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Colgate Has Tough Hockey Weekend with Cornell

Sun, Jan 23, 2011

Upstate New York collegiate hockey's version of the Backyard Brawl -- Colgate vs. Cornell -- ended badly for the Raiders this weekend.

The Colgate men lost 5-2 Saturday night at Cornell and tied the Big Red 1-1 at home in overtime Friday.

Colgate's women lost 5-0 at home Saturday afternoon and lost 6-1 in Ithaca Friday night.

On Saturday, Colgate junior Austin Smith recorded his first two-goal game of the season, but Tyler Roeszler's hat trick helped Cornell hand the Colgate men's hockey team the loss Saturday night in Ithaca.

Colgate (3-19-2, 0-10-2 ECAC) got its two goals from Smith, while goalie Eric Mihalik made 18 saves in the loss.

The Colgate women's hockey team dropped the second game of a two-game set against No. 2 Cornell, and were outshot 38-14 in the game.

Junior goalie Kim Sass had 33 saves for Colgate.

The Raiders will Light Up Starr Rink Blue in its next game against Rensselaer on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m., as part of its Autism Awareness Project.

For that game and the following matchup against Union on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 4 p.m., the team will be wearing special edition puzzle-piece jerseys, which will be auctioned online after the Union game. The team is looking to have at least 1,000 fans attend the game. Free t-shirts, provided by Price Chopper, will be given to the first 250 fans.

The game will be televised on Time Warner Cable Sports.

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