Posted: Feb 13, 2014
Seahawks host final two regular season games
Manhattanville
(8-12-4; 6-6-3 ECACE)
0
Salve Regina
(14-6-4; 9-5-1 ECACE)
3
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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Manhattanville (8-12-4; 6-6-3 ECACE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Salve Regina (14-6-4; 9-5-1 ECACE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Summary: Salve Regina University women's ice hockey hosts Manhattanville in an ECAC Women's East match up on Friday evening at the St. George's Ice Arena.
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (13-6-4; 8-5-1 ECAC Women's East) versus Manhattanville Valiants (8-11-4; 6-5-3 ECAC Women's East)
Series edge:Manhattanville leads 24-3
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina defeated the Valiants 3-2 on Jan. 18, 2014.
Last Valiant win in the series: Manhattanville defeated the Seahawks 4-1 on Feb. 13, 2013.
Game date, time and site: Fri., Feb. 14, 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 (13-6-4; 8-5-1 ECAC Women's East) versus Nichols (11-7-1; 6-3-1 ECAC Women's East)
Series edge: The Seahawks hold a 10-0-1 advantage in the series.
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina defeated the Bison 7-2 on Jan. 20, 2014
Game date, time and site: Sat., Feb. 15, 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. MANHATTANVILLE
- Salve Regina and Manhattanville face each other for the 28th in program history Friday evening.
- The Valiants hold a 24-3 all time lead in the series, however the two teams are 2-2 in the last four games.
- Salve Regina looks to take the first season series sweep in the rivalry as the Seahawks defeated the Valiants 3-2 earlier this year.
- The Seahawks earned their first win over Manhattanville with a 1-0 victory onn March 7, 2009.
- Two of the three Seahawk wins came in Purchase, N.Y. as Salve Regina has defeated the Valiants just once on its home ice on Feb. 10, 2012.
- All of Salve Regina's victories in the series have come on one-goal advantages.
SALVE REGINA VS. NICHOLS
- Salve Regina and Nichols have faced each other 11 times before with Salve Regina holding a 10-0-1 lead in the series.
- The Seahawks defeated the Bison 7-2 earlier this season for their third straight win in the series.
- Salve Regina remains unbeaten against Nichols with the only tie coming on Feb. 11, 2012 in Burrillville, R.I.
- The Seahawks largest margin of victory came this season when they had a five-goal advantage on Jan. 20, 2014.
SENIOR HONORING
- Salve Regina's contest with Nichols will mark not only the regular season finale for the Seahawks but the team will honor its three seniors, Monika Borkowski, Shannon Coleman and Natalia Madryga.
- The trio have combined for 239 games played and 47 points (16g, 31a).
- Over their four seasons, the Seahawks have compiled a 39-40-12 over all record.
TODAY'S (2/14) SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
- The Seahawks have played just once before on Valentine's Day (2/14)
- Salve Regina fell to Saint Anselm, 2-1, on Feb. 14, 2009.
TODAY'S (2/15) SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
- The Seahawks are 1-3 all time on Feb. 15.
- The lone Salve Regina win on the day after Valentine's Day came against Castleton St. on Feb 15, 2008.
- Salve Regina and New England College squared off last year on this date as the Pilgrims came away with a 5-2 win in Henniker, N.H.
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 is sophomore Danielle Phalon with 25 points (11g, 14a) on the season.
- Chiuccariello (24 pts • 13g, 11a), Markey (21 pts • 11g, 10a), and Shepherd (20 pts • 8g, 12a) all have at least 20 points this season for the Seahawks.
- Chiuccariello leads the team with 13 goals on the year.
- Shepherd leads the team with four game-winning goals.
- Manhattanville boasts a trio of junior 20+ point scorers this season - Sydney Asselstine (27 pts • 15g, 12a), Michele Meggiolaro (23 pts • 7g, 16a) and Alla Traum (22 pts • 10g, 12a).
- Meggiolaro leads the Valiants with 16 assists while Asselstine leads the team with 15 goals.
- Junior Grace Murphy leads the Bison with 20 points on the season (13g, 7a).
- Hohmann leads the team with eight assists on the year.
LAST TIME OUT - SALVE REGINA
- Salve Regina saw its nine-game unbeaten streak snapped by Saint Anselm on Feb. 8.
- In the last 10 games, the Seahawks are 7-1-2.
- Over tthe 10 games, Salve Regina won five straight.
- In the 10 game streak, Chiuccariello and Phalon each posted 13 points, with Chiuccariello leading the team with nine goals and Phalon adding nine assists.
- Freshman Colleen Marcik recorded 183 saves in the six games she played.
LAST TIME OUT - MANHATTANVILLE
- Manhattanville is coming off a four-game homestand where the Valiants went 1-2-1.
- Junior Sydney Asselstine's hat trick led the Valiants to a 5-0 win over St. Michael's on senior day.
LAST TIME OUT - NICHOLS
- The Bison come into the weekend on a four-game losing streak (Friday's game against Holy Cross excluded) after dropping four-straight games at home.
- Nichols kicked off a five-game home stand with a 2-1 win over Wesleyan (Conn.) on Jan. 29 before the four-game skid.
WHAT'S UP NEXT
- Saturday's contest with Nichols marks the end of the regular season for the Seahawks.
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 (14-0) and Castleton State (8-4-2).
- Right behind the Seahawks is Manhattanville at 6-5-3.
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 (33g, 31a) and Michaela Chiuccariello (32g, 32a) are tied for fourth all-time at Salve Regina with 64 career points.
- Taylor Shepherd is seventh with 58 points (29g, 29a).
- Markey is fourth in the program with 33 career goals while Chiuccariello is fifth with 32 goals. Shepherd is seventh with 29 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.