HAMILTON, N.Y. – Junior net-minder,
Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, Ont.) tied a season high 30 saves against Wayne State Saturday afternoon, but a Warrior goal 13 seconds into overtime gave Colgate the loss.
Plenderleith was tested right from the opening faceoff, having to make 10 saves in the opening frame. Her best one of the day came just three and a half minutes into the contest, when a loose puck was picked up by a Warrior forward and shot toward an open goal, but Plenderleith dove back to her left and robbed a goal from Wayne State with the glove.
Entering the third period at a scoreless tie, the Raiders finally slipped one past Warrior goalie Delayne Brian, when Hannah Milan’s (Great Barrington, Mass.) wrist shot found the back of the net, but was called immediately called back by the referee due to a high-sticking infraction.
The officials would be forced to make another game-changing decision late in the final stanza, after a Warrior player was let free from the penalty box, prompting her to pick up a loose puck which set her on a breakaway and beating Plenderleith to the blocker side. After much deliberation, the officials called the goal back, and keeping the score 0-0.
It didn’t take the Warriors long to make it official, as Veronique Laramee-Paquette deflected a Gina Buquet slap shot through the five-hole of Plenderleith, giving Wayne State the 1-0 victory.
The win improved the Warriors record to 2-2-2, while the Raiders fall to 1-5-0. Colgate’s ECAC league play starts next weekend, when the Raiders will play host to Harvard and Dartmouth at Starr Rink.
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