{"id":53515,"date":"2014-02-08T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=53515"},"modified":"2014-02-08T10:37:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T15:37:54","slug":"volpe-scores-twice-in-ot-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=53515","title":{"rendered":"Volpe Scores Twice in OT Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"COLGATE<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 5 Cornell Strikes Late Once Again in 4-3 Heartbreaker; Game 2Saturday\u00a0in Ithaca<\/p>\n

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

(Hamilton, NY \u2013 Feb. 7, 2014)\u00a0Colgate\u2019s third straight close encounter in women’s hockey with rival Cornell ended just like the other two \u2013 in the ditch.<\/p>\n

The fifth-ranked Big Red scored with 19 seconds remaining in overtime for a 4-3 victory, stealing another gut-wrenching decision away from the Raiders hereFriday\u00a0at Starr Rink. Game 2 of the weekend home-and-home set is\u00a0Saturdayafternoon at\u00a04 o\u2019clock\u00a0in Ithaca.<\/p>\n

In last year\u2019s ECAC Hockey playoffs, top-seeded and second-ranked Cornell eliminated Colgate at Lynah Rink by the scores of 5-4 and 3-2 \u2013 scoring a combined three goals in the final minute of regulation and another in overtime. The closeout-game goal happened with :01 on the clock.<\/p>\n

The scene of Friday\u2019s crime was different but the result felt all too familiar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a team that knows we can be in the close games, but can we win them?\u201d head coach Greg Fargo asked. \u201cThat\u2019s the challenge now. We\u2019ve gotten ourselves to a spot where we\u2019re competing with good teams, but now we\u2019ve got to turn the corner and turn those into Ws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cornell won this game when Jillian Saulnier jammed the puck under the pad of Colgate goalie Ashlynne Rando at the far post. Colgate was in the middle of a change when Cassandra Poudrier found Emily Fulton with a two-line pass and Fulton charged into the Colgate zone. She shoveled the puck over to Saulnier after waiting for her to get into position, and Saulnier didn\u2019t miss.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Best Against the Top Opponents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colgate\u2019s overtime result against ECAC Hockey\u2019s third-place team was no surprise to Fargo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re another good team in our league that we get excited for,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen our team play our best when we\u2019re playing great opponents.<\/p>\n

“Our league from top to bottom is very competitive, and Cornell is another one of those teams that\u2019s right at the top. We can complete with anybody and we proved it again tonight, even though the score didn\u2019t end up in our favor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cornell took a 1-0 lead when Caroline DeBruin took advantage of a penalty shot after Colgate was called for tripping on a Big Red breakaway. DeBruin made a couple of stick handles in front of Rando and tucked the puck between the pads for her third goal of the year with\u00a012:55\u00a0left in the first.<\/p>\n

The Raiders got even just past the midway point of the period on a snipe from Drubel rushing up ice. Nicole Gass and Megan Wickens played catch in the defensive area and then Wickens spotted Drubel. The junior broke through the neutral zone and had a couple of teammates with her. Instead of finding help, Drubel ripped one from the left circle that beat Slebodnick top shelf on the glove side.<\/p>\n

The Big Red regained the lead with\u00a011:08\u00a0remaining in the second with Emily Fulton scoring her 15th of the season by driving the net and beating Rando. Alyssa Gagliardi stole a clearing attempt by Colgate in the neutral area and pushed into the offensive zone, dropping a pass to Fulton.<\/p>\n

Volpe Working Hard<\/strong><\/p>\n

But just before the middle stanza ended, Volpe tipped home a shot from Wickens to make it 2-2. The senior captain floated a wrister from the point that found its way over a diving Big Red player, and Volpe was open at the far post.<\/p>\n

The puck hit off her tape and into the back of the net to tie the game with 48 seconds left in the second period. It was a just result for Colgate, which had controlled a lot of the second period thanks to five power plays and a 13-11 shot advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been working hard, and Taylor has been one of our most consistent workers all season,\u201d Fargo said of his junior. \u201cYou see her name in the score sheet a lot, but the things she doesn\u2019t get credit for is just how hard she plays on the puck. She\u2019s creating turnovers, blocking shots and doing all the things you like your leaders to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raiders took their 3-2 lead on Volpe\u2019s second tally of the night \u2013 this time another shot from the left circle that looked similar to Drubel\u2019s goal. Melissa Kueber won a board battle in front of the Colgate bench and slipped a pass up to Volpe. She skated into the zone and fired a slapper past the blocker of Slebodnick to give the Raiders their first lead\u00a01:35\u00a0into the third period.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor earns her opportunities through hard work,\u201d Fargo said. \u201cShe gets herself to good scoring areas and she\u2019s got a deadly shot. When she gets an opportunity, she makes it count.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just Enough Once Again<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poudrier got the Big Red even with\u00a03:18\u00a0left in the third on a shot from the blueline that went through traffic and got past Rando. Saulnier passed the puck along the blueline to Poudrier for one of the two assists.<\/p>\n

That set the stage for the 5-minute overtime and for Poudrier to begin the game\u2019s final rush. The puck found Saulnier with just enough space for her game-winner.<\/p>\n

Shots were 35-29 in favor of Cornell, and Colgate finished 0-for-8 on the power play to Cornell\u2019s 0-for-2. Rando made 31 saves for Colgate in her 64-plus minutes; Cornell\u2019s Lauren Slebodnick earned her 14th win behind 26 saves.<\/p>\n

The Raiders had a chance at their first three-game winning streak in more than two years but dropped to 7-20-2 overall and 4-13-0 in ECAC Hockey action. Cornell is now 17-3-4 and 12-2-3.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing we realize is Cornell\u2019s a good team, but so are we when we want to play,\u201d Fargo said. \u201cEven though we\u2019ve handed them a couple of wins here in the last three meetings, it just lights a fire even more to be quite honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played them close. We\u2019ve let some games slip through our hands this year \u2013 against Cornell especially \u2013 and we\u2019ve got to find a way to win those games. That\u2019s the difference moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 5 Cornell Strikes Late Once Again in 4-3 Heartbreaker; Game 2Saturday\u00a0in Ithaca By John Painter (Hamilton, NY \u2013 Feb. 7, 2014)\u00a0Colgate\u2019s third straight close encounter in women’s hockey with rival Cornell ended just like the other two \u2013 in the ditch. The fifth-ranked Big Red scored with 19 seconds remaining in overtime for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}