No. 4 Bobcats to Celebrate 25 Year Anniversary with Top-10 Showdown

Friday, October 16

Hamden, Conn.

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Northeastern University

Makayla Watson celebrating goal against Post with Annika Stock (Oct. 6, 2026 in Hamden, CT)

Photo by: Caroline Barry

No. 4 Bobcats to Celebrate 25 Year Anniversary with Top-10 Showdown

10/15/2026 10:21:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Game #6: No. 5 Quinnipiac vs No. 6 Northeastern
Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 | 6:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, CT
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Game #7: No. 4 Quinnipiac vs No. 6 Northeastern
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 | 3:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, CT
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HAMDEN, CT. – No. 4 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey continues its 25th anniversary celebration this weekend as the Bobcats host Northeastern for a two-game series. Saturday's game will feature Alumnae Day festivities, along with a banner-raising ceremony honoring the 2026 ECAC Championship team.

SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN

The Huskies enter the weekend with a 2-1-0 record after earning recent victories over Providence and New Hampshire.
Sophomore Stryker Zablocki leads Northeastern with four points on three goals and one assist, including two game-winning goals.
Goaltenders Lisa Jönsson and Renna Trembecky have each started this season, with Trembecky logging the majority of the time in net.
Jönsson recorded a 26-save shutout in her lone appearance of the season.
The Bobcats swept Northeastern in Hamden last season, with Kahlen Lamarche and Emerson Jarvis combining to score all nine Quinnipiac goals. Lamarche recorded back-to-back hat tricks, totaling seven goals across the two games.

PUTTING THE NATION ON NOTICE

Through five games, Quinnipiac ranks tied for first nationally in penalty-kill percentage (100%), scoring defense (0.80 goals allowed per game) and faceoff percentage (63.6%).
The Bobcats rank second nationally in goals (25), assists (41) and scoring offense (5.00 goals per game).

BAIROS IS BUZZING

Avery Bairos has recorded back-to-back multi-goal performances after posting the first multi-goal game of her career on Oct. 3.
The junior leads the Bobcats with five goals through five games, including two game-winners. She recorded her first four collegiate goals between Jan. 9 and Mar. 7 last season.
Bairos earned a spot on the 2026 ECAC All-Tournament Team after scoring the overtime game-winner against Princeton in the ECAC semifinals and a goal against Yale in the title game.
She finished last season with three game-winning goals, ranking third on the team.

TAV ON TOP

Junior defender Aynsley D'Ottavio leads Quinnipiac with seven points on four goals and three assists while posting a team-best +9 rating.
D'Ottavio has recorded at least one point in each of her last four games, including back-to-back multi-point performances.
The junior also leads the Bobcats with 10 blocked shots.
D'Ottavio made a significant jump in her sophomore season, increasing her offensive production from six points as a rookie to 28 points while recording 37 blocks.

LAW AND ORDER

Senior Alex Law is tied for second on the team with six points through five games, totaling four goals and two assists. Two of her goals have opened the scoring for the Bobcats.
Law recorded her first multi-point game of the season against Providence, tallying two goals and an assist.
The senior has scored five goals in her last two appearances at Providence's Schneider Arena, including her first career hat trick.

GOALTENDERS GALORE

Casey Clausen and Natalia Dilbone have combined for a 5-0 record, a 0.80 goals-against average and a .955 save percentage this season.
Dilbone picked up back-to-back wins to open her collegiate career, posting a 0.50 GAA and a .957 save percentage while recording her first career shutout against Post on Oct. 6.
The rookie earned her first collegiate win on Oct. 3 against Providence, making 14 saves.
Clausen opened her collegiate career with three consecutive victories, stopping 63 of 66 shots faced.
Clausen was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week on Sept. 29 after posting a .966 save percentage and a 1.00 goals-against average during opening weekend.

IN THE POLLS

The Bobcats have been ranked No. 4 nationally in each of the latest national polls and in the preseason (USCHO & USA Hockey).

ECAC PRESEASON FAVORITES

Cass Turner's squad has been selected as the favorite in the preseason coaches' poll for the first time in a decade.
The Bobcats received 112 points in the preseason poll with six first-place votes, following the program's second ECAC Championship title last season.
Senior assistant captain Kahlen Lamarche and junior goaltender Felicia Frank were both named to the ECAC Hockey Preseason All-League Team.

BELIEVE IN THE BOBCATS

The Bobcats advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2023, earning a 4-0 shutout victory over Franklin Pierce before falling to No. 1 Wisconsin in the Regional Final.
Quinnipiac finished the season with 29 wins and captured its first ECAC Hockey Championship since 2016, defeating top-seeded Yale 5-1 in the title game.
The tournament was also historic, marking the first time the women's championship was played at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid.
Goaltender Felicia Frank was named the ECAC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after stopping 61 shots and allowing just two goals. Frank was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Avery Bairos, Makayla Watson, and Zoe Uens.
Bairos played a key role in QU's postseason run, scoring twice, including the overtime game-winner against No. 2 Princeton. The goals were the third and fourth of her collegiate career.
Kahlen Lamarche and Felicia Frank earned All-ECAC First Team honors, while Watson was named to the All-ECAC Second Team.

THE KAHLEN EFFECT

Kahlen Lamarche became the first Bobcat in program history to be named a top-10 finalist for the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
Lamarche earned ACHA Second Team All-American, All-USCHO Second Team and All-ECAC Hockey First Team honors following her record-setting season.
The forward tallied 42 goals and 22 assists for 64 points in 2025-26, leading the NCAA in goals and ranking third nationally in points.
Lamarche broke two of Quinnipiac's Division I single-season records, setting new program marks for goals and points. Both records had previously been held by Kelly Babstock '14 for 15 years.

STRONG RETURNING GROUP

QU returns 68% of its scoring from a season ago, with the rising junior class accounting for nearly half of that production.
Last season's NCAA goal-scoring leader, Kahlen Lamarche, returns for her senior year in Hamden after three-straight 30+ point seasons.
Junior defenders Aynsley D'Ottavio and Makayla Watson return to the Bobcats' blueline after tallying 28 and 26 points, respectively, last season.
Ella Johnson, Bryn Prier, Ella Sennick, Taylor Brueske and Peyton Cormier also return after each recorded double-digit points in 2025-26.