▁her ▁school ▁team , ▁winning ▁Ontario ▁Federation ▁of ▁School ▁Athlet ic ▁Associ ations ▁champion ships ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 – 0 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁four ▁Toronto ▁District ▁College ▁Athlet ic ▁Association ▁titles . ▁ ▁NCAA ▁ ▁Ni ag ara ▁ ▁Rich ards ▁signed ▁with ▁Ni ag ara ▁University ▁to ▁begin ▁her ▁colleg iate ▁career ▁and ▁made ▁an ▁immediate ▁impact ▁at ▁N U , ▁scoring ▁seven ▁times ▁and ▁adding ▁seven ▁ass ists ▁as ▁a ▁fresh man ▁to ▁tie ▁for ▁second ▁on ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁scoring . ▁Her ▁first ▁college ▁goal ▁( and ▁point ) ▁came ▁against ▁Minnesota ▁State ▁on ▁October ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁although ▁her ▁third ▁goal ▁one ▁month ▁later ▁was ▁among ▁her ▁biggest : ▁Rich ards ' ▁over time ▁power ▁play ▁goal ▁with ▁ 1 : 5 9 ▁remaining ▁to pp led ▁Mer cy h urst ▁at ▁D w yer ▁Arena . ▁The ▁L akers ▁were ▁ranked ▁fourth ▁in ▁NCAA ▁Division ▁I ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁were ▁coming ▁off ▁of ▁an ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Fro zen ▁Four . ▁Six ▁days ▁later , ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Rich ards ▁scored ▁with ▁ 3 : 5 6 ▁remaining ▁to ▁defeat ▁Col gate , ▁while ▁her ▁first ▁multi - point ▁game ▁involved ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁ass ists ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 1 ▁victory ▁over ▁Wayne ▁State ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 5 , ▁