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Syracuse Game Notes NNEWEW YYORK’SORK’S CCOLLEGEOLLEGE TTEAMEAM Release #1 - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 SSYRACUSEYRACUSE IICECE HHOCKEYOCKEY Inaugural Athletic Communications Office • Manley Fieldhouse • 1301 E. Colvin St. Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 Season Contact: Mark Majewski • 315-443-2608 • Fax (2076) • [email protected] / [email protected] 2008-09 Schedule and Results Game 2 and 3 OCTOBER Syracuse Orange (0-1, 0-0) Oct. 1 ........Colgate........Colgate (7(7 p.m.) .................... L,L, 4-34-3 @ #2 Wisconsin Badgers (2-0, 0-0) Oct. 3 ........Wisconsin........Wisconsin (7 p.m.) ............... Fri., Oct. 3 • 7:00 p.m. Oct. 4 ........Wisconsin........Wisconsin (Noon)(Noon) ................ Sat., Oct. 4 • Noon Oct. 10 ......Robert Morris * (7:30 p.m.) ... Kohl Center • Madison, Wis. Oct. 11 ......Robert Morris * (7:30 p.m.) ... Oct. 17 ......Quinnipiac (5 p.m.) .............. LEAD STORY Oct. 18 ......Quinnipiac (2 p.m.) .............. The Syracuse University women’s ice hockey team concluded its fi rst game in program history on Wednesday night OCT. 31 ....SACRED HEART (7 p.m.) .. against Colgate. Freshman Megan Skelly (Taber, Alberta) buried SU’s landmark goal just nine seconds into the NOVEMBER contest. The Orange jumped ahead 2-0 later in the fi rst period thanks to Janelle Malcolm’s (Edmonton, Alberta) NOV. 1 .....SACRED HEART (2 p.m.) .. precise wrist shot. Junior goaltender Lucy Schoedel (Ithaca, N.Y.) astonished the crowd at Starr Rink by stoning NOV. 14 ...MERCYHURST * (7 p.m.) numerous Raiders’ chances, 34 in all. Skelly netted SU’s fi nal goal with just 40 second remaining in the regulation. NOV. 15 ...MERCYHURST * (2 p.m.) Nov. 21 .....Wayne State * (7 p.m.) ......... Skelly’s Got Skills in Erie, Pa. last season. Boston College offered junior blue-liner Gabrielle Beuadry (Cortland, N.Y.) to bolster the defense. Sophomore forward Nov. 22 .....Wayne State * (2 p.m.) ......... Freshman Megan Skelly (Taber, Alberta) not only scored Syracuse’s Rebecca Gordon (St. Catharines, Ontario), comes from Clarkson Nov. 29 .....Carleton Univ. (7 p.m.). ....... landmark fi rst goal, the forward found the back of the net in just nine University located in Potsdam, N.Y. Nov. 30 .....Univ. of Ottawa (2 p.m.) ...... seconds. Skelly lit the lamp again with just 40 seconds remaining in regulation to bring the Orange within one goal of Colgate, 4-3. Skelly’s DECEMBER quick tally may be a Syracuse record for fastest goal scored for many a Orange Eleven DEC. 5 .....MERCYHURST * (7 p.m.) long time. Syracuse welcomes 11 fresh skaters to the 2008-09 lineup. The Dec. 6 .......Mercyhurst * (2 p.m.) ........... newcomers include Katelyn Bero (Akwesasne, N.Y.), Kelly Dimmen JANUARY Schoedel Shuts Down the Opposition (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Nicole Feltes (Rolling Meadows, Ill.), Steph JAN. 9 ......ROBERT MORRIS * (7 p.m.) Junior netminder Lucy Schoedel (Ithaca, N.Y.) played a superb game in Jones (Thornhill, Ontario), Kylie Klassen (Winkler, Manitoba), Janelle JAN. 10 ....ROBERT MORRIS * (2 p.m.) goal, turning aside 34-of-38 Raiders’ attempts. Schoedel impeded 14 Malcolm (Edmonton, Alberta), Taylor Metcalfe (Oakville, Ontario), Lisa Mullan (Victoria, British Columbia), Megan Skelly (Taber, Alberta), Jan. 17 ......Niagara * (7 p.m.) ................ shots in the third period, but defended the pipes notably in the second senior Rachel Tilford (Birch Hills, Saskatchewan) and junior Alison Lee Jan. 18 ......Niagara * (2 p.m.) ................ period. The Orange was outshot 15-1 in the second session. Schoedel (Los Altos, Calif.). JAN. 23 ....WAYNE STATE * (7 p.m.) .. made numerous back-to-back saves when Colgate tried to stuff in the rebound. Schoedel needs to stop 14 more shots to tie her total from last JAN. 24 ....WAYNE STATE * (2 p.m.) .. season at University of New Hampshire. Foul Lines to Blue Lines JAN. 30 ....NIAGARA * (7 p.m.) ........... Rachel Tilford, one of two seniors for SU, was an outfi elder for the JAN. 31 ....NIAGARA * (2 p.m.) ........... Orange softball team for the past three seasons. Tilford started and FEBRUARY SU’s Other New Teams on the Block played in all 150 games for the Orange from 2006-08. She recorded Feb. 13 .....Sacred Heart (7 p.m.) ........... Three programs have recently been added as Division I varsity offerings a .271 career batting average for Syracuse, including 15 home runs, 75 Feb. 14 .....Sacred Heart (2 p.m.) ........... at Syracuse. The fi rst sport came in 1996 when women’s soccer joined the RBIs and 12 steals on 16 attempts. FEB. 20 ....ST. ANSELEM’S (7 p.m.) ... Orange tradition. In 1998, women’s lacrosse became an offi cial varsity Welcome to the Club FEB. 21 ....ST. ANSELEM’S (2 p.m.) ... sport and most recently was the addition of women’s softball in 2000. Junior Alison Lee, one of Syracuse’s three netminders, tried out for Feb. 24 .....McGill Univ. (7 p.m.) ........... Women’s soccer has enjoyed two trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1998 and 2001. Women’s lacrosse made its fi rst NCAA Final Four appearance the team during preseason workouts and made a spot on the roster. * CHA Conference Game in 2008 under head coach Gary Gait. Orange softball has broken the Technically, Lee is the only current member on the team that has worn a HOME GAMES IN CAPS .500 mark four times in its history, with a season-best 35 wins coming in Syracuse ice hockey sweater prior to this season. Lee was a staple on the 2008-09 Standings 2006. University’s club team for the last two years. Team CHA Overall SU Selects Paul Flanagan to Pioneer Orange Orange Captains • Orange Olympian Flanagan announced sophomores Stefanie Marty and Julie Rising as Mercyhurst 0-0-0 0-0-0 Syracuse head coach Paul Flanagan (Canton, N.Y.) will lead the way for the Orange ice hockey program in its fi rst season. Flanagan was the head Syracuse ice hockey’s inaugural captains on Saturday, September 27, Niagara 0-0-0 0-0-0 coach for the St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team since 1999, 2008. Marty played in 37 games and scored four goals with one assist Robert Morris 0-0-0 0-0-0 compiling a record of 230-83-24. The Canton, N.Y. native led the Saints at the University of New Hampshire. Marty aided the Wildcats in their 2008 Frozen Four appearance as a freshman. Marty has also been a Wayne State 0-0-0 0-0-0 to the women’s NCAA Frozen Four Championship fi ve times in nine years, tying him for the most appearances in the country. Flanagan’s four-year member of the Swiss National Team since 2003 and was nominated to Syracuse 0-0-0 0-1-0 run (2003-07) of Frozen Four emergences is also tied for best in college be the ’Swiss Hockey Woman of the Year’ in 2005. The Nussbaumen, hockey. In 2001, Flanagan was named the ECAC Hockey Coach of the Switzerland native recorded 26 goals and 23 assists in 72 games with New Names…New Pronunciations Year and the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Coach of the the Swiss in international competition. Marty was a member of the Swiss Klassen .................................CLAH-son Year. Last season, Flanagan was named an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic hockey team that competed in the 2006 Torino Games. She Bero ........................................ BEE-row Women’s Select and National teams that competed at the Four Nations has also participated in the 2005 World Championship in Romanshorn, Feltes ...................................... Fell-TISS Switzerland, the 2007 World Championship in Winnipeg, Manitoba Skelly ....................................... SKELL-E Cup in Sweden in November and he won a gold medal at the World Bojeski .............................. bo-JESS-kee Championship in April held in Harbin, China. Flanagan rounded out the and 2008 World Championship in Harbin, China, placing fi rst, fi fth and Leone ......................................LEE-own national coaching staff with Ohio State’s Jackie Barto and Plattsburgh fourth, respectively. From 2003-07, Marty played for EV Zug - a team Keeta Koalska .........KEY-ta ko-ALL-ska State’s Kevin Houle. in the highest level of play in the Swiss league. She earned two Swiss Beaudry .................................. BO-dree Championships in 2004 and 2005 and two Swiss Vice-Championships Schoedel ................................SHAY-dul Rising ...................................... RISE-ing Trade School in 2006 and 2007. EV Zug played in the 2004 and 2005 European The Orange will benefi t from eight players who have transferred from Champions Cup, earning third and fourth place, in that order. Rising Media Information other Division I programs. Senior Nikki Leone (Trenton, Ontario) came appeared in 36 games at Bemidji State and tied for the leading goal to Syracuse from Quinnipiac to help out the defense. Junior goaltender scorer her freshman year with fi ve markers. The Bay Area resident added Interview Policy: Head coach Paul Flanagan Lucy Schoedel (Ithaca, N.Y.) and sophomore forward Stefanie Marty two assists in 2007-08 and received WCHA Rookie of the Week honors and selected players are available for interviews (Nussbaumen, Switzerland) will don the Orange after skating with the on October 5, 2007. after games following a cooling off period. Interviews may be conducted outside the University of New Hampshire last season in its Frozen Four appearance. dressing room. For interviews on Thursdays Sophomore forwards Keeta Koalska (Forest Lake, Minn.) and Julie at 1 p.m., please contact Mark Majewski in Rising (Millbrae, Calif.) trekked to Central New York after competing the athletic communications offi ce 24-hours with Bemidji State University. Sophomore forward Cheyenne Bojeski in advance to set up times and places for (Hamilton, Ontario) played in 33 games with CHA member Mercyhurst interviews with Flanagan or players, or to confi rm practice times.