Series Notes:
- The Lindenwood women's hockey team will play its first CHA road series of the season this weekend with a two-game series in Rochester, N.Y. The Lions will take on the RIT Tigers inside the Gene Polisseni Center at 6:05 p.m. ET on Friday, before concluding the series at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday.
- Lindenwood and RIT have met 18 times since the start of the 2012 season. The Tigers own a 8-5-5 record during the all-time series. However, in the last 10 meetings between the CHA foes, Lindenwood and RIT have each collected four wins and two ties. The Lions have a 2-5-3 record all-time in games played in Rochester, N.Y.
- Last season, Lindenwood posted its lone victory over RIT on November 18 in Wentzville, Mo. The Lions defeated the Tigers by a final score of 2-0, and received goals from
Cierra Paisley and
Carla Goodwin.
Jolene deBruyn posted 21 saves in the shutout for Lindenwood, the first of her career.
- Lindenwood and RIT are slated to meet again later this season, playing a two-game series at the Lindenwood Ice Arena on January 26-27.
Lindenwood Notes:
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Taylor Girard scored the first shorthanded goal of her career during the first period on Oct. 13 against Mercyhurst. Girard added an even-strength score later in the game, raising her team-leading total to five goals this season.
- Girard is currently tied for 10th in the nation with five goals scored. Girard and
Sierra Burt are tied for eighth in Division I with two power-play goals each.
- Burt netted her second power-play goal of the season on Oct. 14 against Mercyhurst. Burt leads Lindenwood's freshmen with two goals this season.
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Shannon Morris-Reade scored her first goal of the season against Mercyhurst on Oct. 13. Morris-Reade's goal proved to be the game-winning score, her first of the season and the second of her career.
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Cierra Paisley had her second multi-assist performance of the season on Oct. 13 versus Mercyhurst. Paisley had just one such game during her career before this season.
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Christiana von Aulock assisted on Lindenwood's game-winning goal on Oct. 13. For von Aulock, the assist was the first point of her collegiate career.
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Jolene deBruyn stopped 53 shots during her two starts against Mercyhurst. deBruyn ranks third in the nation with 187 saves this season.
- Lindenwood has killed off a CHA-leading 86.4 percent (19-of-22) of its penalties this season.
- The Lions will return home for a two-game series against #9 Robert Morris on Nov. 3-4.
