# 2018–19 Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey season
## Offseason
### Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Notes |
| Tanner Gates | Defense | United States | Skated for the Anaheim Lady Ducks Was a two-sport star, having participated in lacrosse at El Camino High School |
| Eleri Mackay | Forward | United States | Played for the North American Hockey Academy, winning three national championships Also spent one season with the Chicago Mission for one season ... Also played soccer at Brookfield East High School |

## Regular season
### Standings

2018–19 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Cornell† | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 75 | 32 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 114 | 61 |
| #10 Colgate | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 83 | 49 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 133 | 96 |
| #3 Clarkson* | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 81 | 36 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 143 | 73 |
| #7 Princeton | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 83 | 40 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 116 | 68 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 51 | 46 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 76 | 87 |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 52 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 73 | 73 |
| Harvard | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 46 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 74 | 68 |
| RPI | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 33 | 57 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 50 | 88 |
| Yale | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 61 | 29 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 62 | 87 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 66 | 29 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 39 | 88 |
| Brown | 22 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 88 | 29 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 47 | 109 |
| Union | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 86 | 34 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 43 | 129 |
| Championship: March 10, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com |||||||||||||||

### Schedule

Source:
| Date | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Decision | Result | Record |
| Exhibition |||||||
| September 23 | Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | Alexa Dobchuk | T 4-4 | |
| Regular Season |||||||
| September 28 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | Julia Vandyk | W 3-1 | 1-0-0 (0-0-0) |
| September 29 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | L 2-4 | 1-1-0 (0-0-0) |
| October 5 | at #5 Ohio State Buckeyes | OSU Arena • Columbus, OH | L 3-4 | 1-2-0 (0-0-0) |
| October 6 | at #5 Ohio State Buckeyes | OSU Arena • Columbus, OH | W 5-2 | 2-2-0 (0-0-0) |
| October 12 | at #9 Northeastern Huskies | Matthews Arena • Boston, MA | Julia Vandyk | W 3-2 | 3-2-0 (0-0-0) |
| October 13 | at #9 Northeastern Huskies | Matthews Arena • Boston, MA | L 2-5 | 3-3-0 (0-0-0) |
| October 26 | Dartmouth Big Green | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 6-0 | 4-3-0 (1-0-0) |
| October 27 | Harvard Crimson | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | Julia Vandyk | W 1-0 | 5-3-0 (2-0-0) |
| November 2 | at Brown Bears | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | L 3-4 | 5-4-0 (2-1-0) |
| November 3 | at Yale Bulldogs | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, CT | Julia Vandyk | W 5-2 | 6-4-0 (3-1-0) |
| November 9 | at Robert Morris Colonials | Clearview Arena • Pittsburgh, PA | Julia Vandyk | W 4-3 | 7-4-0 (3-1-0) |
| November 10 | at Robert Morris Colonials | Clearview Arena • Pittsburgh, PA | Julia Vandyk | T 2-2 $^{OT}$ | 7-4-1 (3-1-1) |
| November 16 | at Princeton Tigers | Hobey Baker Rink • Princeton, NJ | L 0-6 | 7-5-1 (3-2-1) |
| November 17 | at Quinnipiac Bobcats | Hamden, CT | Julia Vandyk | T 3-3 | 7-5-2 (3-2-2) |
| November 30 | #3 Clarkson Golden Knights | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | Julia Vandyk | W 4-1 | 8-5-2 (4-2-2) |
| December 1 | #9 St. Lawrence Saints | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | Julia Vandyk | W 5-1 | 9-5-2 (5-2-2) |
| December 6 | at Syracuse Orange | Tennity Ice Pavilion • Syracuse, NY | Julia Vandyk | W 5-2 | 10-5-2 |
| December 8 | Syracuse Orange | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | Julia Vandyk | W 4-2 | 11-5-2 |
| January 5 | at Mercyhurst Lakers | Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, PA | Julia Vandyk | T 1-1 | 11-5-3 |
| January 6 | at Mercyhurst Lakers | Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, PA | Kennedy Blair (MU) | L 5-8 | 11-6-3 |
| January 11 | Quinnipiac Bobcats | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 5-2 | 12-6-3 |
| January 12 | #5 Princeton Tigers | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | T 4-4 | 12-6-4 |
| January 18 | at Harvard Crimson | Bright-Landry Center • Cambridge, MA | W 4-2 | 13-6-4 |
| January 19 | at Dartmouth Big Green | Thompson Arena • Hanover, NH | Julia Vandyk | W 5-1 | 14-6-4 |
| January 25 | #6 Cornell Big Red | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | L 2-4 | 14-7-4 |
| January 26 | at #6 Cornell Big Red | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, NY | L 2-4 | 14-8-4 |
| February 1 | RPI Engineers | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 4-1 | 15-8-4 |
| February 2 | Union Dutchwomen | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 5-2 | 16-8-4 |
| February 8 | at St. Lawrence Saints | Appleton Arena • Canton, NY | T 2-2 | 16-8-5 |
| February 9 | at #4 Clarkson Golden Knights | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, NY | W 4-3 $^{OT}$ | 17-8-5 |
| February 15 | Yale Bulldogs | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 6-3 | 18-8-5 |
| February 16 | Brown Bears | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 4-0 | 19-8-5 |
| February 22 | Union Dutchwomen | Messa Rink • Schenectady, NY | W 5-2 | 20-8-5 |
| ECAC Tournament |||||||
| March 1 | Harvard Crimson | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | L 2-5 | 21-9-5 |
| March 2 | Harvard Crimson | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 4-2 | 22-9-5 |
| March 3 | Harvard Crimson | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | W 5-2 | 23-9-5 |
| March 9 | Clarkson Golden Knights | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, NY | L 0-2 | 23-10-5 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. |||||||

## Awards and honors

* Jessie Eldridge: ECAC Player of the Month December 2018
* Jessie Eldridge: ECAC Player of the Month February 2019
* Jessie Eldridge: Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association Player of the Month - February 2019