The Colby Echo

Issue date: 2/9/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Molly Warren

The women's ice hockey team finished the fall semester with one win, three losses and two ties. Over the course of winter break and January, they accumulated four more wins, five losses (including one overtime loss), and three ties, one of which was in overtime.

The last Saturday of January was the second time Colby faced Williams College, having previously beaten them 3-2 at home. The road was not so kind to our team, as they suffered a very frustrating 1-1 tie in overtime.

This past weekend saw two losses for Colby, both of which were quite painful. Colby was able to pick up a 4-2 win over Hamilton College on the road on Jan. 13, but was not able to defend their home ice last Friday where they lost 3-1 to Hamilton. The very next day held the potential to even out the weekend with a very difficult game against Trinity College, to whom Colby had lost just three weeks earlier, 5-0. Meghan Guay '10 started off the scoring in the second period, to which the Bantams responded with two goals. A goal by Caroline Voyles '08 towards the end of the second period would be the end of scoring in regulation time, leaving both teams on edge for the entire third period. Sadly, a Bantam, not a Mule, would make the game-ending goal one minute and 58 seconds into overtime. Colby lost 3-2.

"Overall the season has been frustrating," Co-Captain Lauren Goethals '08 said.

"We played extremely well against Middlebury [College] and Williams at home...[but] the bounces have just not gone our way."

Despite the setbacks, the season is far from over. This past Wednesday after press time the team played Bowdoin College at home, and having tied Bowdoin in Brunswick this past December, the team hopes to put the home ice advantage to good use. "If we play well good things will happen. We are hoping to finish the season strong and get ready to start over in the new season, the playoffs," Goethals said. There are two full weeks of regular competition remaining. The post season will start on the last Saturday of the month.

As of press time, Colby had a 5-9-5 record overall. Their 3-7-3 record in-conference ranks them sixth in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, behind Middlebury, Bowdoin, Amherst College, Hamilton and Williams. They will play Plattsburgh State this Saturday in Plattsburgh, NY, and the University of Southern Maine, who they beat 3-1 at home earlier this season, on Sunday.

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