HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Bulldogs are going to the Frozen Four!

Tess Dettling's shot off a rebound from the high slot found the back of the net at 2:05 of overtime to give the Yale Women's Hockey Team a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Colgate and a spot in next week's Frozen Four at Penn State.

The senior forward followed up a shot from the point by rookie defenseman Emma DeCorby and set off a celebration and the beginning of a new challenge for the Elis in the national semifinals against Ohio State on Friday.

Dettling's 14^th goal of the year was the biggest of her career and the most significant highlight to date in the most prolific - in every way - season of the program.

"DeCorby put the puck to the net, and I figured I would head for the back post," said Dettling, wearing her white NCAA Regional Champions hat at the post-game press conference. "The puck popped out to my stick, and I don't remember much after that."

Putting together the scene of the game-winner may be a little fuzzy to her in the midst of the euphoria, but she will always remember how it was the biggest moment in the history of the program.

The Bulldogs, who avenged an OT loss to Colgate by the same score last week in the ECAC Hockey Championship Game, were outshot 29-22 but found the net when it counted and did a great job of clearing pucks away in the defensive zone.

"It was really a tense game, but we knew it was going to be," said Mark Bolding, Yale's Susan Cavanagh Head Coach, who is the first Yale coach to take a women's team to a "final four" of an NCAA Tournament. "There were so many good offensive chances by both teams with great goaltending. I'm so proud of how we worked and found a way to do it. This is really a great moment for the program."

Yale (26-8-1) had segments of solid pressure on the Raider net all game, but an early one produced the game's first tally at 8:25 of the opening frame. Vita Poniatovskaia got her ninth of the year on a shot from inside the left circle on a great feed from Elle Hartje, who was in the opposite circle. The sequence began with a great net rush from junior forward Rebecca Vanstone, who tried to split the defense but got separated from the puck. Hartje, a sophomore who leads the team with 51 points and a school-record 35 assists, got to it first and twirled with the puck before seeing her blueliner open for a pass.

The Elis, the No. 5 seed in the tournament, got another outstanding performance from senior goalie Gianna Meloni, who posted 28 saves, including 10 in the third and one big one in the OT. She made at least eight or nine stops on grade-A opportunities and saved the day many times.

She couldn't see what was happening with the puck at the other end of the rink two minutes into the extra session, but she had a great perspective.

"I saw the puck go into the net," said Meloni. "I looked at the bench and there were gloves flying and the lights were going and it's insane, such a moment to remember."

The NCAA Frozen Four semifinals also include a 3:30 Friday game between No. 1 Northeastern and Minnesota-Duluth at University Park, Pa.