Posted: Jan 30, 2014
Seahawks host a pair of ECACWE contests
New England Col.
(2-18; 2-9 ECACWE)
3
Salve Regina
(12-5-3; 7-4 ECACWE)
8
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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New England Col. (2-18; 2-9 ECACWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Salve Regina (12-5-3; 7-4 ECACWE) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Summary: Salve Regina University women's ice hockey hosts New England College in a ECAC Women's East match up on Friday evening at the St. George's Ice Arena.
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (11-5-3; 6-4 ECAC Women's East) versus New England College Pilgrims (2-17; 2-9 ECAC Women's East)
Series edge: New England College leads 13-5-3
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina defeated the Pilgrims 4-2 on Jan. 20, 2013.
Last Pilgrim win in the series: New England College defeated the Seahawks 5-2 on Feb. 15, 2013.
Game date, time and site: Fri., Jan. 31, 2014; 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 Castleton State in an ECAC Women's East match up Saturday evening at the St. George's Ice Arena.
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (11-5-3; 6-4 ECAC Women's East) versus Castleton State (11-7-1; 6-3-1 ECAC Women's East)
Series edge: The Seahawks hold a 9-7 advantage in the series.
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina defeated the Spartans 4-0 on Feb. 16, 2013
Last Spartan win in series: Castleton St. defeated the Seahawks 3-2 on Feb. 12, 2012
Game date, time and site: Sat., Feb. 1, 2014; 7 p.m. @ St. George's Ice Arena
Video: http://bit.ly/19N2czw (Salve Regina women's ice hockey on Ustream.tv)
SALVE REGINA VS. NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
- Salve Regina and New England College face each other for the 22nd time in program history.
- The Pilgrims hold a 13-5-3 lead in the all-time series.
- Last season, the two teams split the season-series with Salve Regina defeating NEC 4-2 at home and the Pilgrims defeating SRU 5-2 on their home ice.
- SRU's win last season snapped a four-game winless streak against the Pilgrims.
- The two teams registered ties in three of the last five games.
SALVE REGINA VS. CASTLETON ST.
- Salve Regina and Castleton St. have faced each other 16 times before with Salve Regina holding a 9-7 advantage in the series.
- The Seahawks swept the season series last season by scores of 2-1 and 4-0.
- Three of the four goals in Salve Regina's 4-0 win over Castleton St. were on a power play.
- In fact, both goals in the Seahawks 2-1 win last year were also on a power play.
TODAY'S (1/31) SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
- The Seahawks have not yet won on Jan. 31.
- SRU is 0-3 on this date and 0-1 at home on Jan. 31.
TODAY'S (2/1) SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
- The Seahawks are 2-2 on Feb. 1.
- The last Seahawk win was last year when they defeated UMass. Boston, 4-0, at the St. George's Ice Arena.
CAPTAINS
- 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.
SCORING LEADERS
- 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 sophomore Danielle Phalon (10g, 10a), junior Michaela Chiuccariello (8g, 11a) and Markey (10g, 8a).
- Phalon and Markey each have 10 goals on the season.
- Chiccariello leads the team with 11 assists on the year.
- Leading the Pilgrims junior Marisa Roth witih nine points (3g, 6a)
- Sophomore Kellie McLean leads the team with six goals on the season.
- Leading the Spartans is sophomore Nicoline Jensen with 27 points (11g, 16a)
- Sophomore Lisa Daniels and Jensen each have 11 goals on the year.
LAST TIME OUT - SALVE REGINA
- Salve Regina is on a four-game winning streak.
- Last weekend, the Seahawks picked up a pair of ECACWE wins after they defeated Southern Maine (3-1) and Plymouth State (4-3).
- Four different players scored for the Seahawks in their 4-3 win over Plymouth State.
- Phalon handed out two assists in the win for Salve Regina.
LAST TIME OUT - NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
- New England College comes into Friday's game after falling to Manhattanville last Saturday, 3-1.
- The Pilgrims defeated Nichols, 7-3, the night before to snap an 11-game losing streak.
- McLean scored the only goal for the Pilgrims in their 3-1 loss to Manhattanville.
LAST TIME OUT - CASTLETON STATE
- Castleton State heads to Holy Cross Friday night before coming to the St. George's Ice Rink on Saturday.
- Prior to Friday's game, the Spartans defeated Nichols, 6-2, last Saturday.
- Junior Brie Narodowy registered a hat trick for the Spartans in the win over the Bison.
WHAT'S UP NEXT
- Following Tuesday's contest with Franklin Pierce, the Seahawks get back on the road for four-straight ECAC Women's East contests.
- The Seahawks will take on Manhattanville on Saturday, Jan. 18 to kick off the four-game road trip before finishing it off with Plymouth St. on Saturday, Jan. 25.
- Salve Regina returns home on Jan. 31 to face New England College at 7 p.m.
COACHES' CORNER
- 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.
ECAC WOMEN'S EAST PRE-SEASON POLL
- 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).
WHERE THE ARE NOW
- Salve Regina currently ranks third among the DIII schools in the ECAC Women's East.
- The Seahawks are behind Norwich (10-0) and Castleton State (6-3-1).
- Tied with the Seahawks is Southern Maine with a league record of 6-4.
TURN OF THE CENTURY MARK
- 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.
RECORD BOOK CHECK
- Rachel Porter graduated as the program's all-time leading point scorer (102 points • 45g, 57a) last spring.
- Current Seahawks Sarah Markey ranks fourth (64 points) and Michaela Chiuccariello ranks fifth with 62 points. Taylor Shepherd is fifth with 56 points.
- Markey is fourth in the program with 33 career goals while Chiuccariello is fifth with 29 goals. Shepherd is sixth with 28 goals. 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.
