About the Dutchwomen:
- The Dutchwomen enter the weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard. Union was out scored 10-0 over the weekend. Union went 1-0-1 last time they faced off against Dartmouth and Harvard.
- First-year
Riley Walsh leads the team in goals (11) and points (17). Junior
Celeste Beaudoin leads the team in assists with 11. Sophomore
Sophie Matsoukas has appeared in all 24 games this season for Union, posting a 10-13-1 record with a 3.26 goals against average and a .905 save percentage.
About the Big Green:
- The Big Green will host both Union and RPI this weekend after falling to Harvard in overtime, 3-2. Dartmouth has lost their last three games against ECAC Hockey opponents. Dartmouth sits in 12th place in the ECAC standings.
- Junior Jenna Donahue leads the team in goals with seven. Senior CC Bowlby leads the team in assists (9) and points (13). Sophomore Maggie Emerson has appeared in 17 games this season posting a 4-12-0 record. Emerson has a 3.12 goals against average and a .893 save percentage.
Historically Speaking:
- Dartmouth holds a 6-29-2 record over the Dutchwomen all time. Union has won the last three meetings between the teams, with a scoring margin of 10-5 including an overtime win.
Last Time We Met:
- Union was victorious the last time these teams met. Union came from behind scoring four unanswered goals after trialing 4-1 in the third period, before winning in overtime. Senior
Emily King scored twice, sophomore
Maren Friday, and first-years
Amanda Quan and
Riley Walsh all scored in the win.
About the Crimson:
- Harvard welcomes Union to the Bright-Landry Hockey Center on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson went 1-1-0 last weekend with a win over Dartmouth in overtime and a loss to Sacred Heart in overtime. Harvard sits in 8th place in the ECAC standings.
- Senior Anne Bloomer leads the Crimson in goals with eight goals and in points with 13. Classmate Kristin Della Rovere leads the team with seven assists. Sophomore Alex Pellicci has played and appeared in all 19 games this season for Harvard. Posting a 5-11-3 record with a 2.84 goals against average and a .923 save percentage.
Historically Speaking:
- Harvard holds the 2-34-1 all time record against Union. Union's last win came in 2017-18 with a 3-1 win in Schenectady.
Last Time We Met:
- The two teams battled to a 2-2 tie earlier this season when they met, Harvard jumped out to a 2-0 lead with six minutes to go in the second period. Junior
Celeste Beaudoin scored two goals to come back and tie the game, before the teams entered overtime.
Record Watch:
- The Dutchwomen set the Division 1 era wins record with their 10th win of the season on Monday, January 2 and are now two wins away from setting the program's all-time wins record (12).
- Individually there are a few records to keep tabs on. Sophomore
Sophie Matsoukas set the single season wins record with Union's 6-1 win over St. Michael's on January 2. Head Coach
Josh Sciba tied Head Coach Claudia Asano Barcomb (2007-16) on the all-time wins list with 36 and is now one win away from becoming the all-time winngest coach in program history.
Program Firsts:
- This past weekend's win over #15/T14 Princeton was Union's first ever win over a collegiate opponent. The Dutchwomen beat the Tigers 4-1 as Matsoukas made 56 saves in the win. Union won its first game over UNH in program history has well in its first game of the season. Earlier this season Union topped Boston University 3-1, which was the program's first win over the Terriers.
Riley Walsh has also added some first's for Union this season. She is the first skater to win three rookie of the week honors. Walsh was also the first Union skater to win three games in overtime in the same month as well for Union.
Riley Walsh Chronicles:
- Walsh has been Union's stand out first-year this season. She has won three ECAC Rookie of the Week awards, while also winning ECAC Rookie of the Month (November) and HCA National Rookie of the Month (November). Walsh has three game winning goals in the month of November, with all of them coming in overtime. She was the first Union skater since 2006 to score both a power-play goal and a shorthanded goal in the same game. Walsh is also leading the team in goals with 10 goals through her first 19 games. She had five multi-point games this season.
ECAC Awards:
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Riley Walsh was named ECAC Rookie of the Week after scoring three goals in her first weekend series and helping Union to a 1-1 record over the weekend. Walsh scored twice in her collegiate debut, with goals coming on the power play and the shorthanded. She is the first player to do this for Union since 2006. She added her third goal of the season on Saturday afternoon against UNH.
- Senior
Emily King found the back of the net three times over the weekend and first-year
Stephanie Bourque tallied three helpers to help the Union College women's ice hockey team post a 1-1-0 record against the College of Holy Cross. King was named ECAC Hockey Forward of the Week and Bourque earned ECAC Hockey Defensive Player of the Week.
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Riley Walsh earned her second ECAC Rookie of the Week honor for her five point weekend (1g, 4a) including the overtime goal in Union's 5-4 win over Dartmouth. Walsh becomes the first player in program history to win Rookie of the week multiple times.
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Sophie Matsoukas was named ECAC MAC Goaltender of the Week with her performance against RIT. Following a 57 save weekend by Matsoukas in which she posted a .950 save percentage and 1.45 goals against average in Union's 2-0-0 weekend sweep against the Tigers of RIT
- Walsh earned her third ECAC Rookie of the Week honor this past weekend for her performance against RPI, with a two-goal effort including the game winning goal on Tuesday evening in a 2-1 win. Walsh is the Union's first ever three-time Rookie of the Week winner.
- Walsh was named ECAC Rookie of the Month (November). She posted a four goals and four assists for eight points, while also scoring three overtime winning goals as Union went 4-0-1 in that span. She is the first Rookie of the Month, since teammate
Sophie Matsoukas was both Goalie of the Month and Rookie of the Month in December last season.
- Bourque earned her second ECAC honor after her four point game that included a goal and three assists. Bourque also scored her first collegiate goal in the game while factoring in on all four Union power-play goals in their 6-1 win over St. Michael's.
Captains:
- Senior
Emily King will serve as the lone captain for Union, while
Allison Smith,
Meredith Killian, and
Celeste Beaudoin will all serve as assistant captains for the upcoming season.
U.S. National Team Assistant Coach Josh Sciba:
- Union College head women's hockey coach
Josh Sciba served as an assistant coach for the 2022 U.S. Women's National Team. The United States returned home from the 2022 IIHF Women's Hockey World Championships with a Silver Medal, following a 2-1 loss to Canada in the gold medal game.
- Sciba will get back behind the bench again in November for a three game Rival Series against Team Canada. Sciba will also be with the team in December for another two game Rival Series against Team Canada.
