Please note - Saturday's game will start at 2 p.m. (1 p.m. central), not 1 p.m. (12:00 central).Series Notes- The Lindenwood women's hockey program has its final regular season road series this weekend with a two-game series at Syracuse. The Lady Lions enter the weekend needing a sweep in order to move into a tie with the Orange in the CHA standings.
- Lindenwood has split two straight CHA series, and is now 9-17-1 overall and 6-9-1 in league play. Last weekend, the Lady Lions lost game one to Penn State by a 3-2 score, and won the second game by a 4-2 margin.
- Syracuse swept Robert Morris last weekend by scores of 2-1 and 3-1. The Orange are now 8-13-9 overall and 6-5-5 in CHA action.
- Earlier this season, Lindenwood and Syracuse split a series in Wentzville, Mo. Syracuse shut out Lindenwood by a 1-0 score in the first contest, and Lindenwood took game two by a 2-1 margin.
Brooke Peden scored the game-winning goal for the Lady Lions in the second game, and also had an assist.
Shara Jasper had the team's other goal, and
Lyndsay Kirkham,
Saville Pickar, and
Alyssa West recorded assists.
Nicole Hensley had a 1.01 GAA and a .965 save percentage in the two-game series.
- Syracuse leads the all-time series with Lindenwood by a 11-3-0 margin. The Orange have a 7-3-0 edge in CHA contests, and they lead the series 6-2-0 in games played in Syracuse, N.Y.
- The Lindenwod/Syracuse series has been marked by low scoring games. Seven of the fourteen contests have had just three or fewer combined goals. Syracuse holds a 4-3-0 edge in those seven contests.
Lindenwood Notes- Lindenwood fell in a 3-0 hole in the first game against Penn State last week and could not come all the way back in a 3-2 setback.
Holly Dietzler had a goal and an assist, and
Darby Dodds had Lindenwood's other goal.
- Lindenwood scored twice in the first 3:07 in game two of the series. Penn State did come back and tie the game, but the Lady Lions scored the final two goals in the 4-2 win.
Britannia Gillanders had the game-winner, and
Jordyn Constance had three points.
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Britannia Gillanders had her second game-winning goal of the season against Penn State. She is now tied for the team-high with
Alyssa West.
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Holly Dietzler had the first multi-point game of her career in the first game of the Penn State series. She now has four points in the last three series.
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Darby Dodds scored her first collegiate goal against the Nittany Lions.
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Jordyn Constance has seven points over the last four games, and is a +5 plus/minus in that span. Her three-point game in game two of the Penn State series marked the third time this year that a Lindenwood player has recorded three points in a contest.
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Shara Jasper has recorded an assist in the last four games, which is the third-longest streak in Lindenwood history. She now has 11 assists in CHA games, which is one behind the conference leader.
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Shara Jasper currently ranks fourth in the CHA in assists (15), sixth in points (25), and eighth in goals (10). She is one of five players in the league in rank in the top-10 in all three of those categories.
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Jordyn Constance enters the week ranked fifth in the league in goals (12), and eighth in points (21).
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Nicole Hensley is currently fifth in the CHA in save percentage (.914), and first in saves (716).
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Nicole Hensley is approaching 3,000 saves for her career. She enters this week needing three more to reach that milestone. There are currently just 17 goalies, including two CHA goalies, in NCAA Division I history with over 3,000 saves.
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Shara Jasper has set program records for most assists and points in a season against a full NCAA Division I schedule, and
Jordyn Constance has tied the record for goals.
- Among active Lindenwood players,
Katie Erickson leads the team with two goals against Syracuse.
- In her career,
Nicole Hensley is 3-7-0 against Syracuse. She has made 340 saves and has a .937 save percentage agaisnt the Orange.
- Lindenwood has set program records for most wins (9) and most home wins (6) in a season. It needs one more victory to tie the record for most CHA wins in a season (7).
- The Lady Lions have liked to score early in games this season. Lindenwood has 10 goals in the first five minutes of contests, including five goals in the first minute.
- Lindenwood is 8-5-0 this year in the final game of a series. It is just 1-12-1 in the rest of its games.
- Lindenwood will conclude its regular season on Feb. 20-21 with a two-game home series against Mercyhurst.
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