QU Women's Ice Hockey Hits the Road to Face Colgate, Cornell This Weekend

No. 8/8 Quinnipiac Bobcats (15-5-4, 8-3-2 ECAC Hockey) vs. Colgate Raiders (15-3-3, 6-2-1 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 (6 p.m.)
Location: Class of 1965 Arena | Hamilton, NY
All-Time Series vs. Colgate: 12-15-4
Away vs. Colgate: 7-6-1
Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (Nov. 19, 2016)
Head Coach Cassie Turner vs. Colgate: 1-1-1

No. 8/8 Quinnipiac Bobcats (15-5-4, 8-3-2 ECAC Hockey) vs. Cornell Big Red (10-5-1, 6-2-1 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 (3 p.m.)
Location: Lynah Rink | Ithica, NY
All-Time Series vs. Cornell: 8-12-7
Away vs. Cornell: 6-6-2
Last Meeting: T, 3-3 (Nov. 18, 2016)
Head Coach Cassie Turner vs. Cornell: 3-0-0

Game Notes: Quinnipiac

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HAMDEN, Connecticut – No. 9/8 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey hits the road for its 25th and 26th games of the season this upcoming weekend, traveling to No. 8/9 Colgate on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 and to Cornell on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017.

LAST TIME OUT
The Bobcats went 1-0-1 this past weekend, topping Dartmouth, 3-1, and playing to a draw vs. Harvard, 2-2.

Freshman Kate MacKenzie (Winnipieg, Manitoba) and senior Meghan Turner (Bedford, New Hampshire) both registered a goal in the draw vs. Harvard, while Kenzie Prater (Hudson, Wisconsin), Alicia Barry (Hanson, Massachusetts), Emma Greco (Burlington, Ontario) and Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Connecticut) each recorded an assist.

Sophomore Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitoba), senior Taryn Baumgardt (Innisfail, Alberta) and Samoskevich all scored in Saturday's win over the Big Green. Prater and Danielle Marmer (Dorset, Vermont) both grabbed a helper. Quinnipiac goaltender Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) made a combined 28 saves over the weekend. Rossman now owns a 13-5-3 record in 2016-17, and is 47-8-3 in her four seasons with Quinnipiac.

IN THE ECAC

With an 8-3-2 record (18 points), Quinnipiac currently ranks No. 2 in ECAC Hockey.
Colgate and Cornell, both of Quinnipiac's opponents this weekend, are currently tied for No. 5 in the ECAC with a 6-2-1 conference record (13 points).

IN THE POLLS
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey has been ranked No. 9 in the latest USCHO.com Poll, and No. 8 in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll. The Bobcats have been in the Top 10 of both polls for all of the 2016-17 season.

SCOUTING COLGATE

Colgate is 15-3-3 so far this year, and 6-2-1 in ECAC Hockey action.
The Raiders rank No. 8 in the latest USCHO.com poll, just one spot ahead of Quinnipiac.
Colgate is 0-1-2 in its last three games, playing to a scoreless tie its last time out vs. St. Cloud State.
Jessie Eldridge has nine goals and 20 assists this year for 29 points. She ranks fourth in scoring in the ECAC.

ALL-TIME vs. COLGATE

Quinnipiac is 12-15-4 all-time vs. Colgate, and 7-6-1 on the road vs. the Raiders.
The Bobcats have won the previous three matchups leading into this weekend.

SCOUTING CORNELL

Cornell is 10-5-1, and has won two straight contests heading in to the weekend.
Hanna Bunton has four goals and 10 assists for a team-high 14 points, while Kristin O'Neill has a team-high seven goals to go along with four assists and 11 points.

ALL-TIME vs. CORNELL

Quinnipiac is 8-12-7 all-time vs. Cornell, and 6-6-2 on the road vs. the Big Red.
The two teams played to a 3-3 tie this year on Nov. 18, 2016.

ROAD WARRIORS
Quinnipiac has scored 37 goals on the road so far this year, which ranks tied for No. 1 in ECAC Hockey. The Bobcats are 9-2-1 on the road in total.

DOMINANT DEFENSE
Quinnipiac currently ranks No. 3 in the nation in team defense, giving up just 1.42 goals per contest.

CENTURY MARK
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) and Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) both reached 100 career points in the Bobcats' final game before the break, a 6-1 win over RPI on Dec. 3, 2016. Woods recorded four goals to lead the offensive charge for Quinnipiac, while Cianfarano chipped in with a goal and two assists. Woods, the senior captain, reached the century mark in 133 career games (43 goals, 57 assists). Cianfarano, a junior, reached the plateau in 94 games (56 goals, 44 assists).

SUPER CIANFARANO
Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) has six power-play scores, which ranks tied for No. 1 in the nation.

NO ASSISTS? NO PROBLEM
Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) has four unassisted goals so far in 2016-17, which is tied for best in Division I hockey.

POWER PLAY
Quinnipiac has scored on 17-of-88 power play chances thus far in 2016-17, a rate of 19.32 percent – which ranks No. 4 in the country.

PENALTY KILL
Quinnipiac ranked No. 2 in the nation in PK percentage last season, killing off 98-of-106 penalties (92.5 percent). This year, the Bobcats have successfully killed 68-of-81 PK chances, good for 84.0 percent.

JUST SCORE FIRST
Last year, Quinnipiac scored first in 25 of its 34 regular season games – going 22-0-3 in those games. The Bobcats have scored first in 17 of 24 games so far in the 2016-17 season, going 14-1-2 when scoring first.

SHOOT TO THRILL
The Bobcats are 38-3-7 in games where they outshoot their opponent, dating back to the start of last season. Quinnipiac has recorded more shots in 20 of 24 games so far in 2016-17, going 15-2-3 in that span.

ECAC HOCKEY AWARDS
The Bobcats have won three ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards this year:

Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) – ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week – Oct. 11, 2016
Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) – ECAC Hockey Player of the Week – Oct. 18, 2016
Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) – ECAC Hockey Player of the Week – Nov. 29, 2016

TOP DOG
The Bobcats were picked as ECAC Hockey's favorite entering the 2016-17 season, finishing No. 1 overall in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll. Junior forward Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) was selected to the Preseason All-ECAC First Team. Last year as a sophomore, Cianfarano led the ECAC with 52 points.

COMMANDING THE CONFERENCE
Quinnipiac dominated ECAC Hockey play last year, going 16-2-4. The Bobcats finished with 36 overall points, three total points ahead of Clarkson – who went 14-3-5 in conference action. QU allowed just 18 goals in 22 conference games in 2015-16. The Bobcats have gone 7-3-1 in their first 11 conference games this year.

LAST SEASON
As a team, Quinnipiac is on the heels of perhaps its most impressive season in program history, which ended with an ECAC Hockey Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. The Bobcats went 30-3-5 in 2015-16, earning the most wins and highest win percentage (.885) in team history. Head coach Cassandra Turner also set the NCAA Record for most wins by a first-year women's ice hockey head coach.

BENCHMARK YEAR
Other program records set in 2015-16 included: most goals scored (118), most assists (188), highest power play percentage (25 percent), highest penalty kill (92.5 percent), fewest goals allowed (35), lowest GAA (0.92), most home wins (18), longest winning streak (10 games), and longest unbeaten streak (21 games).

Player Notes
EMMA WOODS

Woods (Burford, Ontario) was unanimously voted by her teammates to be the Bobcats' captain for 2016-17 season.
Has nine goals and nine assists so far this year for the Bobcats, and 44 career goals to go along with 57 assists for 101 points.

SYDNEY ROSSMAN

Bobcats' goaltender Sydney Rossman had a .949 save percentage a season ago, allowing just .90 goals per game in 39 games (second-best in the nation). The 2016 ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Year recorded 16 shutouts in 2015-16, which is tied with former Bobcat netminder Chelsea Laden's single-season record from 2014-15.
Her current .939 save percentage and 1.09 goals-against average for her career rank No. 1 in program history.
Has five shutouts so far in 2016-17, with a .919 save percentage.
She is also an assistant captain for Quinnipiac this year.
She has 23 career shutouts, needing three more for the program tie.

TAYLAR CIANFARANO

T.T. Cianfarano recorded 28 goals and 24 assists last year, winning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year honors.
She owns the Quinnipiac program record for most goals and most points in a single-season for a sophomore.
She was selected to the Preseason 2016-17 All-ECAC First Team
Has 11 goals and eight assists for 19 points this year, and 56 goals and 45 assists for 101 points in her career.

MELISSA SAMOSKEVICH

Melissa Samoskevich has eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points so far this year.
She was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team last season, after putting up 16 goals and 16 assists as a freshman.
Samoskevich has 23 goals and 26 assists for 48 career points.

MEGHAN TURNER

Meghan Turner, an assistant captain for the Bobcats in 2016-17, has six goals and 10 assists for 16 points so far this season.
She has 23 career goals and 23 career assists over four years with the Bobcats – including a career-high eight goals in 2015-16.

TARYN BAUMGARDT

Taryn Baumgardt (Innisfail, Alberta) has four goals and seven assists so far this year.
The defender has two goals and four assists for six points in 2014-15, and then three goals and 10 helpers for 13 points in 2015-16. She has 10 career goals and 27 assists.

EMMA GRECO

Senior Emma Greco (Burlington, Ontario) has six assists so far this season to go along with a team-high 42 blocked shots.
She has two goals and 19 assists for 21 career points.

KENZIE PRATER

Kenzie Prater (Hudson, Wisconsin) has five goals and six assists for 11 points in her first season at QU.
She was a member of the 2016 U.S. Women's Under-22 team, alongside teammates Cianfarano and Samoskevich.

KENZIE LANCASTER

Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) has eight goals and four assists for 12 points this year, and eight goals and five assists for 13 career tallies.
She has five scores in the last five games.

RANDI MARCON

Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitoba) has four goals and an assist for five points so far in 2016-17, and eight goals and three assists for 10 career points.

RAQUEL PENNOYER

Raquel Pennoyer (Rehoboth, Massachusetts) has one goal and three assists for four points this year, and three goals and seven assists for 10 career points.

KATE MACKENZIE

Freshman Kate MacKenzie (Winnipeg, Manitoba) has four goals and four assists in her first season with the Bobcats. She tallied three assists in the Oct. 29 victory over Brown.

KATI TABIN

The freshman defender has two goals and five assists for seven points in her first season with Quinnipiac.

ALICIA BARRY

Has a goal and seven assists for eight points so far this year, and two goals with 13 helpers for her career at QU.

DANIELLE MARMER

Has four assists for the Bobcats so far this year, and two goals with nine helpers in her career at Quinnipiac.

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