MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES 14 STRAIGHT REGULAR SEASON TITLES/ ELEVEN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS / TEN STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES / FOUR FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES/ NATIONAL RUNNER-UP 2009 2014ͳ15 COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA SERIES 2014-15 SCHEDULE (16-2-2 OVERALL, 7-1-0 CHA) September 27 .............. PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE (Exhibi on) ..............................W 7-0 #6/6 MERCYHURST (16-2-2, 7-1-0 CHA) October 3..................... PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ............................................W 3-0 October 4..................... PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ...............................................W 2-0 at October 10................... at University of Maine ...............................................W 1-0 October 11................... at University of Maine ........................................ T 2-2 (OT) PENN STATE (8-7-3, 3-4-1 CHA) October 17................... NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ......................................L 0-4 October 18................... NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY .....................................W 4-2 Mercyhurst leads overall series 9-0-0 October 24................... MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MANKATO ...............W 5-1 October 25................... MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MANKATO ...............W 2-1 October 31................... ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY* ...............................W 3-0 Friday, December 12 - 7:00 PM November 1 .................ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY* ...............................W 4-1 Saturday, December 13 - 2:00 PM November 7 .................at Syracuse University* ..............................................W 5-1 November 8 .................at Syracuse University* ............................................... L 1-4 Pegula Ice Arena - State College, Pa. November 11 ...............at Ohio State University .............................................W 3-0 November 21 ...............ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY* ...............W 4-1 CHA STANDINGS November 22 ...............ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY* ...............W 4-1 November 25 ...............COLGATE UNIVERSITY ................................................W 3-0 November 26 ...............COLGATE UNIVERSITY ................................................W 1-0 CHA PTS OVERALL December 1 .................at Cornell University ........................................... T 1-1 (OT) #6 Mercyhurst 7-1-0 14 16-2-2 December 5 ................. LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY* ...................................W 6-2 Syracuse 4-2-3 11 5-8-7 December 6 ................. LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY* ...................................W 5-2 December 12 ...............at Penn State* .............................................................7 pm Lindenwood 4-5-1 9 5-10-1 December 13 ...............at Penn State* .............................................................2 pm Penn State 3-4-1 7 8-7-3 January 16 ................... SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY* ........................................... 3 pm Robert Morris 2-4-2 6 5-11-3 January 17 ................... SYRACUSE UNIVERSITTY* ........................................... 2 pm RIT 1-5-1 3 7-9-3 January 23 ................... at St. Lawrence University .....................................3:30 pm January 24 ................... at St. Lawrence University .......................................... 3 pm February 6 ................... at Rochester Ins tute of Technology* ........................ 7 pm SERIES PREVIEW February 7 ................... at Rochester Ins tute of Technology* ........................ 3 pm THE SERIES... February 13 ................. PENN STATE* ...............................................................3 pm •Mercyhurst leads the all- me series against Penn State, 9-0-0 (including exhibi on February 14 ................. PENN STATE* ............................................................. 2 pm win), and has outscored the Ni any Lions, 61-5, in the process February 20 ................. at Lindenwood* ..........................................................8 pm •Mercyhurst’s fi rst-ever game in program history was a 17-0 exhibi on victory over February 21 ................. at Lindenwood* ..........................................................2 pm Penn State at the Mercyhurst Ice Center on October 9, 1999. Seanna Murphy had fi ve February 27 ................. TBA ................................................................................TBA goals and two assists while Mercyhurst Athle c Hall-of-Famer, C.J. Ireland, had two February 28 ................. TBA ...............................................................................TBA goals and four assists in the win March 1 ....................... TBA ...............................................................................TBA •The Lakers are 4-0-0 in State College, outscoring Penn State, 17-4. The Lakers are 5-0-0 March 6 ....................... TBA ................................................................................TBA in Erie with a 44-1 goal diff eren al March 7 ....................... TBA ................................................................................TBA ABOUT MERCYHURST... •Mercyhurst is coming off of a weekend sweep against Lindenwood at the Mercyhurst the Lakers with 14 goals and 13 assists and now has 109 points in 94 career games. She Ice Center last Friday and Saturday. The Lakers won by the scores of 6-2 and 5-2 to joined the 100-point club on November 22 against RIT improve to 13-0-1 life me against the Lady Lions •Janiga was named CHA Player of the Month, leading the Lakers to a 7-1 record in •Junior forward Jenna Dingeldein had two goals (including her fi rst career shorthanded November with seven goals and seven assists for 14 points in the eight games goal) and an assist in last Friday’s win then added another goal on Saturday. She is •Senior defenseman Molly Byrne had a goal and two assists in the Lindenwood series second on the team in scoring with 10 goals and 11 assists this season and now needs to give her 105 career points. She beat Janiga to the milestone by one day (November just one point to become the 18th member of the 100-point club at Mercyhurst 21 against RIT) •Senior forward Shelby Bram had three assists over the weekend and moved to within •Senior Amanda Makela posted back-to-back shutouts against Colgate on November 25 four points of also reaching the milestone and 26 to give her seven shutouts on the season (second in the country). She is one shy •A er scoring the game-tying goal at Cornell on December 1, junior forward Hannah of tying the school record of eight held by Desi Clark during the 2001-02 season. She Bale recorded her fi rst mul ple-goal game and broke a career-high with three points in ranks second in the country in goals against average (1.00) and third in save percentage last Saturday’s victory over Lindenwood. She fi nished with two goals (including her fi rst (.948) career shorthanded goal) and added an assist. Bale is fourth on the team in scoring this •Makela was named the CHA Goaltender of the Month a er pos ng a 7-1 record with season with six goals and seven assists for 13 points. During her fi rst two seasons (46 three shutouts during November. She stopped 160-of-166 shots during the eight starts games), Bale had two goals and one assist - 0.76 goals against average and a .964 save percentage •The victory on Tuesday, November 25 against Colgate was win #400 in the history •Mercyhurst ranks second in the country in killing off penal es, allowing only four of the women’s hockey program and was win #400 for head coach Michael Sis . Sis power play goals in 84 chances (95.2%). Only Wisconsin (95.4%) is be er became the second coach in Division I history to reach 400 career wins while the ABOUT PENN STATE... program became the third-fastest to reach the plateau (545 games). Only Minnesota •Penn State is in its third season as a member of College Hockey America, and its third (502) and New Hamsphire (506) reached 400 faster year as a full-fl edged Division I member. The Ni any Lions have already set a program •Junior Emily Janiga one goal and two assists in the sweep of Lindenwood. She leads record with eight victories this season, one more than they had in 2012-13. Penn State was 4-29-3 a year ago •The Ni any Lions are 5-3-0 in their last eight games, including a split at Robert Morris CONTACT INFORMATION last weekend. Penn State won the fi rst game by a 5-0 fi nal before dropping a 4-2 Sports Information Director / Women’s Hockey Contact David Leisering decision last Saturday •A pair of sophomores, Amy Petersen and Laura Bowman, lead Penn State in scoring E-mail [email protected] this season. Petersen has a team-high ten goals and has added nine assists for 19 points Cell Phone (814) 440-9975 while Bowman has eight goals and 11 assists this season. Junior Shannon Yoxheimer Offi ce Phone (814) 824-2525 also has eight goals •The trio of Petersen, Bowman, and Yoxheimer have combined to score 26 of Penn Mailing Address 501 East 38th Street; Erie, Pa. 16546 State’s 39 goals this season. They also have 50 of the team’s 94 points Sports Information Graduate Assistant Joshua Garrett •Freshman Hannah Ehresmann and junior Celine Whitlinger have split me in goal. E-mail [email protected] Ehresmann (3-3-3, 1.95, .938) and Whitlinger (5-4-0, 2.56, .923) have each started nine Athletic Facebook Page HurstAthletics games •Head coach Josh Brandwene is in his third season at Penn State. He has guided Mercyhurst Twitter Page @HurstAthletics the Ni any Lions to a 19-62-8 overall record.