MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team hosts Franklin Pierce University on Tuesday, Feb. 15 with the opening puck drop slated for 3 p.m.
SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (10-11-3, 7-5-3 NEWHA)
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The Hawks captured a 3-0 win in their last contest on Feb. 5 over Post University. With the win, Saint Anselm improved to 10-11-3 on the season with a 7-5-3 mark against New England Women's Hockey Alliance opponents. After hosting the Ravens in a makeup game from Jan. 29, Saint Anselm welcomes Sacred Heart University to the Hilltop on Friday, Feb. 18 for a 4 p.m. opening puck drop.
The Ravens swept Post on Feb. 11 and Feb. 12, netting 6-0 and 4-1 wins to improve to 16-8-1 overall and 12-3-0 against the league. After Tuesday's contest, Franklin Pierce hosts Long Island University on Friday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 19 to conclude their home regular season schedule.
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SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM
- The Hawks close out the regular season with five home games starting against the Ravens before hosting Sacred Heart on Friday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 19 and then hosting Saint Michael's College on Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26 to conclude the regular season.
- In the weekend two-game set with Post, freshman Tyra Turner (Andover, Minn.) scored four goals and added two assists for six points, earning her the NEWHA Rookie of the Week honor for the third time this season. She is tied for second in the conference with 10 goals and is 11th with 10 assists which puts her in a tie for second with 20 points.
- Turner enters Tuesday on a seven-game point streak, scoring nine goals and adding six assists during the stretch that dates back to Dec. 2 against Brown. Five of the contests have been multi-point efforts.
- Seniors Erin Meyers (St. Paul, Minn.) and Kelly Golini (Tewksbury, Mass.) are tied for sixth in the NEWHA with 11 helpers each. They each have scored seven goals to add to their 11 assists for 18 points.
- Golini is also riding a seven-game point streak. On her streak that dates back to the contest against Brown, the senior has scored three goals while recording seven helpers.
- Junior Allie Kelley (East Berne, N.Y.) has a 2.63 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage. Those rank fifth and second in the conference. Kelley set the Saint Anselm women's ice hockey single-season saves record this season and currently leads the NEWHA with 768 saves. Kelley's .932 save percentage is 17th best when compare to National Collegiate level opponents.
- Saint Anselm sits in fourth in the NEWHA standings with 17 points, trailing Sacred Heart by three points for the third position.
SCOUTING FRANKLIN PIERCE
- The Ravens swept Post and extended their winning streak to eight games. The team has posted wins over Union (N.Y.), Sacred Heart, Saint Anselm, Saint Michael's, and Post on the stretch.
- Becca Kniss is tied for second in the NEWHA with 10 goals scored. Marissa Massaro, Emilie Prive, and Brooke Remington all have netted nine goals each which is tied for sixth in the conference.
- Katelyn Brightbill is second in the conference in assists with 13 while Ava Kison is tied for sixth with 11. Five Franklin Pierce student-athletes have recorded nine assists each.
- Brightbill, Kison, Prive, and Remington all have 18 points on the season, tying them for the team lead and putting them in a tie for sixth in the NEWHA.
- Suzette Faucher and Emme Ostrander have split time in goal for the Ravens with Ostrander drawing 13 starts to Faucher's 12. Faucher boasts a .952 save percentage and a 1.21 goals-against average, which rank second and third in all of the National Collegiate level. Ostrander holds a 2.51 goals against and a .906 save percentage.
- The Ravens are currently tied for the top spot in the conference with Long Island at 24 points each.
ALL-TIME vs. FRANKLIN PIERCE
- The Hawks are 24-5-1 all-time against the Ravens and Tuesday's tilt marks the 31st in the all-time series.
- This will be the fourth and final contest in the regular season series between the squads with Franklin Pierce holding a 2-1 edge.
- During the season, the squads split a home-and-home series on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30. On Jan. 28, Franklin Pierce captured a 3-2 win in overtime. All three contests this season have been decided by one goal and two of the three have been decided by 3-2 scores.
- The Hawks were 21-0-1 before the Ravens captured their first win in the series on Nov. 1, 2019. Since then, Franklin Pierce is 5-3 against Saint Anselm.