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The Dutchwomen will be looking to string together a set of wins as they wrap up their home series as Union takes on Quinnipiac and Princeton at Messa Rink. Friday's match against the Bobcats will start at 7:00 p.m. Friday, November 9 while the game against the Tigers will begin at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, November 10. Follow the Dutchwomen all weekend on Twitter at UnionWHockey for in-game updates.
Fan Appreciation Night
On Saturday, November 10th, Union Women's Hockey will host Fan Appreciation Day at Messa Rink as the Dutchwomen face-off against Princeton at 4:00 p.m. Kids and all fans with a Price Chopper AdvantEdge Card receive free admission. Complimentary pizza will be available for fans at the second intermission break of the game.
Last Time Out
The Dutchwomen split the two games at Messa Rink after a five-game road trip for Union. Syracuse took the first game by a 2-1 decision while Union won the Saturday game by a score of 4-2.
Kathryn Tomaselli scored her second goal of the season that originally had the Dutchwomen up in the first period. However, two unanswered goals by the Orange was enough for Syracuse to win the Friday night game.
Saturday's game featured three different goal scorers as Camille Corbin, Rhianna Kurio and Stefanie Thomson all scored goals for Union in the win. Goaltender Shenae Lundberg did not concede a power play goal all weekend as the defense forced the Orange to go 0-8 on the man-advantage. The netminder made 60 saves and compiled a .938 save percentage over the weekend with 32 saves in the win.
Scouting Quinnipiac
The Bobcats come into Friday's match with a 5-4-1 record overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Dutchwomen have never defeated the Bobcats in their history but have three ties in their 21 meetings.
Quinnipiac nearly toppled defending ECAC Champion Cornell but were edged out in a 4-3 contest last Saturday. However, the Bobcats did defeat the Raiders in the previous night 2-1.
Kelly Babstock and Nicole Kosta powered the offense over the weekend as Babstock dished out four assists and scored a goal. Kosta was equally as impressive as she had two goals and three assists in last week's action.
In net for the Bobcats, Victoria Vigilanti made 40 saves and conceded five goals in games against the Raiders and the Big Red.
Scouting Princeton
Princeton comes into the weekend with a 2-3-1 overall record and a 0-3-1 mark in ECAC play. The Tigers are coming off a loss against No. 2 Cornell and a tie against Colgate. Princeton has never conceded a point to the Dutchwomen in 18 matches played.
Offensively, the Tigers are led by Sally Butler who has four goals and two assists on the season. She is assisted by Corey Sterns who leads the teams in assists with five while Kelly Cooke has three goals of her own this season.
In goal for the Tigers, Kimberly Newell has appeared in every game for Princeton this season. She has compiled a 2-3-1 mark with a .987 save percentage and a 3.82 goals against average thus far.
Power Play
After going 0-9 in games against then No. 4 Clarkson and St. Lawrence, Rhianna Kurio came through with a power play goal to break a 0-14 slump on the man-advantage. The Dutchwomen are ranked 11th in Division I and are 3-1 when scoring on the power play. Additionally, Union is 2-1 when not conceding a power play goal.
Staying out of Trouble
The Dutchwomen average 7.25 minutes of penalty time per game, which is the second lowest average in the ECAC. However, Quinnipiac is just above Union in penalty minutes averaging 7.6 while Princeton on average is penalized for 9.67 minutes per game.
Friday and Saturday
All of Union's wins have come on Saturdays in which the Dutchwomen are 3-2. However, the Dutchwomen are winless on Fridays with a 0-3 record.
Thomson at Messa
When
Stefanie Thomson plays at Messa this season, she has tallied two goals and two assists, compiling a +/- of 4 when she is on the ice, leading all skaters.
Spreading the Wealth
Jessica Kaminsky, Stefanie Thomson, Kathryn Tomaselli, Emma Rambo and
Christine Valente all have two goals on the season.
Courtney Turner leads all skaters with three so far. Turner also is second among all freshman in goals scored in the ECAC.
Empire State of Mind
In games played in the state of New York, the Dutchwomen are 3-3-0 this season.
Fire Away
When Union shoots the puck at least 30 times a game, the Dutchwomen are 2-0-0 in those games.
Accolades
Both Quinnipiac and Union have had players that have earned conference awards this season. Kelly Babstock of Quinnipiac has earned Player of the Week twice (Oct. 9, Oct. 16) and earned Player of the Month for October.
Shenae Lundberg was named Goaltender of the Week back on October 23.
Power Play Tandem
Rhianna Kurio and
Christine Valente each have five career power play goals, which ranks the duo tied for fifth all-time in program history with five other skaters.
Like Opponents
Both Union and Quinnipiac have played Syracuse this season. Each team managed to earn a win off the Orange in a weekend series. The Bobcats defeated Syracuse on the road back on October 19 in a 3-2 overtime win. The Dutchwomen earned their win last week as Union handed Syracuse a 4-2 defeat at home. Princeton has yet to play any like opponents that Union has played this season.
Block Party
Union has blocked 120 shots this season while their opponents have only blocked 71. Four skaters are in double figures in shots blocked.
Maddy Norton paces the team with 15.
Haley Welch, Ashley Johnston and
Kelly McGrath have tallied 13, 12 and 10 respectively.
Record Book Watch
With the Dutchwomen's win against Syracuse,
Shenae Lundberg notched her third win of her career, putting her tied for tenth in all-time wins in program history. Teammate
Alana Marcinko has six wins, which ranks tied for third in team history. Forward
Stefanie Thomson is now tenth all-time in career goals with 13 along with Kelly Lannan (2003-2007) and Melissa Johnson (1999-2000).
Going for No. 20
Coach
Claudia Asano Barcomb has won 19 games for the Dutchwomen in her six seasons with the program. With a win, the coach will be 10 wins away from the all-time wins mark set by Fred Quistgard who was the coach from 1999 to 2004 who compiled a 30-97-6 record during his tenure.
Home Cooking
All three Dutchwomen wins this season has come at Messa Rink. The all-time wins mark at home in a season is five, which was set during the 2001-2002 season.
