Providence College Athletics

Women's Hockey To Host Union

10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Oct. 17, 2016

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -

FOR STARTERS...
- Providence will host ECAC opponent Union College on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Schneider Arena.

SCOUTING THE FRIARS...
- The Friars enter Tuesday's game after two road wins at RIT, defeating the Tigers, 7-0 (Oct. 7) and 3-0 (Oct. 8).
- Madison Myers earned back-to-back shutouts, making 24 saves on Oct. 7 and 33 saves on Oct. 8.
- Myers earned Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 10) for making a combined 57 saves in two games vs. RIT.
- On Oct. 7, the Friars tallied 19 points and 12 different players registered at least one point.
- Six different players registered multi-point games and Cassidy Carels notched a team-high three points on one goal and two assists.
- Cassidy MacPherson scored a career-high two goals in the game.
- Arianna Reid and Meaghan Rickard both scored their first career goals.
- Whitney Dove and Avery Fransoo added their first multi-point games, each with two assists.
- On Oct. 8, six different Friars earned at least one point and Kate Friesen and Rachel Rockwell tallied multi-point games.
- Rockwell registered three points on one power-play goal and two assists.
- Friesen collected two assists.
- Carels added one assist, extending her point-streak to five games and making her the only Friar to register at least one point in Providence's five games of the 2016-17 season. Carels leads the team with eight points.
- In the series, Providence killed off all 16 penalties.
- Fourteen Friars have registered at least one point in the 2016-17 season.

SCOUTING THE DUTCHWOMEN...
- The Dutchwomen travel to Providence, R.I. with a 2-5-0 overall record.
- Union played at RIT on Oct. 14 and 15, splitting the weekend with a 2-0 win (Oct. 14) and a 2-0 loss (Oct. 15).
- Four different players are tied for the lead in points, with four each: Emily Erickson, Caitlyn McLaren, Haley Shugart, and Rachel de Perio.
- McLaren and Shugart have each registered two power-play goals and the team has registered a 14% conversion rate on the power play (6/42).
- Kate Spooner has seen the majority of time in net for the Dutchwomen, posting a .910 save percentage and 2.54 goals against average across 307:22 minutes.
- Union has a 76.5% success rate on the penalty kill (26/34).
- Twelve different Dutchwomen have recorded at least one point so far in the season.
- A youthful Union squad traves to Providence with 10 freshmen.

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Cassidy Carels

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Whitney Dove

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Avery Fransoo

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Kate Friesen

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Madison Myers

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Arianna Reid

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Meaghan Rickard

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