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\"COLGATE<\/a>Colgate Blanks #2 Ferris State; Ends Bulldogs\u2019 16-Game Unbeaten Streak<\/p>\n

By Matt Faulkner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Minneapolis \u2013 Jan. 4, 2014) \u00a0After winning a shootout against top-ranked Minnesota last night, the Raiders won the 2014 Mariucci Classic with a 3-0 shutout over No. 2 Ferris State.<\/p>\n

Colgate (7-9-3) got another great start from rookie goalie Charlie Finn as he earned his first collegiate shutout with 19 saves.<\/p>\n

Darcy Murphy added his 10th goal of the season, while Spiro Goulakos and Mike McCann also scored for the Raiders. Brett Corkey was the point leader for Colgate with a pair of assists.<\/p>\n

It was the second shutout of the season against the Bulldogs and the win ended Ferris State\u2019s 16-game unbeaten streak, which was the longest in the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really proud of our effort this weekend,\u201d head coach Don Vaughan said. \u201cI thought defensively tonight we played a sound game. Our energy was good again and we didn\u2019t give up a lot of second and third opportunities and that is what we wanted to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferris State (15-2-2) saw C.J. Motte make 26 saves between the pipes, including 12 in the second period. The Bulldogs struggled on the power play, going 0-for-5 with the extra skater.<\/p>\n

In the opening 20 minutes, both teams looked to be a little tentative and didn\u2019t want to make a mistake, which resulting in only 10 shots on goal with six by the Bulldogs. Colgate sustained some pressure in the offensive zone in the opening minutes, resulting in a few chances. The best came off the stick of Tim Harrison, but Motte was up to the task with a toe save.<\/p>\n

The Raiders came alive in the second period with a pair of goals with one coming on the power play. Goulakos put the Raiders on top 1-0 with his second goal of the season and first on the power play. He ripped a shot from the point that Motte couldn\u2019t get a glove on and the Raiders led 1-0. Tyson Spink made the pass to the captain and Mike Borkowski added a helper as well for his team-leading 13th of the year.<\/p>\n

The team got the lift it needed and it came from the captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is our leader and the guys were really happy to see him score and today is six months to the day he had his last chemotherapy treatment,\u201d Vaughan said.\u00a0 \u201cWe know that it\u2019s out of system now and we are seeing him get back to the way we know he can play.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second tally of the period came off a great deflection from McCann. Corkey kept the puck in the offensive zone at the blueline and fired a wrister between the circles. McCann redirected it from the slot. The puck rang off the post and crossbar and into the net for the 2-0 advantage.<\/p>\n

Colgate kept attacking in the third period and didn\u2019t sit back on the Bulldogs. The Raiders went up 3-0 on its second power play goal on the night. This time it came from Murphy off of a Corkey shot from the left point. The puck hit off of Motte\u2019s pad and Murphy swooped in and flipped a backhander into the back of the net for the three-goal lead.<\/p>\n

From there, Finn and the defense finished off the Bulldogs, allowing only six shots in the final frame.<\/p>\n

Vaughan stuck with his rookie goaltender after the shootout win over No. 1 Minnesota and it paid off.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharlie made some key stops and he made it look a little easy at times,\u201d Vaughan added. \u201cHe made a great blocker save in the third period when we were up by two and if that went in, the momentum could have changed. He was very solid in net.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raiders have known they were playing in the Mariucci Classic for a couple of years and viewed it as a way to possibly define their young team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had this weekend circled on the calendar for a long time,\u201d Vaughan said. \u201cIt can help define a team a little bit and we are a young team that is still trying to figure out who were are and a weekend like this can go a long way in giving our guys confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raiders will face its third ranked team in a row next weekend with a visit from No. 20 Vermont at Starr Rink on\u00a0Jan. 11.<\/p>\n

Two Second Half Runs Come Up Short<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raiders Fall to\u00a0Bucknell\u00a068-57 Despite\u00a0Outshooting\u00a0Bison in 2nd Half<\/p>\n

By Kat Castner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Lewisburg, Pa. \u2013 Jan. 5, 2014) A second half surge for the Colgate men’s basketball team fell short here\u00a0Sunday\u00a0afternoon as\u00a0Bucknell\u00a0notched a 68-57 victory.<\/p>\n

“You know coming into this place, into this arena, against Coach (Dave)\u00a0Paulsen’s\u00a0program, that they are going to be ready to play,” Colgate head coach\u00a0Matt\u00a0Langel\u00a0said. “They aren’t accustomed to losing, let alone losing a couple in a row, let alone losing at home to start Patriot League play. And they were ready to play today.\u00a0A lot of credit goes to\u00a0Bucknell\u00a0for stepping up and making shots to which we did not. Obviously that had something to do with their defense, especially in the first half.<\/p>\n

“In the second half we did a little bit better job. We’re not just a 3-point shooting team; that’s not our goal. Although it’s been a big part of our early season success, we try to take what the defense gives us. And in the second half that’s what we did in order to get ourselves back in the game. But when you dig yourself that big of a hole, in league play, on the road, it’s really hard to get all the way back.”<\/p>\n

The Raiders started slow in the opening 20 minutes and found themselves down 40-24 at the break. But an 11-0 run to start the second half cut the Bison advantage to five at the\u00a014:29\u00a0mark. The Raiders would continue to pressure\u00a0Bucknell, getting the deficit down to two with less than four minutes to play. But five makes at the charity strip from the Bison in the last minute and a half of play ultimately secured them a win.<\/p>\n

Colgate (6-7, 0-2 PL) received 15 points from sophomore\u00a0AustinTillotson\u00a0after he went 4-of-6 from the floor.\u00a0Damon Sherman-Newsome and\u00a0Ethan Jacobs\u00a0added nine points each, while\u00a0Murphy\u00a0Burnatowski, Matt\u00a0McMullen\u00a0and\u00a0Luke\u00a0Roh\u00a0all recorded eight points.\u00a0Roh\u00a0also posted a team-high six boards in the loss and Sherman-Newsomenotched the Raiders’ lone 3-pointer.<\/p>\n

Overall the Raiders shot 43.8 percent from the floor and a season-low 8.3 percent from downtown, making only one of their 12 attempts (also a season-low). Colgate outscored the Bison 33-28 in the second 20 minutes but could not overcome the first-half deficit. The Raiders held the slight edge on points in the paint as well, outscoring\u00a0Bucknell\u00a032-30.<\/p>\n

Bucknell\u00a0(6-7, 1-1 PL) came out on fire to start the game and saw Chris\u00a0Hass\u00a0go for a career-high 26 points. He went 10-of-15 from the floor and 4-of-8 from long range. Dom Hoffman and Cameron Ayers also registered double figures, finishing the game with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Steven Kaspar led all players with a career-high 10 rebounds and game-high seven assists.<\/p>\n

The Bison jumped out to a quick start, hitting 53.8 percent from the floor and 50 percent from long distance in the first half. The Raiders on the other hand struggled a little, shooting 36 percent from the floor and a mere 11 percent from downtown.<\/p>\n

Five minutes into the contest,\u00a0Bucknell\u00a0had already drained three of its seven treys to take an early 13-7 advantage.<\/p>\n

The Raiders responded, however, as Sherman-Newsome\u00a0make it a three-point game at 15-12 with less than 14 minutes to play in the half.<\/p>\n

Bucknell\u00a0would then go on an 8-0 run, creating an 11-point deficit between the teams. But a\u00a0Roh\u00a0pull-back jumper in the paint ended the Raider drought, which was a little more than\u00a06\u00bd\u00a0minutes.<\/p>\n

The Bison took a 16-point lead into the locker room, thanks to a 12-6 run to finish the half.<\/p>\n

Colgate started the second half much like\u00a0Bucknell\u00a0did throughout the first, on a run, an 11-0 run to be precise, cutting the deficit to five at 40-35 with\u00a014:29\u00a0left to play. Jacobs recorded four points during that stretch.<\/p>\n

After seeing\u00a0Bucknell\u00a0extend its lead back to eight at 45-37, two quick jumpers from\u00a0Roh\u00a0and\u00a0Tillotson\u00a0pulled Colgate within four with just over 10 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the next 7\u00bd\u00a0minutes, both teams exchanged baskets until the Raiders went on a 6-0 run with less than four minutes to play, making it a two-point game at 55-53.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that would be the closest Colgate would come as the Bison finished the contest on a 13-4 run, including five of seven makes at the free throw line in the final minute and a half of action.<\/p>\n

The Raiders are back on the court\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0when they travel to Holy Cross to face off with the Crusaders in another Patriot League\u00a0matchupat\u00a07 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"ColgateH4352\"<\/a>\u00a0Josie Stockill tallied 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Colgate Sunday\u00a0afternoon against Bucknell. (Photo by Bob Cornell)\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Stockill Career High in\u00a0Sunday\u00a0Loss<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophomore Scores 17 but Bucknell Blisters Nets in 88-72 Decision<\/p>\n

By John Painter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Hamilton, NY \u2013 Jan. 5, 2014)\u00a0Bucknell placed two players over the 20-point mark and rode a\u00a0hot-shooting first half to an 88-72 victory over Colgate hereSunday.<\/p>\n

The Raiders, now 4-9 overall and 0-2 in the Patriot League, were playing their first home game in 32 days \u2013 which may have been one of the reasons the Bison appeared just as familiar with the Cotterell Court nets as Colgate did.<\/p>\n

Bucknell shot 55 percent from the floor over the first 20 minutes en route to a 46-33 halftime edge. In Thursday\u2019s opening round of conference play, Bucknell scored only 40 points for the entire game in a loss at American.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s game got away when the Bison outscored Colgate 23-9 over the final\u00a07:45\u00a0of the first half, turning a 24-23 Raiders lead into the 13-point halftime deficit. Bucknell added insult to injury by starting the second half on a 7-0 run, completing a 30-9 spurt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey started trying to jam the ball inside,\u201d Colgate head coach Nicci Hays Fort said. \u201cThey were doing a great job attacking us with the high-low. We didn\u2019t do a great job of defending the high-low and didn\u2019t do a good job on rotation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was probably my fault in the first half for not changing up the defense sooner because (Claire) DeBoer and (Audrey) Dotson really dominated us. We didn\u2019t have an answer for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeBoer finished with a career-high 24 points and Dotson added 20 for her fifth 20-point game this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cDotson and DeBoer did a great job of sealing, posting and finishing, quite honestly,\u201d Hays Fort said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do a good job with everything from our ball-pressure to our schemes and missed assignments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one run is all it took.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Foul Trouble<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colgate not only was still missing the services of the injured Kelly Reid for the third straight game, but in this one key guard Mariah Jones played only 11 of the 40 minutes because of foul trouble throughout.<\/p>\n

Jones, who averages 25 minutes, played just five minutes in the first half before fouling twice, and then was whistled for No. 3 just 21 seconds after the break. She scored all 10 of her points in the final5:48\u00a0of the second period.<\/p>\n

Both Jones and Carole Harris fouled out for the Raiders.<\/p>\n

A bright spot for Colgate was a career-high 17 points from Josie Stockill. The New Zealand sophomore had her parents and brother in the stands and was 6-of-10 from the floor, 5-of-6 from the line, with seven rebounds (five offensive).<\/p>\n

\u201cJosie did a great job by focusing and finishing,\u201d Hays Fort said. \u201cShe was very active on the offensive glass \u2013 we\u2019ve been challenging her to be active. Obviously it was a much better performance from Josie down low and we need that from her every game now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bucknell\u2019s largest lead was 75-52 with\u00a07:53\u00a0remaining. The Raiders pulled within 12 points on four different occasions in the final 2\u00bd minutes but couldn\u2019t come any closer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got better throughout the game,\u201d Hays Fort said. \u201cIn the second half, we really fought to make it difficult for them to get the ball inside and we fought for rebounds. I was proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paige Kriftcher returned to the double-figure scoring column for the third time this season with 11 points, her high since scoring 12 back onNov. 16\u00a0at Saint Francis. She was 3-of-6 from downtown.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Taylor Returns<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harris had eight points and six boards, while Lauryn Kobiela scored eight and dished out five assists. Scoring five points each were Jackie Hudepohl (11 the last two games), Kathryn Taylor and Missy Repoli, who added a career-high four assists. Catherine Lewis made one 3-pointer.<\/p>\n

For Taylor,\u00a0Sunday\u00a0marked her first action this season after an extended rehab assignment. In just four minutes, she was 1-of-2 from the field and 3-of-4 from the line to go with three boards. Taylor\u2019s five points scored were her most since scoring six against Holy Cross nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n

In addition to Bucknell\u2019s top two scorers, guard Shelby Romine added a solid double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. The Bison improved to 6-6 overall and 1-1 in the Patriot League.<\/p>\n

Bucknell finished at 48 percent (28-of-58) from the floor to Colgate\u2019s 35 percent (24-of-68). The Raiders were 6-of-24 from 3-point distance, while Bucknell was 4-of-14. Free throws favored Bucknell, which finished 28-of-38 to Colgate\u2019s 18-of-25.<\/p>\n

Colgate grabbed a 45-42 rebounding edge but committed 17 turnovers to 15 for the Bison. Points in the paint went Bucknell\u2019s way, 42-18, while Colgate claimed a 26-12 edge in bench scoring.<\/p>\n

The Raiders host Holy Cross (10-3, 2-0) in a\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0conference matchup. Start time from Cotterell Court is 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Bucknell 88, Colgate 72<\/p>\n

Bucknell (6-6, 1-1):\u00a0Megan McGurk 7, Claire DeBoer 24, Shelby Romine 12, Sheaira Jones 13, Audrey Dotson 20, Claire Maree O\u2019Bryan 2, Katherine Harris 4, Micki Impellizeri 3, Sune Swart 3. Totals: 28-28-88.<\/p>\n

Colgate (4-9, 0-2):\u00a0Lauryn Kobiela 8, Mariah Jones 10, Catherine Lewis 3, Josie Stockill 17, Carole Harris 8, Jackie Hudepohl 5, Kathryn Taylor 5, Paige Kriftcher 11, Missy Repoli 5. Totals: 24-18-72.<\/p>\n

3-Point Field Goals:\u00a0Bucknell 4 (Jones 2, McGurk, Romine); Colgate 6 (Kriftcher 3, Jones, Lewis, Repoli).<\/p>\n

Halftime:\u00a0Bucknell 46-33.<\/p>\n

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