Seahawks host Saint Anselm, UMass Boston
Summary: Salve Regina University women's ice hockey hosts Saint Anselm in a ECAC East contest at St. George's Ice Arena. The women's ice hockey team is hosting it's inaugural Epilepsy Awareness Game and will wear special jerseys with the foundation's ribbon. Salve Regina is also selling tee-shirts and raising money for the Epilepsy Foundation of New England during the game.
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (2-2, 1-2 ECAC East) versus Saint Anselm Hawks (5-1, 3-0 ECAC East)
Series edge: Saint Anselm leads 14-1-1
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 4-3, in Middletown, R.I., on November 11, 2011
Last Hawk win in series: Saint Anselm won, 4-2, in Middletown, R.I., on February 2, 2013
Game date, time and site: Fri., Nov. 22, 2013; 7 p.m. @ St. George's Ice Arena
Video: http://bit.ly/19N2czw (Salve Regina women's ice hockey on Ustream.tv)
Summary: Salve Regina University women's ice hockey hosts UMass Boston in ECAC East action at the St. George's Ice Arena.
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (2-2, 1-2 ECAC East) versus UMass Boston Beacons (1-3-1, 1-2 ECAC East)
Series edge: UMass Boston leads 11-8-1
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 4-0, in Middletown, R.I., on February 1, 2013
Last Beacon win in series: UMass Boston won, 5-2, in Middletown, R.I., on November 12, 2011
Game date, time and site: Sat., Nov. 23, 2013; 3 p.m. @ St. George's Ice Arena
Video: http://bit.ly/19N2czw (Salve Regina women's ice hockey on Ustream.tv)
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SALVE REGINA VS. SAINT ANSELM
- Salve Regina and Saint Anselm meet for the 17th time in women's ice hockey.
- Saint Anselm has the edge in the all-time series, 14-1-1.
- The Hawks have won the previous three meetings between the two teams.
- Salve Regina defeated Saint Anselm for the first time in 2011. The Seahawks defeated the Hawks 4-3 at home on November 11.
- Salve Regina and UMass Boston meet for the 21st time in program history.
- The Beacons hold an 11-8-1 series edge.
- Salve Regina has won the previous two meetings, snapping a three-game skid to the Beacons.
- In the season series finale last year, graduated senior Rachel Porter became the all-time leader in points at Salve Regina with assist on Sarah McCusker's goal before adding two more points with a shorthanded goal in the third period.
- In the first meeting of the season, Taylor Shepherd spead a hat trick over the three periods to lead the Seahawks to a 6-1 victory in Boston.
- Salve Regina has won once and lost once on November 22.
- The one Seahawk victory on this date was a 4-1 win over MIT in 2008 at the St. George's Ice Arena
- Salve Regina is 1-3 on November 23.
- Two of Salve Regina's three losses came to Rochester Inst. on back-to-back years
- The lone Seahawk win came against St. Michael's, 2-0, on November 23, 2008.
- Monika Borkowski (c), Shannon Coleman (a), and Taylor Shepherd (c) share the captains' duties for 2013-14. It is the first season as captain for each of the three.
- Salve Regina hosts Saint Anselm for its first Epilepsy Awareness Game.
- The Seahawks are wearing special purple epilepsy jerseys.
- Sophomore Molly O'Sullivan was diagnosed with epilepsy last season and is teaming with the Epilepsy Foundation of New England to bring awareness and raise funds for research.
- Click here for more information on the game, the foundation and to hear O'Sullivan's story.
- Click here for the Patriot Ledger's coverage of O'Sullivan
- Salve Regina ranks fifth in the 2013-14 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Women's East preseason coaches' poll (94 points).
- Only two Division III schools are picked higher: (1) Norwich and (3) Manhattanville
- The Seahawks finished the regular season with an 11-7-0 mark in conference play and earned their fourth straight first-round home playoff game (coincidentally, against a different opponent each year).
- Returning for the Seahawks are three of the top scorers from a year ago, all breaking the 20-point mark for the season. Juniors Sarah Markey (26 points • 10g, 16a), Taylor Shepherd (24 points • 12g, 12a), and Michaela Chiuccariello (23 points • 13g, 10a) look to lead the Seahawk offense once again.
- Leading the Seahawks this season are Shepherd and Borkowski with three points each. Shepherd has two goals and an assist while all of Borkowski's points are coming off assists.
- Returning for the Hawks is their team leader in points, senior Courtney Winters. Winters finished the 2012-13 season with 43 points (22g, 21a).
- Leading the Hawks this season is Winters with seven points (2g, 5a) and freshman Alison Quinn with six points (4g, 2a).
- Seven players on the Beacons' roster come into Saturday's game with two points each. Sophomore Samantha Fallon lead the charge with two goals.
- Following Saturday's contest with UMass. - Boston, the Seahawks will finished out their home schedule for the 2013 calendar year with Trinity (Conn.) (Nov. 26) and Connecticut College (30).
- Salve Regina will play out the 2013 part of its schedule on the road against Wesleyan (Conn.) (Dec. 3), Colby (Dec. 6) and Sacred Heart (Dec. 8).
- Salve Regina head coach Michael Cox enters his eighth season as the winningest coach in the history of the program (87-86-15; .503).
- His teams have made the ECAC Women's East playoffs all seven seasons with Cox at the helm.
- Since the 2007-2008 season, Salve Regina has reached double-figure victory totals each year.
- Salve Regina added women's ice hockey to its varsity lineup in 2000-01.
- The Seahawks' 5-1 win against Nichols on February 18, 2013, at Burrillville, R.I., was the 100th in the history of the program.
- Rachel Porter graduated as the program's all-time leading point scorer (102 points • 45g, 57a) last spring.
- Current Seahawks Sarah Markey ranks eighth (46) and Michaela Chiuccariello and Taylor Shepherd rank ninth (43).
- Shepherd (24) and Markey (23) rank seventh and eighth, respectively, in all-time goals scored. Caitlin Campbell holds the Seahawk record with 53 goals from 2005 to 2009.
- Muehlbronner recorded the most wins (32) of any goaltender in Seahawk history.