HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Wayne State women's hockey team (4-4-0) scored three goals in the first period and put the brakes on a Colgate (2-4-0) comeback to defeat the Raiders, 5-3, on Saturday afternoon to complete the weekend sweep at Starr Rink.

Three Warriors – Gina Buquet (Lafayette, La./Ohio Flames), Jill Szandzik (Warren, Mich./Little Caesars) and Julie Ingratta (Markham, Ont./North American Hockey Academy) – finished with a goal and two assists each.

Julie Hebert (Chelmsford, Ont./Aurora Jr. Panthers) had a pair of assists, Veronique Laramee-Paquette (Mont-Tremblant, Que./Les Cheminots) scored a goal and added a helper, and Delayne Brian (Winnipeg, Man./Notre Dame Hounds) collected 40 saves.

Szandzik, who finished with seven points in the series, scored the game-winning power-play goal with 3:50 remaining in regulation after the Raiders tied it up at 3-3. She later assisted on Julie Ingratta's (Markham, Ont./North American Hockey Academy) power-play goal to seal the sweep.

Wayne State again tallied three power-play goals, including the first goal of the game by Baldin at 8:04 in the opening period.

Laramee-Paquette and Buquet scored two minutes apart in the latter stages of the period, and the Warriors went into the locker room with a 3-0 lead.

The Raiders' rally began when Taylor Volpe lit the lamp midway through the second period. Brittany Phillips made it a one-goal game at 10:43 in the third, and less than two minutes later Jenna Klynstra tied the score.

Brian made 19 of her 40 saves in the second period, and again held Colgate's power-play unit scoreless at 0-for-4. She earned her 24th career victory, putting her in a tie with Anna VanderMarliere (2000-04) for second place all-time at WSU.

Wayne State is idle for the next two weeks before opening conference play Nov. 12-13 at Robert Morris.

NOTES
Wayne State has won four straight against Colgate dating back to last season … eight different Warriors earned at least one point in the series … Ingratta leads the team with six goals this season … Brian and VanderMarliere are second only to Valery Turcotte (2004-08) who has 46 career wins.