#5 Colgate Crushes Syracuse, 7-1
HAMILTON — Fifth-year Kristýna Kaltounková recorded her third-straight game with two or more goals in her fourth-career hat trick as No. 5 Colgate cruised by Syracuse, 7-1, on Saturday afternoon. Madeline Palumbo, Elyssa Biederman and Casey Borgiel contributed a pair of helpers each as Sara Stewart, Emma Pais and Kaia Malachino all added a goal and an assist.
HAMILTON — Fifth-year Kristýna Kaltounková recorded her third-straight game with two or more goals in her fourth-career hat trick as No. 5 Colgate cruised by Syracuse, 7-1, on Saturday afternoon. Madeline Palumbo, Elyssa Biederman and Casey Borgiel contributed a pair of helpers each as Sara Stewart, Emma Pais and Kaia Malachino all added a goal and an assist.
It is the Raiders 15th consecutive victory over the Orange, and their 11th win in their last 12 outings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Raiders wasted no time lighting the lamp with Kaltounková scoring her first of the evening less than a minute into the opening period.
- Stewart danced past two Orange defenders for her fifth score of the year, moving the puck to her backhand just outside of the crease to double Colgate's lead.
- Colgate scored twice in the next two minutes with Kaltounková cashing in on a rebounded Malachino wrister, and Neena Brick converting on a tough-angle shot from below the far faceoff circle.
- After a four-goal first period for Colgate, Syracuse cut the deficit to three 12 minutes into the second stanza.
- The Raiders answered quickly with their NCAA-leading 27th power play goal of the season, this time off the stick of Pais.
- With time winding down in the third, Malachino tacked on an insurance tally with just under five minutes to play before Kaltounková picked up the hat trick at the 17:17 mark.
GAME NOTES
- The Raiders put a new season-high 48 shots on goal in the triumph, and did not allow the Orange to put a puck on net until nearly eight minutes into the first period.
- Kaltounková stretched her team-high point streak to 10 games, scoring 20 points in that span.
- Biederman's point streak improved to eight games, where she has added 15 tallies.
- First-year netminder Farah Walker earned her third win of the season making 22 saves at a 96% clip in the win.
UP NEXT
Colgate (16-4, 7-1 ECAC) will take a break during the month of December, playing its next game on the road at No. 10 St. Lawrence (9-5-4, 3-1-2 ECAC) on Friday, Jan. 3 at 6 p.m.
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