Box Score / Highlights

TROY, N.Y. – Kristen Jakubowski and Madison Marzario scored 1:02 apart midway through the third period to break a 3-3 tie and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey team defeated Colgate, 5-4, in an ECAC Hockey game at the Houston Field House.

RPI improves to 9-8-6 overall – including 4-1-4 in its last nine games – and 7-4-1 in the league, while the Raiders fall to 7-14-2 and 4-7-1.

After Colgate tied the game early in the third period, Jakubowski (Lake Placid, NY/The Northwood School) put the Engineers back ahead with a shot from the top of the left circle that squeezed through the goalie and into the back of the net. For Jakubowski, a junior forward, the goal was her fifth of the season and second in as many games.

Marzario (Prior Lake, MN/Shattuck St. Mary's) needed just over a minute later to give RPI its third two-goal advantage of the afternoon when she tallied her first career goal on an end-to-end rush. The freshman defenseman, who also had two assists, scored on a fluky play when she took the puck from her defensive zone and skated down the right side of the ice below the goal line. Her centering pass kicked off the skate of a Colgate defender and slid across the goal line.

The Raiders pulled to within one goal at 16:01 when sophomore Brittany Phillips (Lauder, MB/Westman Wildcats) scored a power play marker on a hard shot from the bottom of the left face-off circle. Colgate pulled its goaltender for the final 1:22 but was unable to even the score.

Rensselaer needed just about the entire first period before opening the scoring as its first goal came at 19:34 of the opening frame as sophomore Taylor Horton (St. Thomas, ON/Bluewater Hawks) scored her first of two on the day from the slot. Junior Alisa Harrison (Vienna, VA/Washington Pride) doubled the lead with a breakaway goal at 2:30 of the second period, but Jessi Waters (Menlo Park, CA/San Jose Sharks) cut the Raiders deficit in half with a goal at the 6:56 mark.

Horton's second goal, a deflection of a Marzario shot, put the home team back ahead by two goals, but Colgate again fought back, this time with Rachel Walsh (Calgary, AB/Edge School) scoring from just outside of the crease with only 1:07 left in the second period.

The Raiders tied the score on a close-range goal from Jenna Klynstra (Edmonton, AB/Edmonton Thunder) at 3:56 of the third period. Klynstra, who also had an assist, was one of four Colgate skaters with multiple points. Waters finished with a goal and two assists, Phillips also had a goal and an assist and Amanda Kirwan (Mississauga, ON/Toronto Jr. Aeros) notched two assists.

For RPI, in addition to Marzario and Horton, others with multiple points were defenseman Sierra Vadner (Apple Valley, MN/Minnesota Thoroughbreds), who had three assists, and Jordan Smelker (Anchorage, AK/Team Alaska U-19), who assisted on two goals.

Senior Sonia van der Bliek (Toronto, ON/Toronto Jr. Aeros) earned the win in relief, stopping eight shots in the third period. Shannon Ramelot (Bloomfield, MI/Honeybaked) made 15 saves on 17 shots through the first two periods. For Colgate, senior Lisa Plenderleith (Ajax, ON/Durham Jr. Lightning) made 10 saves.

RPI returns to the ice on at league foes Harvard and Dartmouth next weekend. Colgate plays Cornell in a pair of ECAC Hockey games next weekend.