2012-13 Women's Ice Hockey
Roster
Morgan Fritz-Ward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mason City, Iowa
- High School:
- Lakeville South
- Position:
- FORWARD
- Quinnipiac Team Captain for 2014-15season
As a Junior in 2013-14:
Named the Bobcats’ 2014-15 team captain, the11th in the history of Quinnipiac women’s icehockey, at the team’s annual year-end banquet held in May2014 … Enjoyed a career-year in which she tallied 15 points(nine goals, six assists) while playing in all 37 games for theBobcats … She also chipped in the 3rd-mostgame-winning goals (3) on the team as well as the3rd-most shots-on-goal (109) … Spent a great dealof time on the penalty kill unit for the Bobcats and led allQuinnipiac skaters with 31 blocked shots for the season …Came into the season with just one multi-point game to her name andfinished the season with five multi-point games throughout 2013-14as well as her first two multi-goal games of her career …Posted two points (one goal, one assists) including the assist onthe game-winning power-play goal on Oct. 11 against Penn State… Posted her second multi-point game of the season with onegoal and one assist at No. 7 Harvard on Oct. 25 … Scored thegame-winning goal in the third period of a 4-2 win at Dartmouth onOct. 26 … Finished with one assist in the Bobcats’ 3-2victory on Nov. 15 against No. 5 Boston College … Knocked inthe game-winning goal against New Hampshire on Nov. 16 …Poked home two goals in the Bobcats’ 8-0 victory in the FirstRound of the Nutmeg Classic against RIT … Tallied her secondcareer game with two assists on Dec. 7 against Rensselaer ….Scored the game-winner for the Bobcats in a 3-1 win over Dartmouthon Jan. 31 … Lit the lamp twice for her second multi-goalgame of the season on Feb. 15 against Brown … Tallied oneassist in the Bobcats’ Game One victory over St. Lawrence inthe ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Feb. 28.
As a Sophomore in 2012-13:
Appeared in 33 games in her second year with theBobcats…Was one of the Bobcats’ most-improved playersas she broke out with seven points (two goals, five assists) in2012-13…Was a main contributor on both of Quinnipiac’sspecial team units…Finished seventh on the team with 73shots-on-goal for the season…Was another key factor to theteam’s success as the Bobcats were undefeated (5-0-1) in sixgames in which she tallied at least one point…Scored herfirst goal of the season on 10/27 in an 8-3 win overDartmouth…Pressured heavily in the 11/2 matchup againstColgate as she finished with a season-high sixshots-on-goal…Registered the first assist of her career on11/9 against Union…Chipped in two assists on 11/17 againstSt. Lawrence to finish with her first career multi-pointgame…Tallied an assist in a victory over UConn on11/24…Scored her first career power-play goal on 12/1 in a4-1 victory over Union…Finished the 2/23 matchup againstBrown with one assist and a season-high +2 plus/minusrating…Contributed 10 shots-on-goal throughout the ECACHockey Quarterfinal series against St. Lawrence including aseason-high six on 3/2 against the Saints.
As a Freshman in 2011-12:
Saw action in 16 games…Registered one goal on theseason…Recorded her first career goal in a 4-1 win overColgate on 1/14.
Before Quinnipiac:
Attended Mason City High School in 2007-08 and graduated fromLakeville South High School in Minnesota in 2011…Ran trackin 2007-08 and cross country from 2007 through 2009…Playedsoftball in 2009-10, hockey from 2009 through 2011, and playedlacrosse in 2010-11…Was a Star Tribune All-Metro Third-Teammember…Was a Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association(MGHCA) All-State honorable mention…Named to the MGHCAAcademic All-State and All-Conference teams…Was a PioneerPress All-State honorable mention…Was the captain of herteam and won the offensive player of the year award…Was amember of the Upper Midwest Hockey League where she wonMVP…Awarded Outstanding Academic Performance Awards incommunications, social studies and science…Honored as a LakeConference Scholar and an Iowa Girls High School AthleticUnion Excellence in Academic Achievement award.
Personal:
A native of Mason City, Iowa…Daughter of John andAnne…Has a twin brother Zachary, and a younger brother,J.D…Plans to major in health science.
