Elmira College Women's Ice Hockey Game Notes - February 19-20

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ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES

7 ECAC West Championships

11 NCAA Tournament Appearances

THIS WEEKEND’S OPPONENT

3 NCAA National Championships

Last Time Out

The Elmira women continued their impressive sprint to the finish of the regular season slate with pair of dominating performances against William Smith College over the weekend. The Soaring Eagles celebrated Class of 2016 Recognition Day in style on Saturday, besting the Herons 5-2 in Elmira’s regular season home finale. Seniors McKenna Farole ’16 and Olivia Nystrom ’16 each netted a goal, while Maddie Evangelous ’19 had a big game with two goals and an assist. EC followed Saturday up with an even more dominant performance at The Cooler in the backhalf of the home-and-home series. Elmira routed William Smith 7-1 behind dominant offense, which had 12 players record at least one point. Evangelous continued her huge weekend with a three-point effort on two power-play goals and an assist. Katie Granato ’19 also tallied three points on a goal and two assists.

Evangelous Nets Weekly Awards

Rookie forward Maddie Evangelous ’19 has quitely been having an impressive first season. Her excellent skating pace and her strong two-way play has helped her solidify a place in EC’s Top-9. She broke out in a big way this past weekend, posting three-point efforts in both victories over William Smith. Evangelous finished the weekend with four goals and two assists, earning ECAC West Player of Friday, February 19th, 2016 the Week on Monday. The award was her second weekly accolade of the season, Marano Campus Center Arena -- Oswego, NY -- 7:00 p.m. as she was named the conference’s top rookie back in November. She was named to the D3hockey.com National Team of the Week on Wednesday.

Oswego State LAKERS (11-8-4, 6-7-3 ECAC West)

Offense Humming Saturday, February 20th, 2016 Marano Campus Center Arena -- Oswego, NY -- 3:00 p.m. The Elmira offense has taken things to another level over the last two weekends.

The Soaring Eagles racked up 12 goals in the two games against William Smith over the weekend. The team has averaged 5.0 goals over its last four, over a full 2015-16 SCHEDULE (19-3-1, 14-2-0 ECAC WEST) goal more than what the Soaring Eagles have averaged on the year. EC currently Day Date Opponent Time-Result ranks ninth in scoring offense in the country at 3.78 goals per game. Balanced scoring has been the hallmark of the 2015-16 Soaring Eagles, as 11 players have OCT. 31 #6 Adrian L, 1-4 recorded 11-plus points so far this season. That aspect was on full display on SunNOV. 1 #4 Norwich W, 7-2 day, as 12 players found their way on to the score sheet. 13 SUNY Cortland* W, 5-1 Jerolman Jumping Up the Charts 14 SUNY Cortland* W, 4-0 Maddy Jerolman ’19 has been a force this season as one of Elmira’s most con 21 Utica* W, 4-1 sistent scoring forwards. She had a huge weekend, posting a pair of two-point 22 Utica* W, 2-1 efforts against the Herons. On Saturday, she chipped in two primary assists on 27 #3 Middlebury W, 3-1 Elmira’s first two goals to take early control of the game. On Sunday, she netted 28 #9 Gustavus Adolphus W, 2-1 a goal and added an assist in the 7-1 triumph. She currently ranks fourth on the DEC. 5 SUNY Potsdam* W, 5-0 team in scoring with a 7g-9a-16pts line. Jerolman is tied for 17th in the country and is fourth in the ECAC West in freshmen scoring. 6 SUNY Potsdam* W, 3-2 JAN. 2 Williams W, 2-1 Chivers Charging Down the Stretch 9 #9 Norwich W, 2-1 Freshman blue-liner Kristin Chivers ’19 continues to rank among the nation’s best 12 #3/6 Amherst T, 2-2 OT in terms of both rookie and defenseman scoring. She pushed her point total on 16 Neumann* W, 6-2 the year to 23, with a goal in both games over the weekend. The Antioch, IL, na 17 Neumann* W, 8-0 tive sits in sixth nationally among freshmen in point scoring, while her 23 points are tied for third among all defenders in the country. She has been a picture of 22 Chatham* W, 4-1 consistency down the stretch, recording at least one point in 10 of her last 12 23 Chatham* W, 4-1 games. 30 #1 Plattsburgh State* L, 2-4 31 #1 Plattsburgh State* L, 1-7 All-Time Series FEB. 5 Buffalo State* W, 3-1 The series between Elmira and Oswego State dates back to the 2006-07 season. It has been dominated by the Soaring Eagles, as EC holds an 18-0-1 all-time record 6 Buffalo State* W, 5-0 over the Lakers. Elmira completely shut down Oswego State last season, sweep 13 William Smith* W, 5-2 ing the final series of the 2014-15 regular season with 4-0 and 6-0 victories. 14 William Smith* W, 7-1 19 Oswego State* 7:00 p.m. Scouting Oswego State 20 Oswego State* 3:00 p.m. The Lakers have had somewhat of a down year, after racking up a 36-16-2 record 27 ECAC West Quarterfinals TBA over the previous two seasons. Oswego State got off to a middling 2-2-2 start, but caught a spark towards the end of November, winning five straight contests, MAR. 5 ECAC West Semifinals TBA while only giving up two goals over the stretch. The team is only 4-6-2 since the 6 ECAC West Championship TBA start of 2016, which included a five-game slide against ECAC West foes in Platts 12 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA burgh State, Buffalo State, and William Smith. However, the Lakers rebounded this past weekend with a 1-0-1 showing against non-conference foe Williams ColHome contests are bolded lege. Goal scoring has been tough to come by for Oswego State this season, as *Denotes ECAC West contest the team has mustered just 2.26 goals per game. Second-year forward Olivia Ellis leads the team in scoring with a 5g-13a-18pts line on the year. The goalie tandem of the Lakers has been the strength of the squad. Senior netminder Tori Trovato has seen more time of the duo, entering the weekend with a solid 2.02 goalsagainst average and .926 save percentage in 15 starts. Second-year goalie Mariah Madrigal has been even stronger with a 1.87 goals-against average and .932 save ElmiraCollegeAthletics @ECSoaringEagles ECSportsInfo ECSoaringEagles percentage in nine appearances. Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Dan DeCaria (ddecaria@elmira.edu); Travis Larner (tlarner@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901


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