UNION VS. CORNELL - ALL-TIME SERIES
- The Dutchwomen trail the all-time series with the Big Red 1-27-2. Last season, Union tied Cornell 3-3 in Ithaca and fell 5-0 to the Big Red at Messa Rink in February.
UNION VS. COLGATE - ALL-TIME SERIES
- Union is winless against Colgate in their 34 meetings (0-31-3). The Dutchwomen lost both meeting 6-1 last season.
SCOUTING THE BIG RED
- Cornell is led in scoring by sophomore forward Maddie Mills, who has 13 goals and assists for 26 points in 21 games this season. Junior forward Kristen O'Neil is tied with Mills with a team-high 13 goals, while adding seven assists for 20 points. The leader in assists is junior defenseman Jamie Bourbonnais, who has 14 assists and five goals for 19 points in 17 games. Lenka Serdar (8g, 10a, 18pts), Grace Graham (6g, 8a, 14 pts), Micah Zandee-Hart (2g, 11a, 13pts), and Paige Lewis (5g, 5a, 10 pts) all have double-digit points on the season.
- In net, junior Marlene Boissonnault is 12-2-4 in 18 starts this season, with a .925 save percentage and a 1.75 goals against average.
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
- Senior forward Jessie Eldridge leads the Raiders in scoring with 21 goals and 13 assists for 34 points this season. Sophomore forward Malia Schneider leads the team with 18 assists, and ranks second in goals (13) and points (31) through 26 games. Senior forward Shae Labbe (12g, 17a, 29pts), and senior defenseman Olivia Zafuto (5g, 15a, 20pts) both have over 20 points this season as well.
In net, senior Julia Vandyk is 12-8-4 in 24 starts, with a 2.59 goals against average and a .913 save percentage.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Engineers scored with 1:30 remaining in the opening period to take a 1-0 edge into the second frame.
- Following a Union power play, the puck fell to an RPI forwards who converted a breakaway opportunity to take a 2-0 lead at 16:22 of the second period.
- The Dutchwomen got on the scoreboard 6:34 into the final period when first-year forward
Katie Sonntag scored for the third time in as many games on the power play to bring Union within a goal.
- In the end, the Engineers quelled the comeback attempt by the Dutchwomen and came away with a 2-1 victory.
- Junior goaltender
Amelia Murray made 23 saves in net for the Dutchwomen to keep them in the game.
LAST MEETING (CORNELL)
- The first period was a tale of five penalties between the ECAC foes. Things looked bright early in the first period, as Union earned a power play at the 13-minute mark. However, not long into the advantage, a defensive turnover led to a Cornell breakaway goal.
- The Dutchwomen found themselves on another power play five minutes later, this time with a 5-on-3 advantage. Cornell killed one of those penalties, but then managed to score shorthanded, again, after a mishandled puck in front of Union's own. The Big Red struck again with five minutes to go and headed into the first period intermission with a gaping 3-0 advantage.
-Despite the crazy first period, after 20 minutes of play, shots on goal were only 6-4 in favor of Cornell.
- During the following two periods, the Big Red would tack on two more goals and runaway with a 5-0 shutout victory. Cornell out shot Union 25-18 after three periods of play.
- The Dutchwomen will return to action tomorrow afternoon to conclude the 2017-18 season against Colgate. Following tomorrow's game, Union will honor
Katie Laughlin,
Caitlyn McLaren and
Brandy Streeter as its three graduating seniors.
LAST MEETING (COLGATE)
- The Raiders came out strong, skating fast and forcing the Dutchwomen to make plays. For the first 12 minutes of the game, things remained scoreless and shots were fairly even, as Colgate had just two more shots on goal than Union. However, at the 8:23 mark, Colgate's Jessie Eldridge won a loose puck off the boards and was able to slip the puck in to give the Raiders an early 1-0 lead.
- After a few rebounded shots, with just under four minutes to go, Colgate was able to strike again and take a 2-0 advantage heading into the first intermission.
- About halfway through the second period, Colgate dumped the puck down the ice, and as Eldridge picked it up, she managed to flick a wrister past Union's
Kate Spooner.
- Union's closest scoring chance came on a power play opportunity just under the eight-minute mark in the second period. Despite making a few quality shots, Colgate's pressure was too much for the Dutch and ultimately the penalty was killed.
- Just before the second intermission, Colgate won a battle off the boards and earned a one-on-one chance to go up 4-0.
- With 16 minutes to go in regulation, senior
Brandy Streeter took a one timer from the point, the hard shot got tipped in by
Haley Shugart and helped cut down Union's deficit to three goals.
- However, Colgate answered right back, pushing the game back to a four-goal margin at 5-1.
- After an empty netter, Colgate finished with a 6-1 victory over the Dutchwomen.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
- The Dutchwomen are led in scoring by senior defenseman
Arianna Kosakowski, who is tied for the team lead in goals (four) and leads the team in assists (seven) for 11 points in 24 games this season. In 127 career games, Kosakowski has 33 points to her name, accounting for 11 goals and 22 assists in a Union sweater.
MAKING AN IMPACT
Through her first 24 games in her collegiate career, first-year
Grace Heiting is third on the team with six points (2g, 4a). Classmate
Katie Sonntag has scored three goals in her last three outings, bringing her season point total to three (3g, 2a).
SOCIAL MEDIA
-Receive real-time updates during all Union women's hockey games by following the team's official Twitter account @UnionWHockey and follow the team's Instagram account UnionWHockey.
