The Colby Echo

Issue date: 2/16/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Molly Warren File Photo

As the regular season nears its end, the Colby women's hockey team saw some intense action this past week as they picked up an overtime win over Bowdoin College, a loss to top-ranked Plattsburgh State, and a win over the University of Southern Maine.

"They [Bowdoin] came back from a two goal deficit to take the lead, [but] we never gave up, and never stopped believing that we would win," Captain Gen Triganne '08 said. Even though Bowdoin outshot Colby 37-23, Colby outsaved Bowdoin 32-17, and outscored them 6-5.

The Mules took an early lead in last Wednesday's game, 3-1 after just one period, sending a clear message to the Polar Bears that they needed to be ready to play if they wanted a chance. And play they did, scoring three goals in a row in the third period, bringing the game to a 5-5 tie at the end of regulation time. After three minutes of overtime play, Colby's Becky Julian '09, assisted by Caroline Voyles '08, managed to get the puck past Bowdoin's Samantha Schwager to score the final goal of the game.

This past weekend, the team traveled to play Plattsburgh State. Plattsburgh State is currently the nationally top ranked division III team, and though the game did not turn out in Colby's favor, with an 8-0 result, it gave them valuable experience playing against some extremely talented opponents. The very next day the team traveled down to USM, where they would pick up a well-earned win over the Huskies.

"Even though we were tired and didn't play a great first period, we battled the whole game and came out on top," Triganne said. The women had faced off against the Huskies earlier this season with an identical 3-1 result favoring Colby. Amanda Comeau '09, this week's NESCAC Player of the Week, tallied a goal for the Mules just 34 seconds into the first period, but Southern Maine came back 11 minutes later to tie. However, Julian scored the game winning goal in the second period before adding an insurance goal. Triganne had 20 saves for the win. She commented, "All in all it was a successful week for us, and we look forward to finishing the regular season off strong with two home games against Wesleyan this weekend."

The Wesleyan games, Friday at 7:00 and Saturday at 3:00, will mark the end of the regular season and the beginning of the NESCAC tournament season. Colby is currently ranked fifth in the league behind Middlebury College, Bowdoin, Amherst College and Hamilton College with an in-league record of four wins, seven losses and three ties, and an overall record of seven wins, 10 losses, and five ties. Last season the Mules finished fourth in the league, and they hope to match that again this season. The tournament will begin one week after the end of the regular season.

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