1.00 PPG) lead a largely inexperienced group of underclassmen that include three sophomores and one freshman. Gagliardi (2-4-6) and sophomore Cassandra Poudrier (0-4-4) also rank in the top 25 for scoring defenseman  
  • Senior Lauren Slebodnick has started every game for the Big Red on the season. She has recorded a record of 5-0-1 and has posted a 2.31 GAA and .915 Sv. %. She has allowed four power play goals and two short handed goals on the season. 
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