Women's Ice Hockey | 11/2/2019 10:10:00 AM
LEAGUE WEEKEND
RPI closes out its first ECAC Hockey weekend with a Saturday afternoon matchup with No. 5 Clarkson at the Houston Field House ... Puck drop is set for 3pm.
SLU SLIPS PAST ENGINEERS
St. Lawrence scored two third period goals to come back to beat RPI, 2-1, on Friday night at the Houston Field House ... Senior
Blake Orosz opened the scoring for the hosts at 9:05 of the first period ... Kayla Vespa knotted the score at 1-1, 6:34 into the third, before Shailynn Snow netted the eventual game-winner at 16:12 of the frame, on the power play ... Ena Nystrøm made 38 saves for the hosts, while Lucy Morgan had 11 stops for SLU.
ENGINEERS LEADERS
Four players have two points for RPI, including seniors
Blake Orosz (1 goal, 1 assist),
Sabrina Repaci (1 goal, 1 assist) and
Kendra Farole (2 assists), along with junior
Morgan Ondrick (1 goal, 1 assist) ... Junior
Lauren Severson (1 goal) has one point.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Freshman Ena Nystrøm (0-4-1) has started a team-high five games for the Engineers, posting a 2.37 goals against average and a .947 save percentage ... Classmate
Amanda Rampado (0-3-0) has a 3.00 goals against average and a .920 save percentage in three starts.
TOUGH AT HOME
RPI posted an 8-6-3 record at the Houston Field House last season after starting the year unbeaten in five straight (3-0-2). The streak was the longest in school history to start a season.
ALL-TIME VS. CLARKSON
The Golden Knights lead the all-time series 25-5-2, dating back to the first ever meeting on November 16, 2003 – a 2-2 tie at the Houston Field House ... RPI is 5-20-1 in ECAC Hockey play and 2-10-2 at home against Clarkson ... The Golden Knights have nine straight games in the series, with the Engineers' last victory coming on November 7, 2015 – 2-1 in Troy.
KNIGHTS TAKE TWO IN 2018-19
Clarkson swept the season series last year, winning 3-0 in Potsdam and 5-1 at the Houston Field House ... T.T. Cianfarano netted a goal in each game, while
Lovisa Selander turned away 37 and 40 shots, respectively, in the two contests.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Junior Elizabeth Giguère (7 goals, 9 assists) leads Clarkson with 16 points ... Freshman Gabrielle David (4 goals, 11 assists) has 15 points, while Michaela Pejzlová (5 goals, 8 assists) rounds out the top three scorers with 13.
IN GOAL
Sophomore Marie-Pier Coulombe has a 4-1-1 record in six games between the pipes (5 starts) ... She has a 1.40 goals against average and a .930 save percentage with two shutouts ... Junior Amanda Zeglen (2-0-1) has started four games, posting a 2.60 goals against average and an .883 save percentage.
