No. 10 Bobcats Facing No. 9 Clarkson in ECAC Quarterfinal Series

Friday, February 28

Potsdam, NY

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Clarkson University

Sophie Urban celebrates a shootout goal against Brown (Jan. 25, 2025)

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No. 10 Bobcats Facing No. 9 Clarkson in ECAC Quarterfinal Series

2/27/2025 12:41:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

No. 10 Quinnipiac at No. 9 Clarkson
Feb. 28 - March 2, 2025 | 3:00 PM (Friday), 2:00 PM (Saturday and Sunday*)
Cheel Arena | Potsdam, N.Y.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – No. 10 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey is set to hit the road for a three-game series with No. 9 Clarkson to decide a spot in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals this weekend at Cheel Arena.

SCOUTING CLARKSON

This is the third meeting of the two programs this season, with the series split at one win apiece, with each team winning on home ice.
Clarkson is 22-10-2 and is coming off a bye from the opening round.
Matt Desroisiers is the head coach of the Golden Knights in his 17th season.
Haley Winn leads Clarkson with 42 points on the year.

NATIONAL LEADERS

The Bobcats are first nationally in team shutouts with 12 between goalies Kaley Doyle (8) and Felicia Frank (4).
Doyle sits tied for the national lead in individual shutouts.
Felicia Frank also sits tied for 13th in shutouts nationally among all goaltenders and is second nationally among first year goaltenders.
The Bobcats sit second in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 1.31 goals per game.
QU also takes the third least penalties in the country at 5.1 PIM per game and has the third best penalty kill at 89.5 percent.

COOPER AND WATSON NAMED TO ECAC TEAMS

Defenders Kendall Cooper and Makayla Watson each were named to an All-ECAC team.
Kendall Cooper garnered her fifth straight nod to an All-ECAC team, being named to the Second Team.
Makayla Watson was also named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team.

SHUTOUT OVER HARVARD

In the Opening Round of the ECAC Playoffs the Bobcats shutout Harvard 2-0 at M&T Bank Arena.
Maya Labad and Makayla Watson each scored in the first period for QU.
Kaley Doyle made 26 saves in goal for her eighth shutout of the season.

PRIER AND COOPER TAKE WEEKLY AWARDS

After a career-weekend for Prier and Cooper notching four assists they each were named for ECAC Weekly Awards.
Prier had four goals and an assist between the two games and Cooper had four assists.

HOME SWEEP TO FINISH REGULAR SEASON

The Bobcats defeated RPI 7-1 on Friday evening before scoring three third period goals to defeat Union 3-1 on Saturday.
Bryn Prier had her first career natural hat trick while also adding an assist.
She scored the fastest natural hat trick in Quinnipiac program history.
Kendall Cooper also had four assists over the two games.

SWEPT IN THE NORTH COUNTRY

The Bobcats fell in both games this weekend, losing to St. Lawrence 2-1 and Clarkson 3-1.
Kahlen Lamarche and Laurence Frenette each recorded a goal and an assist.

HOME WINS OVER HARVARD AND DARTMOUTH

QU won both of its home games this past weekend by scores of 2-1 over Harvard and 3-0 over Dartmouth.
Maddy Samoskevich had a three-point weekend, including two goals against Dartmouth.
Kahlen Lamarche and Maya Labad each notched two points as well.

AN ADDITION TO THE LEADERSHIP GROUP

Last week Meg Rittenhouse was named an Assistant Captain for the Bobcats, joining the leadership group of Kendall Cooper, Maddy Samoskevich, and Sophie Urban.

WIN OVER YALE & SCORELESS TIE WITH BROWN

QU defeated Yale 2-1 on Friday evening with Emerson Jarvis and Kahlen Lamarche scoring just 45 seconds apart just before the end of the second period.
On Saturday afternoon, the Bobcats skated to a scoreless tie with Brown, eventually taking the shootout in the 11th round.

COOP'S CHASIN' HISTORY

Bobcat captain Kendall Cooper currently sits in 4th place in all-time points with 111 after passing Taylar Cianfarano '18.
She owns the most points by a defender in program history and also sits in third place all-time with 78 assists.

RANKED LOSSES AT COLGATE, CORNELL

Last week the Bobcats fell at Colgate and Cornell, 4-2 and 4-1 respectively.
Tessa Holk and Bryn Prier scored in the loss at Colgate while Jenna Donohue found the net at Cornell.

HOME LOSS TO PRINCETON

Princeton came back from a goal a week ago to defeat the Bobcats 3-1.
Tessa Holk had the lone goal for the Bobcats.

SWEEP IN THE CAPITAL REGION

The Bobcats dominated their return to the ice in 2025, outscoring Union and RPI 12-1.
Jenna Donohue had four points in the 8-1 win over Union while Kahlen Lamarche tallied three goals and two assists over the weekend to earn ECAC Hockey honors this week.

KIDS DAY WIN OVER SHU

QU survived its 11:00 AM game with Sacred Heart 2-1 on Tuesday morning.
Emerson Jarvis played the hero, scoring with just 69 seconds left to win.

NUTMEG CLASSIC

QU competed in the Nutmeg Classic this past weekend, defeating SHU 8-1 before going to a shootout with Yale in the championship game.
Yale ended the Bobcats' hopes at a five-peat winning in the shootout, but the game would ultimately stay as a tie on each team's record.
Kahlen Lamarche was named to the All- Tournament team with her first career hat trick coming in the first game versus SHU.

CORNELL-COLGATE

The Bobcats played to a 3-3 tie with Cornell on Friday night, with Watson, Lamarche, and Prier each scoring.
On Saturday QU fell 4-1 to No. 5 Colgate. Kendall Cooper scored the lone goal for the Bobcats.

ONE GOAL GAMES

QU defeated both Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend by scores of 2-1 (OT) and 1-0.
On Friday night, Laurence Frenette scored the game-tying goal with 2:15 to go and the extra attacker out for the Bobcats.
Jenna Donohue sent the Bobcats home with an OT game-winner 45 seconds in to the frame.
On Saturday, Kendall Cooper scored the Bobcats' lone goal in the third period and Kaley Doyle made 15 saves for the shutout.
QU also notched a 1-0 win over LIU in their game last Tuesday.
Kendall Cooper hit Kahlen Lamarche for the game-winner in the first period.

COOPER NAMED DEFENDER OF THE WEEK

After notching an assist on Jenna Donohue's overtime game-winner at Dartmouth and scoring the lone goal in QU's 1-0 win over Harvard, Kendall Cooper was named ECAC Hockey's Defender of the Week on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

TWO TOP TEN WINS

The Bobcats took down No. 5 Clarkson and No. 7 St. Lawrence last weekend by a combined scored of 6-1.
Kathryn Stockdale scored the game-winner over Clarkson while Jenna Donohue notched two goals against St. Lawrence.

DOYLE EARNS THIRD ECAC HOCKEY GOALIE OF THE WEEK

Goaltender Kaley Doyle made 52 saves this weekend while only allowing one goal to earn ECAC honors for the third time this season.

CLOSE OPENING ECAC WEEKEND

On Friday night, the Bobcats fell in their opening ECAC game 2-1, in overtime to Brown.
Jenna Donohue scored her first goal of the season in the loss.
On Saturday afternoon, QU tied Yale 1-1 and took home a shootout win.
Taylor Brueske scored her first collegiate goal in the loss.

HOME SWEEP OVER SYRACUSE

Last weekend the Bobcats outscored Syracuse 8-1 over two games in Hamden.
Maya Labad had a four-goal weekend, including her first career hat trick in Saturday's contest, to garner her ECAC Forward of the Week honors.
Felicia Frank got her second consecutive shutout in Friday's 4-0 win.
Makayla Watson dished three assists over the two games.

BOBCATS SPLIT WITH PROVIDENCE

In the first half of the home-and-home with Providence, QU struck late to win 1-0 last Tuesday night.
Maddy Samoskevich ripped a shot from the slot with less than four minutes to go to win it for the Bobcats.
First year goaltender Felicia Frank made 23 saves in her first collegiate start to shutout the Friars.
In the second game of the home-and-home, a week later, the Bobcats fell 3-2 in Providence, RI.
Kendall Cooper and Emerson Jarvis scored for the Bobcats.

BOUNCE BACK WIN OVER NORTHEASTERN

After falling 4-2 on Friday evening, the Bobcats bounced back to win 3-0 over the Huskies.
Kaley Doyle notched her third shutout of the season, making 28 saves.
Maya Labad kept her scoring touch, finding the back of the net on the first goal of the Bobcats three in their win on Saturday.

DOMINANT WINS OVER MAINE

The Bobcats outscored Maine 11-0 in their opening weekend series against the Black Bears.
Kaley Doyle made 44 saves combined.
Maya Labad and Kahlen Lamarche each tallied four points on the weekend.

LABAD AND DOYLE TABBED FOR ECAC WEEKLY AWARDS

After a dominant weekend, Kaley Doyle was named ECAC Hockey's MAC Goaltending Goalie of the Week, while Maya Labad was named Forward of the Week.
Doyle made 44 saves for the first back-to-back shutouts of her career.
Labad tallied the seventh multi-goal game of her career before adding another one on Saturday afternoon.

SAMO'S NEW LOOK

Former Bobcat defender Maddy Samoskevich has moved to forward and changed her number from No. 7 to No. 11 ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Her older sister, former Bobcat captain Melissa Samoskevich '19 wore No. 11 in her time at Quinnipiac.

#10 IN THE POLLS

The Bobcats have been ranked No. 10 nationally in each of the latest national polls and in the preseason (USCHO & USA Hockey).

STRONG RETURNING GROUP

The Bobcats will return two of their top three scorers as well as seven of the top 15 from a year ago.
Kahlen Lamarche leads the pack, scoring 11 goals and dishing 23 assists for 34 points in her rookie season while Kendall Cooper was right behind her with 33 points.
Maya Labad (27 points), Maddy Samoskevich (21 points), Sophie Urban (12 points), Zoe Uens (11 points), and Emerson Jarvis (8 points) round out the top scoring returners.

NEW FACES, SAME GOAL

The Bobcats welcome 14 newcomers this season including eight first year players and six transfers. Of the six transfers there are four graduate students.
Kaley Doyle (Brown), Jenna Donohue (Dartmouth), Meg Rittenhouse (Colby), and Kathryn Stockdale(UConn) each transferred with one year of eligibility left.
Laurence Frenette (Clarkson) and Tessa Holk (Colgate) round out the transfer group.
The first year class includes four international players, Felicia Frank (Sweden), Makayla Watson (Canada), Avery Bairos (Canada) and Aynsley D'Ottavio (Canada).
Taylor Brueske and Hailey Jussila are each from Minnesota while Ella Sennick is from Pennsylvania and Bryn Prier is from Florida.

QU REVEALS CAPTAINS

Graduate defender Kendall Cooper will serve as the Bobcats' captain, stepping up from her assistant captain position a season ago.
She is joined by graduate forwards Maddy Samoskevich and Sophie Urban who each announced their returns to Hamden in the spring.

LAST YEAR (2023-24)

The Bobcats recently completed a stellar 2023-24 season, with a third-straight 25 or more win season.
QU finished 5th in the ECAC, securing a home game for the opening round in the playoff format where they defeated Harvard 9-0.
Kate Reilly and Kendall Cooper were named to the All-ECAC Third Team for their performance on the ice. Reilly led the Bobcats with 39 total points (10 goals, 29 assists). Cooper was also a weapon in the offensive zone with 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists).
Kahlen Lamarche was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team after finishing second in points on last year's squad (11 goals, 23 assists). She was named ECAC Rookie of the Week twice as well as ECAC Rookie of the Month for December.

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