About the Dutchwomen:
- The Dutchwomen are coming off a 2-0 loss to RPI in the Mayor's Cup on Saturday. Union faced off against Brown on January 25. Union's leading goal scorer is
Grace Heiting with eight goals on the year and she also leads the team in points with 12. Union has shared time in between the pipes with all three of their goaltenders. First-year
Sophie Matsoukas leads with a save percentage of .903 and a goals against average of 3.29.
About the Bears:
- Brown travels to Schenectady to take on the Dutchwomen on Friday for an ECAC match up. Brown is coming off a weekend split against #7/8 Yale. Brown won the first game 4-1 and lost the second game 5-1. Senior Shay Maloney leads the in goals, nine, and points, 16. Maloney and graduate student Megan Forrest are tied with seven assists on the season. Sophomore Kaley Doyle is 4-10-1 on the season and posted a 2.38 goals against average and a .927 save percentage.
Last Time They Played:
- Brown and Union faced off against last Tuesday, January 25. Brown came from behind to beat Union 2-1 at Meehan Auditorium. Sophomore
Josie McLeod scored the lone Union goal. Maloney and Forrest scored for the Bears.
Historically Speaking:
- Union is 9-20-6 all time against Brown including a record of 5-1-1 in the last seven meetings with the Bears.
About the #9 Bulldogs:
- Yale comes to Messa Rink for its first and only visit of the season. Yale split the weekend with Brown, with a 4-1 loss and a 5-1 win against the Bears. Sophomore Elle Hartje leads the team in goals assists and points. Hartje has scored 11 goals, tallied 24 assists and totaling 35 points on the season for the Bulldogs. Yale has had two goaltenders split time in the net. First-year Pia Dukaric has posted a 7-2-1 record and posted a 1.30 goals against average and a .928 save percentage. Senior Gianna Meloni has a 1.50 goals against average with a .934 save percentage and a 9-3-0 record. Yale has scored the seventh most goals in the nation with 84 goals in the season. Yale has the third best power-play in the nation converting at a 27.5% clip.
Last Time They Played:
- These teams met back in 2020, with Yale prevailing by a 4-2 final. Senior
Maia Martinez and junior
Emily King each scored in the loss for Union. Union went 1-4 on the power-play in that game.
Historically Speaking:
- Union has an all time record of 3-31-2 against the Bulldogs. Union's last win came in 2017-18 at Messa Rink.
MAC Goaltender of the Month and Rookie of the Month:
- First year
Sophie Matsoukas was named the MAC Goaltender of the Month and Rookie of the Month as she posted a posted a 0.71 goals against average and a .978 save percentage as well as earning her first collegiate shutout and win for the Union College women's hockey team. Matsoukas went 2-0 in two starts and made 91 saves in 93 shots in the month of December. She was also named MAC Goaltender of the week on December 14th.
Rookie of the Week:
-First-year
Maren Friday was named Rookie of the Week on October 4, following a four point weekend sweep against the Tigers of RIT. Friday has a goal and an assist in both games. Union started the season off 2-0-0.
Fresh Faces:
- The Union College women's hockey team enters the year with 15 players who have never played a collegiate hockey game. Seven sophomores are returning after not seeing the ice last year because of the pandemic, while eight first-years will played in their first collegiate games for the Dutchwomen in the season opener at RIT.
Captains:
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Cassidy Michalicka was named the captain following serving as an assistant captain in the 2019-20 season for the Dutchwomen. Classmate
Grace Heiting was named a captain for the 2021-22 season as well.
