Women's Ice Hockey | 11/22/2019 11:57:00 AM
ECAC HOCKEY BREAK
RPI takes a two-week hiatus from league play, beginning this weekend, when it hosts Robert Morris University for a two-game series on Saturday (3pm) and Sunday (1pm) ... Sunday's contest was originally scheduled for Friday afternoon.
RPI DROPS A PAIR
The Engineers lost to Quinnipiac (4-0) and No. 8 Princeton (4-1) last weekend at the Houston Field House ... Ena Nystrøm stopped 44 shots against the Bobcats, while
Blake Orosz netted RPI's lone tally on the weekend, Saturday against the Tigers.
ENGINEERS LEADERS
Seniors
Blake Orosz (4 goals, 1 assist) and
Sabrina Repaci (1 goal, 4 assists) pace the team with five points apiece ... Juniors
Lauren Severson (1 goal, 2 assists) has three points, while four others have two points.Â
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Freshman Ena Nystrøm (0-8-1) has started a team-high nine games for the Engineers, posting a 3.11 goals against average and a .930 save percentage ... Classmate
Amanda Rampado (0-4-0) has a 3.00 goals against average and a .921 save percentage in four starts, while senior
Jenn Gregg has stopped all 14 shots she has faced in 20 minutes of relief work.
ALL-TIME VS. ROBERT MORRIS
The Colonials hold a narrow 10-9-3 lead in the all-time series, which dates back to October 21, 2005 – a 2-1 Engineers victory in Moon Township, Pa. ... RPI is just 3-6-1 at home against RMU ... The Colonials have won five of the last seven meetings (5-1-1).
SPLIT IN 2018-19
Backed by 58 saves from
Lovisa Selander, the Engineers came away with a 1-0 victory in game one of a two-game series on October 12, 2018, before the Colonials won, 3-1, the following day ...
Jaimie Grigsby and
Blake Orosz tallied for the Engineers on the weekend, while Caitlyn Sadowy, Jaycee Gebhard and Natalie Marcuzzi scored for Robert Morris.
SCOUTING THE COLONIALS
Robert Morris enters the weekend with a record of 6-5-1, including a 4-0-0 mark in College Hockey America play ... Senior Jaycee Gebhard (8 goals, 18 assists) has 26 points to lead the way offensively ... Juniors Lexi Templeman (2 goals, 15 assists) and Emily Curlett (8 goals, 8 assists) have 17 and 16 points, respectively, while sophomore Michaela Boyle (9 goals, 3 assists) has 12.
IN GOAL
Freshman Raygan Kirk and sophomore Arielle DeSmet have split time between the pipes for Robert Morris this season ... Kirk has a 4-2-0 record with a 2.53 goals against average and a .911 save percentage, while DeSmet (2-3-1) has a 2.97 goals against average and an .899 save percentage.