QU Women's Ice Hockey Hosts Yale on Saturday in Non-Conference Showdown

Saturday, October 24

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Yale University

QU Women's Ice Hockey Hosts Yale on Saturday in Non-Conference Showdown

10/22/2015 6:55:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: QU Sports Information

Quinnipiac University Bobcats (3-0-1, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) vs.
Yale University Bulldogs (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 24
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Location: High Point Solutions Arena

Who Let the Dogs Out?
After taking a week off from regular season play, the Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team welcomes the Yale Bulldogs into High Point Solutions Arena on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 4 P.M. for a non-conference matchup between the two teams just one week before conference play begins.

All-Time Against Yale
The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team has enjoyed recent success against the Yale Bulldogs, going 5-3-1 in the last nine matchups and the Bobcats have scored at least three goals in every win against the Bulldogs. Last season, the Bobcats defeated the Bulldogs in two of their three matchups, and fell in the final matchup at Ingalls Rink in February. The Bobcats outscored the Bulldogs 9-3 in the two wins and lost 3-0. Overall, the Bulldogs own the series between the two teams with a 14-11-6 record.

Scouting the Bulldogs
Yale comes into the latest matchup with the Bobcats in their first game of the 2015-16 season. In exhibition play, the Bulldogs went 1-1-0 in exhibition matchups, knocking off the Toronto Aeros 6-1 before falling to the McGill Martlets, 4-1. Hanna Mandl saw the majority of action between the pipes for the Bulldogs, stopping 24 of the 27 shots she faced in over 90 minutes of ice time. Phoebe Staenz scored three goals for Yale while freshman Emma Vlasic scored two goals for the second most on the team. Yale returns its top five scorers from a year ago, highlighted by Staenz (7-17-24) and Jamie Haddad (11-14-25). Krista Yip-Chuck (11-11-22) was the only other double-digit goal scorer while Janelle Ferrara (3-19-22) led the team in assists. Taylor Marchin (8-13-21) rounded out the Bulldogs to tally 20 or more points.

Multimedia
Free live video is available for this weekend's non-conference matchup against the Yale Bulldogs by accessing QuinnipiacBobcats.com. Live stats will also be available for fans to follow by going to QuinnipiacBobcats.com, as well. Fans can also follow the action on Twitter by following the team's Twitter account, @QU_WIH.

Among the Nation's Best
For the fourth straight week to start the season, the Bobcats are among the nation's best as they are ranked in the Top 10 nationally in two polls. The Bobcats picked up the No. 8 spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll after tying Western in an exhibition game, and are still the third highest ranked team in ECAC Hockey. In the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll, the Bobcats were ranked No. 7 for the fourth consecutive week to start the season.

Weekly Award Winners
The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team picked up right where they finished last season in terms of league recognition under weekly awards for the week of Oct. 12. Taylar Cianfarano was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week for the first time in her career after posting three goals and one assist against Maine. Goaltender Sydney Rossman was honored by the league for the first time in her career as she was tabbed the Goaltender of the Week after stopping 28 of the 30 shots she faced for a 1.00 GAA and .933 save percentage.

Kost of Admission: 100 points, please
Senior forward Nicole Kosta scored two goals over the weekend to propel her into the 100 point club, the third player in program history to achieve the feat. Kosta joins Kelly Babstock '14 and Shiann Darkangelo '15 as the only players to record 100 points while wearing the blue and gold. Kosta is third all-time in points, just two shy of Darkangelo for second place in program history. Kosta's 69 assists are second in program history while her 31 goals are eighth.

Born In The USA
For the second straight year, former Quinnipiac women's ice hockey forward Shiann Darkangelo was named to the United States Women's Hockey Senior National team for the Four Nations Cup. This year's tournament will be hosted by Sweden, and most games will be played at the Sundsvall Energi Arena.

Swedish Fish
Also continuing her reign with a national team, former Quinnipiac women's ice hockey player Erica Uden Johansson continues to shine as she was once again named to Sweden's Women's Hockey National team for the Four Nations Cup. Uden Johansson has been an active member of the Swedish National team since 2008, including two Olympic appearances and three world championships.

Reunion for Ardito
Current Quinnipiac women's ice hockey assistant coach Eddie Ardito is quickly facing his former team after just four games behind the Bobcats' bench. Ardito spent four seasons as the assistant coach of the Bulldogs and one season as a volunteer assistant, helping bring the Bulldogs to a threatening offensive team and solid defensive team in ECAC Hockey.

Holding Down the Fort
Despite only four games played, the Bobcats are the one of the top defensive teams in the country once again, only allowing 79 shots on goal in those four games and just 19.75 shots on goal allowed per game. Colgate has also played four games, allowing 105 shots, 26 more than the Bobcats. Nationally, the Bobcats have allowed the second fewest goals in the country behind Minnesota's 76 while their shots on goal allowed rank fourth behind Minnesota (12.67), Wisconsin (13.83) and North Dakota (18.50).

Three's Company
Cianfarano had a spectacular weekend for the Bobcats up in Orono, Maine as she led the team with three goals scored and four points. Adding to her impressive weekend, Cianfarano recorded her third career three point game with two goals and one assist in the finale on Saturday. With her four point weekend, Cianfarano has now recorded four goals and three assists for seven points, as she is second in ECAC Hockey in goals and points.

Melissa the Magnificent
Melissa Samoskevich has kept pace with Cianfarano for the team lead in points through the first four games, as the pair are the only two players to record a point in every game so far this season. Samoskevich has one goal and five assists, thanks in part to a four assist weekend up in Maine. Samoskevich tallied her first career three-point game with three assists on Saturday. Samoskevich is second in ECAC Hockey with five assists this season after her league-leading weekend.

Completing the Trio
Cianfarano and Samoskevich's linemate Emma Woods had a solid weekend of her own, potting one goal and assisting another for a two-point weekend. The Bobcats' junior assistant captain now has three goals and one assist through the first four games of the season and has one of the two power play goals for the team. Not only has Woods been an effective scorer, she also has won 32 faceoffs, good for the most on the team. The Samoskevich-Woods-Cianfarano line has scored eight of the team's 13 goals, tallied nine of the 18 assists to go with 17 of the 31 points recorded this year.

Cydney and Happiness
The Bobcats defense has been anchored so far by captain Cydney Roesler, who's one goal and three assists give her the third most points on the team. Roesler tallied her first goal of the season on Friday night in Maine before adding two assists on Saturday for her third career two-assist game and sixth career two-point effort. Not only has she put the puck in the net, but Roesler has effectively kept it out of her own net as well, blocking four shots in the defensive end.