No. 6 Quinnipiac Set for Home-and-Home Against Providence

Friday, October 2

Hamden, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Providence College

Group celebration after goal against Brown (Mar. 27, 2026 in Hamden, Conn.)

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No. 6 Quinnipiac Set for Home-and-Home Against Providence

10/2/2026 12:30:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Game #3: No. 6 Quinnipiac vs Providence
Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 | 3:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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Game #4: No. 6 Quinnipiac at Providence
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Schneider Arena | Providence, RI
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HAMDEN, Conn. – No. 6 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey returns home this weekend for a home-and-home series against Providence. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. on Friday at M&T Bank Arena before the series shifts to Providence, R.I. for a 3 p.m. matchup on Saturday.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE

The Friars enter the weekend with a 2-0 record after sweeping Sacred Heart in a season-opening home-and-home series.
QU swept last season's series against Providence, outscoring the Friars 10-2. Peyton Cormier and Aynsley D'Ottavio each scored their first collegiate goals, while Alex Law recorded the first hat trick of her career.
Providence finished the 2025-26 campaign with an 11-22-2 overall record and 8-14-2 in Hockey East play.
Audrey Knapp returns after posting 23 points last season and opened the year with back-to-back multi-point performances. The senior leads the team with four points.
First-year Grace van Volsen leads the Friars with three goals after recording her first collegiate goal and first multi-goal game against Sacred Heart.
Mallory Hartl and Bianca Birrittieri have split time in net, combining for a 2-0-0 record, 40 saves and one shutout through the opening weekend.

THE MAINE EVENT

The Bobcats opened the season with a two-game sweep at Maine, earning their first sweep of the year and 12th straight win over the Black Bears.
Ella Johnson scored Quinnipiac's first goal of the season on the team's first power play opportunity of the year.
Alex Law found the back of the net in both games, including the game-winning goal in the season opener.
First-year Rosalie Breton netted her first collegiate goal, while Aynsley D'Ottavio and Kahlen Lamarche each scored their first goals of the season.
Casey Clausen earned both wins in her collegiate debut, stopping 57 of 59 shots across the two games.
Clausen was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week on Sept. 29 after posting a .966 save percentage and 1.00 goals-against average during opening weekend.

IN THE POLLS

The Bobcats have been ranked No. 5/6 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.

NEW FACES, SAME STANDARD

The Bobcats welcome nine newcomers this season, including six first-year players and three transfers.
Ellie Gauvin joins QU after spending four seasons on the blueline at Brown, where she appeared in 64 games and recorded 12 points.
Senior Keara Parker and junior Ilsa Lindaman join the Bobcats after transferring from St. Thomas.
Parker played in 105 games for the Tommies, tallying 24 points, while Lindaman recorded 21 points across 63 career games.
The first year class features three forwards, two defenders, and one goalie.
QU adds three Americans in Cassidy Lobisser (Massachusetts), Natalia Dilbone (Michigan), and Annika Stock (Alaska).
The class also features three international students, Annabell Kruzich from Ottawa, Canada, Rosalie Breton and Clara-Mai Van Houtte-Cachero from Québec, Canada.